Israel continues to shun victory in favor of perpetual turmoil.
By Chris Mendoza-McCorkle
February 27, 2025
Israel’s on-again/off-again ceasefire with Hamas, is woefully indicative of the losing strategy the only democracy in the Middle East has continued to ascribe to, though they consistently maintain the upper hand both ethically and lethally. One need look no further than the recent “prisoner” exchange, in which Hamas paraded the coffins of one of the oldest and youngest Israeli victims of the 10/7 kidnappings,
through the streets of Gaza to much fanfare and morbid spectacle.
While it must have been a relief on one hand to have closure for the victim’s families, the empathetic population of the world must grapple with the fact that so-called ‘Palestinians’ continue to willfully sacrifice innocence, as Israel, to her own peril, continues to strive for the exact opposite. Israel continues to negotiate with terrorists, and those terrorists prove they are unworthy of any negotiation whatsoever and only understand utter destruction.
Every time Hamas releases “prisoners”, Israel responds by releasing ‘Palestinian’ criminals at a rate of up to 1000:1. In a horrific twist of irony, the very architect and leader of the October 7th attack was Yahya Sinwar, a prisoner serving a life sentence in Israel, until he was released over a decade back in one of these “prisoner” exchanges. According to the NDTV World, Sinwar was released in 2011 after serving 22 years of back-to-back life sentences for murder. While in prison, Israeli doctors treated and saved the evil mastermind from brain cancer, which according to
Sinwar himself, helped harden his irrational hatred of his captors. The swap Israel made then, which included the October 7th monster, was in exchange for a single Israeli soldier, and included 1,027 total criminal ‘Palestinians’ for the single Israeli.
In spite of the ever-growing list of hateful and unnecessary violence perpetrated by so-called ‘Palestinians’ against all things Jewish for the apparent crime of merely existing, the Israeli people still seem divided on the execution of a proper response. While Israel remains unresolved to act with the same clear-eyed objective as their
enemies, these same enemies continue to push the boundaries of decency, hailing any Jewish death, even innocent children murdered in cold blood, as a success.
The chant that has been heard around the world now, from college campuses to the streets of Lebanon, to the Dome of the Rock in the center of Jerusalem, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!”, has only emboldened the murderous perpetrators of the current war. Sadly, most people chanting the hateful reprieve cannot name the river nor sea the chant refers to, neither will they acknowledge if said chant came
to fruition, it would mean the genocide of all Jewish people. Instead, they don keffiyehs and so-called ‘Palestinian’ flags, shutting down thoroughfares and public access throughout the modern world, demanding retribution for what they call ‘genocide’ and ‘massacre’.
One thing is quite clear – the Palestinian leadership and supporters know how to use propaganda to their benefit. Somehow they’ve convinced millions the world over, that their cause is justified. The propaganda is utilized everywhere, including within their own culture, to devastating effect.
It is a well-known and documented fact that so-called ‘Palestinians’ are indoctrinated as children to believe they are the victims of Jewish colonization, instead of victims of their own dastardly doings. Any sensical, logical person can see that not only do so-called ‘Palestinians’ not have any claim to the lands on which they reside, but that they have concocted a false narrative of ‘possession no matter what’ by which they justify every senseless murder and attack on the Jewish state. Those who are less familiar with the history of the region should be aware that Israel has been
attacked relentlessly since becoming a state, only to win (often miraculously – see ‘Six Day War’), victory after victory over their enemies. Unfortunately for Israel, since her inception, she’s been bogged down on the political front by socialists and weak-kneed leaders, often handing over hard-won territory back to those who lost them, and even entertaining the now all-but-defunct “Two State Solution”. The thousands of Israelis lining the streets for the Bibas family have to face the grim reality that there is no upside to negotiating with terrorists.
For definitive proof of Israel’s bewildering self-punitive policies, take a good look at the Dome of the Rock. Situated at the very heart of Jerusalem, built on the ancient site of Solomon and Herod’s temples, the sacred site is firmly off-limits to the people with the most claim, the ancient Jewish culture. Instead, it is strictly forbidden to worship or pray in any way, other than is acceptable by the Islamic Jihadists who now run it like a military installation instead of a site sacred to the world’s foremost religions.
As long as Israel continues to misplace trust in the enemy within, it can never
hope to defeat the many more enemies without.
This is a developing story.
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