Tears of War

EXCERPT

No total victory for either side - opinion

The conclusion of the conflict, the passage of time, and the opportunity for reflection will inevitably result in some introspection and difficult questions that have to be addressed.

By ALAN SHATTER - FEBRUARY 15, 2024 02:46

Neither Hamas, nor Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist leaders, nor their Iranian sponsors really care how many Palestinians are killed in Gaza. For strategic military reasons, they may momentarily regret their terrorist militants’ deaths. But they perceive the dead as beneficially sacrificed to achieve their main objectives – to demonize Israel and make it an international pariah and gain support for accomplishing their ultimate goals: Israel’s total destruction and the murder of the largest possible number of Israelis and Jews.

In their world, Palestinian deaths are celebrated as deceased martyrs, and exploited and denounced to depict Israel as the evil aggressor intent on Palestinian genocide. The fact that both Palestinian groups are death cults that value death over life is something too many in the West have difficulty understanding. Many also forget or choose to ignore, that Hamas initiated the current conflict on October 7 and has promised to repeat that day’s atrocities.

In the global propaganda war, the terrorists’ narrative is winning. Film of the destruction in Gaza, of the dead and the injured, and daily publication by the Hamas-controlled Health Ministry of the total number of Gaza dead since October 7 has dramatically impacted public perception across the globe, including in the EU and US. 

Source:

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-786959