Enabling Hamas’ warmonger, ‘pro-Palestine’ protesters’ hate and other commentary

Mideast watch: Enabling Hamas’ Warmonger

Wall Street Journal reporting on Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s text messages exposed “a cold disregard for human life and made clear he believes Israel has more to lose from the war than Hamas,” thunders Commentary’s Seth Mandel. Sinwar “has personally ordered the escalation of violence each time there appears to be a diplomatic breakthrough.”

Yet after “Israel eliminated Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri,” Sinwar “was on the run and isolated.” But then the West abandoned the goal of the “dismantling and defeat of Hamas.” Today, “everyone except for Israel has recalibrated its approach to the conflict in a way that, directly or indirectly, prioritizes Hamas’s survival.” Incredibly, “Hamas was on the ropes and Sinwar was staring defeat in the eyes,” then the United States “talked itself out of victory.” And so “Sinwar’s war goes on.”

Reporter: ‘Pro-Palestine’ Protesters’ Hate

As she covered a rally in Union Square, “dozens of protesters swarmed me . . . boxing me in to block my view,” observes The Free Press’ Olivia Reingold. “One man fired an air horn into my ears,” and “a girl lurched at my notebook, grabbing it and ripping apart the metal spine.”

Yet “this was very mild. For anyone visibly Jewish who happens to be near one of these mobs, or anyone like a security guard trying to keep peace, the interactions are often much more harrowing.” At these protests, “it’s not unusual to spot the symbols of terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah, and even Nazi swastikas.” “Anti-Israel protesters . . . claim they are for peace. And yet, they find creative ways to justify the violence of Hamas.”