What really saddens me is the blind refusal to accept that Israel faces any threats whatsoever.
I don't know him directly, but someone I know of was one of the many IDF volunteers after 7 October. He was at Nova Festival, with a friend who committed suicide rather than live with the memory of what happened there.
I don't know if you have ever been to a psytrance festival, but the entire ethos behind them is one of pacifism and global community (Shani Louk was there with her Mexican boyfriend). Had Hamas landed and decided to join the party, they would have been welcome and it could have been what it was supposed to be, a joyful celebration of life and love.
For him to join the IDF went against all his principles. He did it in the face of what he suddenly understood as pure evil.
It is disingenuous to talk as though the distribution of supplies in Gaza is not complicated by the fact that IDF soldiers are clearly identifiable, whereas Hamas are not. Not all the crowds gathered around a food vehicle are just there for a bag of rice.
The UN and UNRWA are closely intertwined, and the latter is known to have assisted the atrocities of 7 October. This puts a shadow over the UN's impartiality when insisting on a ceasefire before supplies are released.
The cries of "Death to the IDF!" at Glasto, and the way this was applauded, is really frightening. The irony of it happening at what was supposed to be a peaceful music festival!