W.G.H
In recent weeks we’ve talked about hope and the strength it gives the people of Israel. I strongly believe that, the majority of Israelis are hopeful and have the resolve, to see this extremely difficult period through.
There is however, a small and very noisy bunch, who sadly dominate mainstream media, as well as flooding the anti-social networks, whose sole purpose seems to be trying to weaken others.

There’s a group of Israelis, who are always on the hunt for despair and defeat.
Following October 7th atrocities, we were “at the end of our road”. Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon? We lost the north. Israel attacks from the air? that’s no way to win the war. Israel initiates a ground attack? Why are you risking our soldiers? Israel pauses to free tens of hostages? Why did we stop? Israel renews the attack, to pressure Hamas? Why did we continue? Trump says “Let the gates of hell open”? Trump is evil! Trump releases a hostage? Why only 1 and why only an American?…
The government, via the cabinet, with full cooperation of the Chief of staff, Zamir, came up with a plan, to gradually increase the military pressure on Hamas, when we understood that our enemy is planning on biding his time, draining our emotional resources, if we only let him. Eventually, the decision was to prepare for a massive assault that would start, if Hamas does not agree to a hostage deal by date X (don’t ask…).
When these naysayers among Israelis aren’t criticizing Bibi for planning this massive attack, they are busy criticizing him for not carrying it out yet. When President Trump reaches a deal, to free Idan Alexander - with apparently ZERO cost to Israel - instead of cheering, they are whining that “only people with American passports count”, forgetting the nearly 200 hostages already freed up till now.
We should not stop, until the very last hostage is home. I’m making it clear here.
I’m not going to play naive. I know what’s behind this stream of dramatic pessimism. This is a politically motivated campaign, to virtue signal and point a finger to the usual suspect.
It’s actually embarrassing and pathetic, how transparent this group is. But it’s also quite a bit shameful.
The holocaust happened about 80 years ago, and with fewer living survivors every year, even with Spielberg’s blessed initiative to capture thousands of testimonies on videos, you still have scums like Abu Mazen, or Candance Owens and her best buddy Nick Fuentes, denying it.
October 7th was less than 2 years ago. Did they already forget? Are they THAT devious? Do they care so little?
I don’t know about them, but when my family sat, locked inside a bomb shelter for over 24 hours, with the massacre taking place all around them, I said “Never forget. Never forgive.” and I for one - meant every word.
There is no forgetting the horrors, and no forgiveness. Ever. And if some people need to start every day, with 5 min of footage from that day, to remind themselves - a) Who the enemy is and b) that we cannot allow these monsters to live next door to us, then so be it.
It’s plain and simple: There are two goals for the war. BOTH must be achieved.
There is no gray area. We cannot end the war until Hamas is defeated. Defeated, meaning unarmed, not in control of Gaza and its leaders gone (out of Gaza? in a grave? whatever). We cannot end the war until the very last hostage is back home.
That’s it. No buts or ifs.
There is also no gray area also when it comes to priorities. The long lasting security of Israel comes first.
But as we covered here before, the left is a master of euphemisms and destabilization via linguistic confusion. They try to paint every situation as a loss, every success as failure.
I truly believe that most Israelis are smarter than these people give them credit for. I believe that most Israelis (and these are overwhelming numbers) see through the lies, and are united behind the goals of this war.
We say “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.“ and we walk through that valley and we fear no evil.
These liars need to remember that evil, so they don’t perpetrate their own kind.
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Thank you for writing this 🙏🏽. In all the (media initiated) confusion, one should stick to the facts.
“Never forget. Never forgive.”