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PIERS MORGAN vs. DOUGLAS MURRAY:
PIERS MORGAN: Do you not feel that something has to give here, that this has to get resolved somehow, and that the only way to do that is, as with all these situations, you have to eventually compromise in some way? The problem for Netanyahu is that people think he is completely incapable of offering Hxmas any compromise. Therefore, there is no deal. So the families of the hostages are still there, and hundreds of thousands of protesters in Israel are on the streets of Tel Aviv right now. They are of the firm belief that it's his own intractable position on this, which is not going to allow any kind of ceasefire to be achievable.
DOUGLAS MURRAY: But there it is again, if I can say so, Piers—it's the same thing. There’s this presumption that it’s Netanyahu who is uncompromising. We end up with this notion because Netanyahu is a democratically elected leader, so it’s assumed that some pressure can be brought to bear on him. In my view, it’s not Netanyahu who’s uncompromising—it’s Hxmas. They could have handed back the hostages last October. They could have chosen not to do any of this.
I mean, they could have tried to build a state since 2005 when Israel withdrew from Gaza and handed the place over to them. Hxmas could have used the billions of dollars in aid that British, European, and American taxpayers gave them since 2006. They could have used that money to build up Gaza, to create a thriving, prosperous society. They could have made it a booming Mediterranean paradise. They could have created wealth for their people, but instead, what did they do?
They built downwards instead of upwards. They constructed a tunnel network bigger than the London Underground, and they siphoned off the money, just like Yasser Arafat did before them, making themselves rich. Why is Ismail Haniyeh worth billions of dollars? Why is Khaled Meshaal worth billions? Why do their children live like princes in luxury apartments in Doha?
Because they took the money from Americans, Brits, and Europeans and kept it for themselves, while leaving the people of Gaza in misery and poverty. Since 2005, there has been a complete counterfactual of what could have happened, but the Hxmas leadership didn’t want that. They’ve openly said they’re willing to use Palestinian children as human shields to manipulate world opinion. These are fanatics. They’re willing to sacrifice their own citizens to turn the world against Israel.
Again, how do you negotiate with that? The assumption in the West today is that because we’re so comfortable, we believe peace is the norm and historically expected. But that’s not true. We always think wars end with compromise and coming to the table, to use the cliché. But historically, most wars end because one side wins, and one side loses.
And one of the reasons, in my view, why there are endless rounds of conflict in this region is because Israel is never allowed to win, and Hxmas is always allowed to come out even. I think that simply sets up the next round of conflict. If Hxmas comes out of this with any fighting capability, then we will see another round of this war in a few years. So when David Lammy and others say we need a peace deal, I’d ask, on what terms? Everyone wants peace—except for Hxmas and the fanatics.
Everyone else wants peace. All those people in the south, the kibbutzniks, the partygoers, and others who were murdered on October 7—they all dreamed of peace with their Palestinian neighbors, their brothers and sisters. Who made that peace impossible? Hxmas, from 2005 to today.
Muslims kidnap a fellow Muslim.
Jews rescue the Muslim man from his captors.
Jews around the world celebrate the rescue of the Muslim man...
and you still believe Israel is the oppressor in this story?
literally risked their own man to save Bedouin man kidnapped by Hamas
Welcome home, dear Qaid Farhan Alkadi! This Holocaust survivor rejoices with Israel at your return! The world should know that whether Muslim, Christian, or Jew, we are all one Israeli family. G-d bless the soldiers who rescued you and I pray the other hostages will be home soon.
Today one hostage was reunited with his family.
108 are still anxiously waiting to come home.
Now we get back to work.
We will not rest until every last hostage is home.
Bella Hadid is suing Adidas for putting her in an ad glamorizing Palestinian terrorism.
Next she will sue Instagram for letting her share stories spreading Hamas propaganda 🤦♂️
While I'm confused by how Adidas thinks anyone could believe it was unintentional, I'm more confused by Bella Hadid's reaction.
She dislikes being associated with the 1972 massacre, but she’ll openly repeat Hamas propaganda and refuse to condemn the October 7th massacre and call for the release of the hostages?
11 dead Israeli athletes is violence that is "not consistent with her views" but 1,200 dead Israelis is revolution?… in what world is she living?
She’s upset Adidas would associate anyone with the Munich Olympics.
But either she didn’t do some basic research on the context of this campaign, or she happily agreed to partake in this dog whistle. There’s no good way for you to spin this one, Bella. You are guilty.
London — a violent mob of Arabs led by Mohammed Hijab was walking the streets and screaming about hunting Jews and spilling Jewish bl00d — and the UK police, who have been known to arrest people for “hate crimes” for opinions alone, did nothing.
I don't understand why many pro-Palestinians are shy about saying it publicly, but as long as we're silent about it, Hamas will continue until the last Gaza child (that's what they said publicly). We must call them to release all of the hostages and surrender, if not out of moral obligation, at least for the sake of what is left of Gaza and its inhabitants.
Israeli hostage Noa Argamani was being held in the house of Al Jazeera journalist Abdallah Aljamal.
Read that again.
Gaza-based photojournalist and reporter Abdallah Aljamal was holding Noa Argamani hostage in his “spare time”.