Whenever Israel acts to counter terror, you can confidently predict the pre-ordained reactions.

It follows an ancient and well-worn agenda refined over millennia, especially when Jews decide to fight back against their oppressors.

A common denominator is righteous wrath pouring forth from those whose silence about real human rights abusers is starkly evident. The orchestrated orgy of condemnations and censuring is so predictable that one wonders why some individuals are still surprised that it actually occurs.

Having remained conspicuously silent during all the years of Hamas terror rockets being launched at Israeli civilians, the international choir has now been blaring its disapproval of Israel ever since 7 October. Hezbollah fires missiles from Lebanon, and thousands of Israelis are evacuated from their homes, but this mysteriously prompts nary a peep. Iran barrels its way to nuclear blackmail status unhindered by any meaningful action to thwart its genocidal ambitions. The Yemeni Houthis continue their piracy undeterred by any sort of countermeasures.

It is important to be reminded of this because as surely as day follows night, the hypocrites of the international community will awaken once Israel feels it needs to take action.

Instead of universal international action forcing the Islamic terror groups to release kidnapped Israelis, their plight has been quickly swept under the carpet. In place of decisive punitive action, “deals” designed to release terrorists with blood on their hands in exchange for a few dead or still-alive hostages are promoted.

This is when the script becomes entirely predictable.

Sensing the lack of will to act on the part of the democracies and having the backing of an assortment of human rights abusers, Hamas and its fellow gangsters ramp up the pressure. They confidently know that accusing Israel of crimes and refusing to surrender will give them fantastic headlines with a mendacious media only too eager to muddy the truth in favour of salacious headlines.

The next step in this choreographed script is to inflate casualty numbers. Making no distinction between terrorists, their willing helpers and civilian human shields the terror groups can always stage a Hollywood spectacular displaying alleged casualties. Media and politicians alike are inevitably sucked into this charade, with Hamas-inflated allegations taken at face value.

The discovery of terror tunnels in UNRWA schools, beneath children’s bedrooms, in Mosques and hospitals and weapons hidden in baby cribs is a non-reporting event.

Adding to the mix of lies and disinformation is the UN and its associated bodies all ready and primed to convene in emergency sessions and ready to pillory Israel.

Waiting in the wings is the President for Life, Abbas, and his corrupt crew. They know with certainty that gullible world leaders will ride to their aid and blame Israel for refusing to acquiesce to the creation of a terror state in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem. They can see and sense the weakness of the Biden Administration as it twists and squirms in the face of Islamic terror. As unhinged ignorant Jew/Zionist hating mobs besiege universities, spew vile threats and slogans and vandalize property, PA media and officials join their Iranian patrons in offering overt and covert support.

So-called “human rights” groups strangely silent when Jews are the victims suddenly find their voices as soon as retribution is meted out.

Self-loathers, funded by far-left sources, are eagerly sought out by the media. Self-flagellating Jews make wonderful headlines, especially when they can be quoted equating Israel with Holocaust perpetrators.

The most glaring examples of how this script is following its natural course are now on full display for all to witness.

Following the successful and daring Israeli rescue of four hostages held in Gaza, each and every scenario described above has burst forth once again. It is truly a classic case of knee-jerk convulsions following a well-scripted score. It is as though a dam has burst with torrents of vitriol released, not on the heads of the terror perpetrators but rather in the face of the victim.

In no particular order of imbecility, here are some of the actors performing according to a well-worn script.

President Putin lashed out at Israel over its continuing campaign in Gaza against Hamas. It is a sign of the times that nobody challenged him over his continuing war against Ukraine and the horrendous toll of innocent civilian fatalities. It is instructive to note the absence of worldwide demonstrations and occupation of universities by the same mobs currently causing mayhem in support of Hamas.

The UN Secretary General can always be relied upon to put Israel into the dock. Sure enough, he has added Israel and Hamas to a blacklist which labels them as complicit in harming children. Hamas, Hezbollah and the PA recruit children and indoctrinate them to become jihad warriors in summer camps and UNRWA schools. The UN’s compulsive urge to equate Israel and terrorists demonstrates its continuing moral degeneracy.

After Israel targeted a UN school where Hamas terrorists were barricaded the Secretary General huffed and puffed that “”UN premises are inviolable.” If that is the case why does he not get the UN to expel terrorists who have taken over UN sites and are hiding among civilian human shields? Instead, he prefers to blacklist Israel for doing what the UN fails to do in the first place.

The EU “High Representative” (perhaps related to Gilbert & Sullivan’s Lord HIGH Executioner) called the hostage rescue operation “another massacre of civilians in Gaza.” Needless to say the media loved this and splashed his assertions all over their front pages.

Joining in the condemnation chorus was the UN Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, whose litany of libels against Israel goes back quite some time. She had no qualms about labelling Israel’s hostage rescue as “genocidal.”

Right on cue, Abbas, in an effort to outflank Hamas, demanded an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. If that ploy fails, he will no doubt turn to the General Assembly, where an automatic majority of non-democracies and dubious regimes will vote to condemn Israel for the sin of rescuing its kidnapped citizens.

Not to be left out of the anti-Israel lynch gang, Jordan and Egypt issued condemnations of Israel’s actions. The former purports to be the guardian of Muslim and Christian holy places, which, of course, excludes Jewish sites, and the latter maintains a cold relationship. In both cases, the notion of accepting Jewish legitimacy has not trickled down to the average citizen.

The aspiring Ottoman Sultan in Turkey vented his spleen yet again, calling Israel’s rescue operation “barbaric.” This is the same leader who denies the Ottoman Armenian genocide and has no hesitation in denying Kurdish ethnic aspirations by bombing and killing them.

To round off this by no means exhaustive summary of unhinged responses a few further “pearls” cannot go amiss.

Vice President Kamala Harris, no doubt in a frantic effort to appease Muslim voters, mourned the death of all the Palestinians during the rescue operation. She and others like her obviously is oblivious to the fact that without the wholehearted support of Gazans, the hostages would not have been “hosted” in homes and tunnels. The Hamas leadership is on record as praising civilian deaths as a “necessary sacrifice” and a martyrdom reward.

A US official stated, “the successful rescue complicates efforts to reach a deal.” On the one hand, the Biden Administration is full of praise, while on the other hand, it is feverishly trying to find a way to appease the kidnappers.

The Israeli operation energized self-loathers in their campaigns to denounce and decry Israelis, having the audacity to fight back. Thus, Jewish Voice for Peace trotted out the genocide libel yet again. This canard was embraced by all the usual suspects who claim to be “progressive.”  If their sort of “peace” actually eventuated, it would not be long before several more 7 Octobers managed to wipe out any Jewish presence in every part of Israel.

The BBC outdid its usual anti-Israel reporting when one of its interviewers demanded to know why Israel had not warned Gaza residents prior to rescuing the hostages.

CNN went one better when its headlines stated that the hostages “had been released,” implying that it was Hamas which had graciously released them.

This quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin sums up the cynical script now being staged worldwide:

“We are all born ignorant but one must work hard to remain stupid.” 

We generally do not respond to press articles. However, due to the cynical exploitation of our interviews in the article published online by The Times Magazine on June 7, 2024, we feel compelled to depart from our policy.

Since October 7th we have been working actively to amplify the voices of sexual assault victims, especially in forums where such voices are often ignored. In this context, we agreed to be interviewed about the sexual violence that occurred on October 7.

Regrettably, the published article misrepresented our words, twisting them to convey the impression that we support the prejudiced argument that claims of sexual violence are being manipulated by Israel. The article aims to discredit and gaslight the victims of heinous acts of sexual violence. Hence, much of what we said was omitted, and only selective excerpts were used, taken out of context to serve the article’s agenda.

We are shocked and disappointed by the exploitation of our willingness to be interviewed and the attempt to use our expertise to give credence to the reporters’ views. The article joins those who are guilty of the unacceptable politicization of sexual violence. In this instance, the reporters’ agenda replaced the professional and ethical commitment to presenting evidence accurately.

As specialists, we are acutely aware of the attempts to manipulate public opinion at the victims’ expense, and we are walking cautiously in this minefield. understand the profound mental struggles victims endure and the delicate balance required in addressing these issues. It is our duty to ensure that the full extent of what happened is acknowledged. The use of sexual violence as a weapon of war was a significant part of the October 7 attack. Denying the evidence of such violence has become a disturbing aspect of the global pro-Palestinian discourse, adversely affecting the well-being of sexual violence survivors of the massacre, as well as survivors everywhere.

Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, of hashtag#TheDinahProject 7/10 and Academic Director of The Rackman Center מרכז רקמן Bar-Ilan University; former Vice-President of the hashtag#UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (hashtag#CEDAW)

Dr. Sarai Aharoni, Head of the Gender Studies Program, Ben Gurion University

Orit Sulitzeanu CEO, The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel

Absurdity knows no bounds when it concerns Israel, as this past week once again demonstrates.

Collective insanity is running rampant and unchecked as university administrators buckle in the face of mob mayhem and politicians prostrate themselves at the altar of electoral appeasement.

Once again Biden blunders, knowing not what he is doing and Blinken blinks in the headlights of looming jihadist terror threats. In urging Israel to surrender to Hamas these leaders think they can sell something which has proven to be a spectacular disaster in past scenarios.

Terror group psychological warfare designed to produce maximum pressure on Israel is now the preferred means to beat Israel into line.

The latest folly is trying to sell a “ceasefire” in Gaza before any still alive or most probably dead hostages have been released by the terror groups.

Biden is desperately trying to sell this latest sell-out to terrorism as an Israeli-authored scheme, but it seems obvious that this is stretching reality. While some of the elements may have been borrowed from suggestions made by Israel’s negotiators, the fact remains that its essential objective is an Israeli surrender to Hamas. Biden claimed that Hamas is no longer a force to be reckoned with, while at the same time, one of his security advisers maintained that it is impossible to eliminate it.

The prospect of billions of dollars being funnelled into terror fiscal holes looms large. Promises of a demilitarized Gaza (or fake Palestine) combined with a full Israeli withdrawal and ceasefires are figments of warped minds that have learnt nothing from past disasters.

In reality, the only basis for any sort of ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal is the release of ALL hostages (dead and alive) and the elimination of the terror infrastructure and terror enablers in their entirety.

Biden and Blinken are peddling a tainted bill of goods which, if swallowed, would constitute a victory for all terror appeasers and guarantee that others such as Hezbollah and Iran would, without a doubt, have their appetite whetted for further murderous action.

If there are still those who believe that the Biden Administration’s schemes herald the advent of true peace and tolerance, they should take a reality check and scan past such hallucinatory nightmares.

The long list of “deals that are so good one only turns them down at ones peril” is a warning to all those eager to embrace the current fatally flawed offerings from Washington.

 The first red flag is that Qatar, among others, is an enthusiastic backer. Qatar is a major financier and supporter of Hamas and everything it represents. Shouldn’t that fact alone be ringing warning bells? Obviously, neither American officials nor knee-jerk Israel haters find anything suspicious in this because they continue to expect that Israel agrees to each and every demand.

The next red flag revolves around past performance.

Wouldn’t it be prudent to have a long, hard look at how previous scenarios which America has been involved with have actually turned out?

Vietnam was not exactly a roaring success as far as US guarantees of democracy and human rights were concerned. Those Vietnamese relying on American protection in their fight for a democratic country found themselves sold down the river as the US abandoned them.

Iraqis hoping for a better and more tolerant life after the defeat of Saddam Hussein were rapidly disillusioned as the US abandoned them to the jihadist forces financed by Iran.

Afghanis, believing American promises and guarantees of equality, were brutally let down as the US abandoned them and scuttled out of the country as fast as the helicopters and planes could manage. Left behind were all those who had worked to bring some semblance of normality to a country ravaged by Islamic extremism. Abandoned were all Afghani women who now have been enslaved back into an oppressive medieval society.

Yazidis and Kurds have been let down as they face genocide and annihilation at the hands of jihadists and Turkish terror actions. Erdogan, the aspiring neo-Ottoman Sultan, remains a valued member of NATO. His war against the Kurds and his increasingly venomous tirades against Israel cause nary a ripple in Washington.

The reality that a rag-tag group of Houthis with Iranian logistical support can continue to wreak piratical terror on international shipping and trade speaks volumes about the halfhearted responses by the US.

Ukraine believed American guarantees of safeguarding its sovereignty against Russian aggression. Wavering, waffling and weak leadership in Washington makes that promise a doubtful commodity.

The Iranian Mullah regime looks on as North Korea thumbs its nose at Biden and as it fires off missiles. Having called America’s bluff and attained nuclear blackmail capability the Iranians know that they can do the same. Biden and Blinken may huff and puff but there is nothing more certain than Tehran will soon follow North Korea down the nuclear extortionist path.

“We have your back” proclaim the Washington appeasement choir. The fact that US warships shot down some Iranian-launched missiles at Israel is somehow supposed to prove that Israel can place its faith in pie-in-the-sky guarantees. What can one expect in the future when American threats to suspend weapon deliveries are made, because Israel is trying to eliminate those dedicated to its demise?

Hezbollah, which has made northern Israeli towns uninhabitable, will need to be dealt with and the Iranian threats of genocide tackled.

If the Gaza campaign is anything to go by, just imagine the reaction from Biden and Blinken and the UN when the balloon goes up on the other fronts.

What sense of security must Taiwan and South Korea be experiencing when they can witness the indecisive charades now taking place?

Look at the farce of the US floating pier in Gaza to get an inkling of how easily reality can destroy the best delusory mirages. In an effort to appease the increasingly strident and extreme left wing of the Democrat party a plan was hatched which allegedly was going to save the residents of Gaza from mass starvation. The fact that there is no such starvation is irrelevant because like every other Jewish conspiracy over the ages, once spread it takes on a life of its own.

Amidst much fanfare and hype, the US touted its intention to build a pier off the Gaza coast. Over two months later and after an expenditure of US$320 million this so called marvel of American engineering was ready to receive aid shipped in from Cyprus. No sooner had the first shipments arrived than the weather became stormy and as a result the floating pier disintegrated with parts of it sunk and other pieces ending up on the coast of Ashdod. This structure lasted exactly 12 days and delivered less than 60 truckloads worth of food.

It subsequently transpired that the majority of the food aid is stolen by Hamas which no doubt accounts for stories of food deprivation among ordinary Gazans. This fact naturally was not advertised by the State Department nor has it been reported by the general media. It is after all much easier to blame the dastardly Israelis and conniving Jews.

It has been disclosed by the IDF that Hamas stole US$100 million from Gaza banks.

One has to ask how, given the above facts, Israel can agree to hair-brained plans that leave terror groups in control of Gaza, let alone in charge of “Palestine.”  The latest pearl of wisdom from the US “experts” is that getting a ceasefire is the main objective and “that the role of Hamas in a post war Gaza can be ironed out later.” This is yet another surefire recipe for continued terror rule in Gaza and further proof of the clueless appeasement fervour gripping those in charge.

This brings us to yet another “brilliant” plan concocted in Washington.

It is wondrous to witness the political contortions taking place as American officials and diplomats try every trick in the book to pressure Israel into falling into the embrace of Saudi Arabia. Undoubtedly a peace agreement between both countries would be beneficial to all concerned. It must, however, have as its primary objective the recognition that Israel is the historical and legal homeland of the Jewish People. No amount of doublespeak by US diplomats, and officials can disguise the fact that what is being currently offered does no such thing.

Desperation for some sort of electoral boost at Israel’s expense is a non starter. The Saudi Foreign Minister has made his country’s position very clear. He stated, “Israel cannot exist without Palestine on the 1967 borders.”