Mick Hartley

From a Times editorial today on the Free Palestine crowd, and their uncritical support of murderous terrorists who kill “collaborators” in public executions, and feed on antisemitism:

For nearly 20 years, ever since it routed its Fatah rivals, Hamas has ruled with the gun in Gaza: the ballot box was quickly rendered redundant. It has beaten, tortured and killed Palestinians who criticise it, and in recent days has brutally executed opponents on Gaza’s streets. Its strategy is underpinned by antisemitism and hatred of Israel, which appears far stronger than any love for Palestinian people, whose suffering its late leader Yahya Sinwar considered mere collateral in his aim of eradicating the Jewish state. For those in Britain who persist in preaching violence from the comfort of intact streets and serene universities, it would seem the same principle holds true.

It was never about a ceasefire, or supporting Palestinians: it was always about destroying Israel by any means possible. “From the river to the sea”; “Globalise the intifada”. This Islamist-left alliance is a grim relic of the hard left’s increasingly deranged hatred of Israel and Zionism.