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Why Can’t Rep. Rashida Tlaib Just Condemn Hamas?
Even in the face of a devastating terrorist attack on Israel, some progressives still won’t say a word against Hamas. Why?
“WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT,” warned the Daily Mail yesterday. It was like so many other warnings of its kind splashed across the internet today.
The images coming out of Israel — videos and stills — aren’t for the faint of heart, as the Daily Mail is perhaps right to remind its readers.
The article, entitled “Bodies of 260 revelers killed in Israel festival massacre are piled on top of each other as Hamas attack aftermath is laid bare: Survivors describe gunmen going ‘tree by tree’ executing victims — with father who rushed to save daughter among missing,” was a grim litany of facts.
Like the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the scope of the tragedy in Israel this week is difficult to grasp.
After a surprise attack by the terrorist organization Hamas, with a big assist from Iran, the death toll in Israel is rapidly approaching 1,000, with many more still numbered among the missing and abducted.
Those abducted by jihadist terrorists over the past 48 hours since the attack began can’t exactly be counted among the missing, after all. World authorities, governments, and appalled social media users on three continents know…