No Clean Victory?

     What a day! A "phase one" deal involving several nations - the mediator being Qatar, our off and on friend, and apparently assembled by President Trump, may lead to the release of Israel's remaining hostages.

     Israel's cabinet meets today, to agree or not. Will Hamas, their leaders mostly dead, keep their word? Will anti-Semitism continue? Yes. Israel gets blamed for anything that goes wrong. Many American Jews don't support Israel. Many people living in the war zone go for days without food. Water, medical help and shelter are also lacking.  

     Hamas intercepts food and supplies meant for Palestinians...many of whom are prisoners themselves. Since May, the UN claims more than 800 Palestinians have been fatally shot...a claim an aid group denies. World opinion turns on Israel, which didn't start the conflict two years ago.

     Germany stopped military exports to Israel. Hamas is happy to see this play out, so we read in an article. Despite their strategy of moving among Palestinian centers, there are countries - France and Britain - willing to reward the Palestinians with statehood. A new Palestine will be friendly to Israel? Not a chance. 

     When are these do-gooders going to learn that Satan hates Israel and there will be no peace, no matter what Trump and others accomplish in the short run? Meanwhile, we join all hopefuls in Israel and elsewhere that 20 remaining hostages (and bodies of the deceased) will be turned over to Israel ASAP. 

            Jimmy