Held To Account

 So things have gotten a bit chippie lately, as the Brits say, in Israel. Probably the Israelis were a bit heavy handed in picking when (end of Ramadan) and where (Al Aqsa mosque) to clamp down on Palestinian activity, but then the terrorist group, Hamas, which seems to be the Palestinian de facto government, began its missile mischief -- shooting thousands of rockets into Israel.

I guess they never learned the basic lesson of survival every suburban kid does: when the mean old man, especially one with a gun, tells you to get off his lawn, GET OFF THE LAWN! Israel, the mean old man, went after Hamas bigly, as Trump used to say -- and used this as an opportunity to take out a lot of the terrorists' leadership.

My late father in law Richard, an IDF Special Forces vet, used to tell me Israel only won its independence against staggering odds because their opponents were none too smart, militarily. And so it still is: the IDF communications team "mistakenly" said the IDF was launching a ground invasion into Gaza, their Hamas leaders retreated into the tunnels under the city, and then the Israeli Air Force picked them off pretty easily. When there WAS no ground invasion, the IDF said, essentially, "Oops."

So this will go on for another few weeks, Israel will clean out a lot of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters, and things will quiet down again for awhile. True peace will only happen when the Palestinians get leadership that stops advocating the death of all Jews, i.e. "From the River to the Sea, Palestine must be free" which means free of all Jews. Not gonna happen.

Another turned worm happened yesterday, too. The powerful UAE called upon Hamas to stop firing the missiles. The rich Gulf States want to deal with tech savvy Israelis instead of rocket launching Palestinians -- this is a true game changer. Hopefully it bodes well for a lasting peace -- without their rich uncle oil folks, the Palestinians have to rely on Iran. Iran has their hands full lately with those pesky Israelis, too, who seem able to wreck the nuclear weapons program Iran, an oil rich country wants for "peaceful purposes," at will.

Yesterday D1 sent an annoying video. Midtown, where she used to live, held a pro Palestinian rally, with all kinds of "Zionism Equals Nazism" posters. The majority of the protestors were NOT Arabs, but rather knuckleheaded young Americans.

I guess they were too young to remember 911, when the Palestinians partied hearty watching Americans die in that awful terrorist attack. Morons. Self hating fools.

But I'm confident things will settle down in Wifey's ancestral home. To his credit, President Biden is keeping quiet -- he's truly much more pro-Israel than his old boss Obama. But Biden also knows he has to placate the far left part of the Dems -- who are decidedly anti -Israel. So Biden is just keeping quiet -- typically a smart strategy.

But when I see Hamas, I see post 9/11 partiers. And to me, they must be held to account, regardless of those who conveniently forget.