icular the Algerian defeat of the French, was a stroke of genius which won unquestioning solidarity from the Left. The delusion persists today.
The reality, of course, is that most Jews are not white. Israel is not a colonial power. The Palestinians have been offered a state on several occasions – including the 2008 Olmert proposal, which satisfied 100 per cent of their supposed demands – but turned down every one in favour of bloodshed.
Hamas is no different from Islamic State. “Resistance” is simply code for the wanton rape, butchery and mutilation of families in their beds, motivated by fanatical religion (Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, for God’s sake). But when you’re wearing your anti-Israel goggles, such subtle distinctions as these become cloudy. Pretty soon, you end up thinking Yahya Sinwar is Che Guevara.
Shamefully, this dogma continues to dominate on the Left today. You just can’t shake them out of it. So we see activists in London, in their keffiyehs and crop-tops, tearing down hostage posters just as the weary people of Gaza take to the streets in defiance of their jihadi oppressors.
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