‘Israel is a wounded lion’: Hamas’ plan to inspire a holy war against Israel hasn’t worked HotAir

Hamas isn t a group of strategic deep thinkers. They didn t have a plan for what Israel would do in response if their attack was a success. Instead they were operating on a kind of revolutionary impulse. If they could strike Israel hard enough, other enemies of Israel would be encouraged to join in the battle and fight with them. The battle would continue until Israel was destroyed. Therefore Hamas would never have to worry about facing Israel s counter-strike alone, at least not for long.

This doesn t strike me as much of a plan, and yet it s fair to say that Hamas really did inspire Israel-haters around the world to rally to their side. We ve seen the protests here in the US in major cities and on college campuses alike. Lots of people have come out of the woodwork to minimize Hamas atrocities and blame Israel for the murders of their own civilians. The pro-Hamas protest in New York City was so extreme that even AOC felt the need to condemn it. The problem for Hamas is that none of their fans in academia will pick up a rifle on their behalf. The most they will do is sign a sternly worded letter.

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John Sexton.

Plausible.