A Hamas Official Explains How His Organization Duped Israel into Thinking It Was Interested in Palestinians’ Wellbeing
“Israelis love life, and we love death.”
October 12, 2023
A reality too terrible to imagine, but that must be imagined.
Fortunately, the Democratic Socialists of American form only a sliver of Congress, and don’t control the executive branch—which will have to make some difficult decisions in the coming days. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated on Tuesday that an unknown number of U.S. citizens are among the roughly 150 people, many of them children, being held hostage by Hamas. (Ali Baraka, in the interview cited above, explains the rationale behind capturing Americans.) On Sunday, Gilad Erdan, the Israeli ambassador to the UN, said that the number might be in the dozens. Noah Rothman considers the implications:
“Israelis love life, and we love death.”
It was not always thus.
“Some demonstrators spat at us. One proudly displayed a swastika on his phone.”
A reality too terrible to imagine, but that must be imagined.
There isn’t a moment to lose.
Fortunately, the Democratic Socialists of American form only a sliver of Congress, and don’t control the executive branch—which will have to make some difficult decisions in the coming days. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated on Tuesday that an unknown number of U.S. citizens are among the roughly 150 people, many of them children, being held hostage by Hamas. (Ali Baraka, in the interview cited above, explains the rationale behind capturing Americans.) On Sunday, Gilad Erdan, the Israeli ambassador to the UN, said that the number might be in the dozens. Noah Rothman considers the implications:
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