Interesting article, if a bit overlong and rambling. Some snippets:
Regrettably, ‘Hamas’s wildly successful prison break’ just got a bit out of hand, victims of their own success, really.
‘the crimes Hamas committed against civilians in Israel on 7 October - and those it did not - have been used to overshadow the fact that it carried out a spectacularly sophisticated military operation on 7 October in breaking out of a long-besieged Gaza.‘
It is so unfair. Hamas just did not get the approbation they deserve for killing and kidnapping people, particularly their inspired taking of children and old people as hostages.
‘The attacks of 7 October should have forced Israelis to reassess their dismissive attitude towards the Palestinians and address the question of whether Israel’s decades-long regime of apartheid and brutal subjugation could - and should - continue indefinitely. ‘
Because nothing says “You should reassess your dismissive attitude” quite like a massive bout of rape, murder and hostage taking, whilst firing thousands of missiles at Israel.
‘Predictably, Israelis ignored the message of Hamas’ attack and dug deeper into their colonial mindset.’
You don’t say? ‘Colonial mindset’ doing some heavy lifting here for the deliberately provoked and predictably disproportionate Israeli response to the message which got a bit lost in the massive bout of rape, murder, hostage taking and missile firing.
‘And the Hamas operation has crushed the worldwide reputation of the Israeli military for invincibility. It has inspired Yemen's Ansar Allah (the Houthis) to attack vessels in the Red Sea. It is emboldening Israel’s arch-enemy, Hezbollah, in neighbouring Lebanon. It has reinvigorated the idea that resistance is possible across the much-oppressed Middle East.’
Yes, well done Hamas! Inflame that endless cycle of violence! Make sure to elevate it by calling it resistance.
Followed by a weird segue into a paranoid conspiracy theory that the Israel Lobby and its partisans control the British media and The Establishment and were therefore solely responsible for the downfall of Jeremy Corbyn.