I am amazed that tens of thousands of Israeli citizens find it worthwhile demonstrating over and over again against the Israeli government, calling on PM Netanyahu for the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza. Today a nation-wde day of protests have been called by the Women’s Protest for the Return of the Hostages. After months of detailed negotiations involving the USA, Qatar, Egypt, Israel and Hamas, it was conclusively reported that Hamas is the culprit in refusing to accept the three-phase proposal of President Biden that has also been supported by the UN Security Council as well as the EU and many other nations. In that case these demonstrators should be protesting the Hamas terrorist organization, not the Israeli government.
That is unless the demonstrators are not really protesting over the Israeli Government for not agreeing to release the hostages, but are rather using the hostage situation as an excuse to vent their anger at PM Netanyahu because they oppose his right-wing government. That is a perfectly legitimate position to hold, but why exploit the hostages as the excuse, why not come right out and say that they are the “anyone but Bibi” protesters, who will use any excuse to try to bring down their favorite enemy. Once we know that they are the usual leftist minority of agitators and not the real hostage supporters, we know how to take them, with a large pinch of salt.
It is futile to demonstrate again and again against the Israel government when it has no more means to release the hostages. They have accepted a good deal, supported by most of the world, to no avail. The only other way they can release the hostages is through intelligence and military action. But rescuing hostages that are held underground under close guard by Hamas terrorists is indeed very difficult. In order to do so the rescuers put their lives at risk. The government doesn’t need us to demonstrate against them for what I am sure they are trying to do in any case. Think how good it would be for them to accomplish this if they could. All these anti-government protests only serve to support Sinwar and the Iranians, who think that Israel is divided and weak. Why help them?
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