The history of Middle Eastern Jews and their Arab neighbors is too complex to fully explore here. Gaza, the West Bank and what is now Israel were under British rule from the 20s ’til 1948 when Great Britain granted the Jews their own state as a haven from their various persecutors. In the light of the Holocaust, it seemed to make perfect sense and was immediately validated by President Harry Truman. As the next 2 decades saw the new state subject to ever increasing military threats on its borders, it launched the Six Days War in 1967 which resulted in its military occupation of both Gaza and the West Bank. In 2005 it ended its occupation of Gaza, though continuing to submit it to stringent restrictions. Those critical of these restrictions invariably resort to terms like “imperialist,” “colonialist” and “oppressive.” The Israelis, of course, would argue they were merely trying to insure their own safety. Hamas’ recent invasion would seem to justify that concern.
As both Jews and Arabs have long historical ties to the region in question, they clearly need to come to some sort of mutual, rational accommodation. Yet upon being granted their autonomy in 2005, Gaza’s Palestinians immediately elected Hamas their governing body. That the avowed aim of both Hamas and Hezbollah is the destruction of the Jewish state, would seem to indicate the Palestinians are hardly the innocent victims of oppression many on the “woke” Left would contend. Hamas suspended the electoral process upon coming to power and has since ruled with absolute authority. This might, one would think, alienate most Western “liberals.” But as I have illustrated repeatedly, those who fancy themselves liberal don’t actually believe in Democracy, convinced it is their Right, whatever the Will of the Majority, to impose their definition of Social Justice on one and all. Nor do they believe in Morality, those they deem to be “oppressed” always garnering their sympathy, no matter the vileness of their behavior. Hence the comic/disgusting reaction today of many on the Left to Hamas’ recent invasion of Israel!
I generally watch the “legacy media” to validate my low opinion of it, but assume it has at least been honest enough to report that the victims of this cowardly invasion have not been Israeli military personnel or installations, but utterly innocent civilians, well over a thousand young and old, male and female, killed on Oct. 7, while scores of others have been taken hostage to be held as bargaining chips should Israel decide to respond aggressively. This tactic is hardly surprising given that Hamas has customarily located military personnel and weaponry amongst its own civilians, knowing Israel would incur world-wide derision should it knowingly kill the innocent in its counterattacks. Yes, Human Beings, Israeli or Palestinian, are but pawns in the military stratagems of these heartless degenerates! But as morally despicable as is Hamas, the tendency of Western “progressives” to excuse its barbarism is even more so.
The CBC, financed by all Canadians yet utterly disdainful of that half prone to voting Conservative, has instructed its reporters not to refer to Hamas as a terrorist organization. To its director of journalist standards, George Achi, that designation is mere opinion and not a fact. Apparently killing dozens of young Israelis innocently attending a music concert while raping several females there, is a valid military stratagem and not just another example of Hamas’ barbarism. The equally sanctimonious/moronic N.Y. Times has issued the same command to its reporters. To the political Left, rape and murder are apparently morally acceptable if committed on behalf of the “oppressed” !
NBC’s Anna Schecter has revealed that her network came into possession of documents found on the bodies of several Hamas casualties indicating they were specifically ordered to target various elementary schools and a youth center in an Israeli Kibbutz as part of their offensive. Ah, the courage of these noble Social Justice Warriors! And many “progressives” are on their side!
No doubt inspired by their mentors in the mainstream media as well as their “enlightened” educators, student groups at Harvard, the U. of Virginia and indeed across America have proudly declared their allegiance to Hamas. Black Lives Matter Chicago hoisted the Palestinian flag in announcing its loyalty. The Ontario wing of the Communist Party of Canada has expressed its outrage with “Zionist expansionism” and Western “imperialism” in general. Apparently ceding the Jews their own homeland as a refuge from their many haters is just another example of the West’s abuse of power. Predictably, the Hammer and Sickle has been spotted amongst those Canadian crowds demonstrating on behalf of the Palestinians. That Communism is heartlessly authoritarian and was in fact responsible for the deaths of over 90 million people in the 20th Century, not a big problem for these crusaders apparently motivated by “compassion.”
While I am not suggesting Western Nations begin rejecting migrants based solely on their Race or Religion, anti-Israeli demonstrations throughout the West have highlighted the absurdity of the mindlessly inclusive immigration policies endorsed by the brain-dead Left. On the steps of Australia’s Sydney Opera House last Monday, approximately a thousand new immigrants shouted Gas the Jews, Fuck the Jews and Allahu Akbar, in support of Hamas. Multiple demonstrations throughout Europe have manifested the same sentiments from crowds clearly dominated by non-Westerners. Yes, the Israelis have not been above reproach in their treatment of the Palestinians, but relieved of the military threats on their borders, they would no doubt establish the only regime in the Middle East devoted to truly Progressive, Western, Liberal, Democratic Values. The absurd truth at the heart of the contemporary Left is that its obsession with “inclusiveness” precludes genuine Moral/Intellectual Value Judgments of any kind! Hence the insanity of a world in which the Israelis, who have been dropping leaflets on Palestinian sites about to be bombed, urging civilians there to run for their lives, are being demonized, while ruthless killers with no respect for human life whatsoever are being tolerated if not celebrated simply because they qualify as members of the Left’s hallowed but incredibly superficial, Neo-Marxist category of the Oppressed.