Melanie Phillips
JNS, Jan. 16, 2025
“Everything rested on the belief that Trump would support Israel as it did so. And the ultimate goal was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear program for which his support was essential.”
There was one immediate and very public effect of the hostage deal that was prematurely reported to have been agreed between Israel and Hamas. No sooner had this news filtered through on Wednesday than thousands of jubilant Arabs poured onto the streets of Gaza brandishing weapons, uniforms and insignia, and chanting that they had won the war.
These men were demonstrably well-fed, well-clothed and equipped with smartphones.
So much for the libel—the ludicrous calumny that has been amplified from Gaza throughout the length and breadth of the West—that Israel has been conducting a genocide against the Palestinian Arabs. As was bitterly observed by some of those watching the euphoria in Gaza, this must be the first genocide in history where the victims have emerged to declare victory.
Those Arabs were ecstatic because they believed that the deal would enable them to now, finally, destroy Israel and the Jews. “Jews remember Khaybar, where Muhammad massacred the Jews,” they chanted, a reference to the seventh-century onslaught by Islam’s founder that remains the Muslim battle cry to slaughter the Jews today.
And in the Qatari capital Doha, the Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya responded to the deal by expressing pride in the Oct. 7 pogrom, which he pledged to repeat. ….SOURCE