(Townhall) For weeks, we’ve witnessed a steady stream of videos featuring Hamas supporters and sympathizers ripping down posters advertising the active, ongoing plight of more than 200 hostages who were kidnapped from Israel during the terrorist organization’s October 7th deadly rampage. I cannot help but to seethe with rage whenever clips of these deeply deranged acts cross my social media timeline. The cruel, inhumane impulse to tear down, destroy, or deface these fliers is difficult for civilized people to comprehend. One common theme I’ve noticed is that when people are confronted while engaged in this bafflingly ugly behavior, they tend to offer absolutely nothing in the way of a coherent explanation for what they’re doing.
Guilt, and a desire not to be reminded of what their fellow “anti-Zionists” have done, and are still doing, must play some role in this. I suspect a twisted sense of who or what deserves public attention and sympathy is also at play: Only ‘victims’ of Israel matter. (Read More)
