Not a Genocide

There were attempts at genocide in the Middle East. They were aimed against the Druze of Syria. Prior to that, the effort was targeted to destroy the Alawites. Before that, the target was the Jews on October 7, 2023. One group NOT selected for extermination has been the Palestinians. Israel is not starving the people in Gaza. Hamas is. Hamas and its allies tried to murder or abduct every Jew they could during that dreadful pogrom that claimed more Jews than any day since the Holocaust ended. The Palestinians have had the power to end the incursion from the day of their attack on Israel. Hamas could have returned their hostages and laid down their arms and that would have stopped the conflict. Instead, the jihadists decided to use their coreligionists as human shields and cannon fodder, while stealing food aid and using it themselves or selling it back to civilians at extortionate prices. To my now former friends on Facebook who are shouting their indignation at Israel, the Jews did not start this fight, but we will not allow our women to be raped and our children butchered. Israel will survive and the Jewish People thrive.