In many cities around the world, the blue-and-white colors of the Israeli flag, or the flag itself, have been projected onto major buildings in an outward and visible show of sympathy and solidarity: the White House in Washington, the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Canadian Parliament’s Peace Tower in Ottawa, the Arch of Titus in Rome, the Sydney Opera House and the Federal Parliament House, the Bulgarian Parliament, the Berlaymont, which houses the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels, and many others have been enrolled in the effort. And in London, the Israeli flag was projected onto both the Parliament building and on 10 Downing Street. But the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, chose not to light up any of the buildings under his control. In fact, he has been most concerned not about the atrocities inflicted on Israeli men, women and, especially, children, but about Israel’s determination to wipe out, as it must, the terror group Hamas.
Here is what he said on a visit to the London office of Medical Aid for Palestinians: “Sadiq Khan fears a ‘disproportionate’ Israeli response to Hamas’ terrorist attacks could lead to ‘inexplicable suffering’ in Gaza,” by Oliver Price, Daily Mail, October 13, 2023:
The Mayor of London has said he fears a ‘disproportionate’ response by Israel to the ‘terrorist’ attacks by Hamas could lead to ‘inexplicable suffering’ in Gaza.
What exactly, in Sadiq Khan’s view, would be a “proportionate” response to the decapitation of dozens of babies, the murders of hundreds of children, the rape and murder of young girls, the torture and murder, sometimes by beheading, of 280 IDF soldiers, the kidnapping of Holocaust survivors in wheelchairs? Last I looked, Israel had not decapitated anyone, not a single child in Gaza was deliberately targeted, no Palestinian girls were raped or murdered, and the IDF, in fact, has been making heroic efforts to warn civilians away from places it is about to target, by messaging, telephoning, and using the “knock-on-the-roof” technique. Now it has urged Gazan civilians to move from the northern part of the Strip to the south, in order to avoid being caught in the fighting that will follow the IDF’s imminent invasion. It is Israel that is trying to save civilian lives, and Hamas, by insisting that they stay put in the north, that is trying to endanger them.
Sadiq Khan can hardly be unaware of that longstanding practice by the IDF. We also know that while Israel has dropped 6,000 bombs on Gaza, to destroy weapons hideouts, rocket launchers, command-and-control centers, and the offices of Hamas leaders, only 1417 Gazans have died so far, as of Oct. 14, which means that for every four bombs the IAF drops, only one Gazan is killed — an astounding figure that testifies to the care the IAF takes to minimize casualties through its multifaceted system of warnings. And while we know that 85% of the Israelis who were murdered by Hamas were civilians, we don’t know as yet how many of the Gazans killed were civilians. I doubt, judging by the results of the IAF’s previous bombings in the Strip, that more than a quarter of the Gazans killed in this war so far have been civilians. Of course Hamas lies about its casualties. It always has done so, inflating the numbers of women and children killed, just as it prepares Palestinian families to cry on camera, and provides them with scripts of what to say to foreign journalists. That will all be investigated once the war is over, and Hamas as a military force is crushed. What Sadiq Khan should have said, under the circumstances, is that “I am aware of the enormous efforts Israel makes to minimize civilian casualties and I know that will continue in the coming days” instead of scolding the Jewish state in such an intolerable manner.
Sadiq Khan also called for the Israeli government to reconsider blocking off food, water and electricity to the region in response to the killings and kidnappings by the militant group, which led to the deaths of more than 1,000 Israelis [now 1,300] last weekend.
Israel is hoping to bring an end to this war to crush Hamas as quickly as possible, with as little loss of civilian life as possible. The Jewish state is under no obligation to supply anything at all to the people of Gaza, who have produced Hamas, who join Hamas, who support Hamas even if they are not members. The Gazans now have one plant that generates electricity, and have relied on Israel — their mortal enemy, whom they are determined to destroy — to supply the rest of its electricity needs. Israel was willing to do this in the past, but not now, in the middle of a war, and especially not after the atrocities visited upon its people by Hamas. The Gazans could by now have had several electricity plants built and in operation, had Hamas not chosen instead to spend billions on terror tunnels and weapons, and on the luxurious lives of its thieving leaders.
Why should Israel be expected to supply its enemies with any resources? Would the Americans have delivered food and water to Nazi Germany, or to militarist Japan, during World War II? Would we have supplied electricity, food, or fuel to those living in the Islamic State? Gaza has the coastal aquifer to supply some water, and it is not completely, as Sadiq Khan claims, “without water.” Gaza’s chronic lack of water is a result of three things: weak resource management, rapid population growth, and a failure to pay for WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) infrastructure. Is Israel at fault if Gazans have so many children, and that staggering increase in population requires more water? Is Israel to blame for the mismanagement of water resources by Hamas, including its allowing raw sewage to flow, untreated, into the sea? Or should we blame Israel for the billions of dollars in aid siphoned off by a handful of Hamas leaders, with five billion dollars being stolen by just two of them, Khaled Meshaal and Mousa Abu Marzouk? Did Israel force Hamas to spend so much money on war-making rather than on the husbanding and production of water? Hasn’t Israel in the past offered to share with the Palestinians its own advances in drip irrigation, and the Watergen technology that allows water to be produced from the ambient air?
Barry Goldberg says
Excellent article, but a couple of other things related to water, or lack thereof: 1) Hamas supplies 90% of its own water, according to sources I’ve read, indicating that Israel’s cutting off of water represents only 10% of Gaza’s supply. 2) Videos, taken by Hamas terrorists themselves, have shown them digging up water lines, already in place, so the pipes can be used to make rockets aimed indiscriminately at Israel’s civilian population. * As the saying goes, “The bed you make is the bed you sleep in.”
CommonSenseChris says
How SAD is it that Londoner’s voted for this Muslim Leftist to be their Mayor. He needs to GO. All of UK will eventually be under Hamas / Sharia Law and Rule. In the meantime – we have Acid Attacks and Honor Killings … knife attacks on “non believers” and higher crime.
Jerry says
Apparently, many “Londoners” are Muslim or Muslim sympathizers, or were gullible regarding political promises, the same as many in the US.
Westman says
What is the difference between a plan and a conspiracy? It seems to be in the nature of the observer.
We observe London and its invasion by a foreign religious society, one having more interest in utilizing London resources than becoming part of its social fabric. A parallel society which visually announces its separateness on any busy London street; whose fealty to the UK is moderated by a religious authority from religious texts which declare London is the parallel society’s property and is currently squatted upon by inferior native beings who should be harnessed and exploited.
To the parallel society, this is a plan, which, to the native society, appears as an Islamic conspiracy.
It’s doubtful that Sidiq Khan realizes that he could simply be a useful role player in a much larger Global Elite experiment of “normalizing” the world’s masses in preparation for One World Government. However, the superior, militaristic attitude of Islam appears to be the greatest obstacle to being swallowed into a common marass. The Christians have suffered huge losses, through two generations, to Atheism and nihilism. Judaism has also taken serious diaspora congregation losses, since WW2, toward liberalism and disbelief that refuses to support its own heritage in Israel.
It seems like we are being puposefully worn down by wars and dissention yet that may only be one of several explanations for the many useless wars since WW2. Access to a nation’s resources and disputes over borders could be others.
The feeling that the grinding of humanity into a common mass is inescapable, and has an overseer, is difficult to discount.
The creation of the EU was a demonstration that it is possible to usurp the sovereign powers of Christian heritage nations, having different languages and cultures, into a single entity.
Israel must do what it must, “for as long as it takes”, to restore security from the mad dogs of Islam.
Tatanka says
Shows the ignorance about islam of the UK in general and Londoners in particular to import Muslims in their Country and worst of all to elect a muslim mayor.
Suicidal idiots really.
Bexarkat says
London’s bridge has fallen down.
Dr K says
Sadiq Khan The Enemy In Our Midst !
Blougeoisie says
Any comment on Turkey’s response to Syrian Kurds for a Turkish Kurd bombing mr
Kahn or are air strikes on children fine when your ‘brothers’ do it?
Any response to the Armenians of Artsahk’s ethnic cleansing two weeks ago mr Kahn or is displacing the native population fine when your ‘brothers’ do it?
How about the Shia in Pakistan who now want to secede and join India due to the love from the Sunni brethren?
Bueller?….Bueller?
bagsgroove says
The worse thing for London, a moslem mayor. Probably spends all his time ignoring the needs of non moslems
mgoldberg says
I had a conversation back in about 2008′ or so with hos reputation for being a ‘palestinian’. He was a Jihadist believer and all the bromides of course were his to ooze out when he tried to debate the issues with me. But one thing he did make clear on several occasions when we discussed all the issues that he would admit to when I questioned him bluntly was this: everyone, every arab knew that the IDF and the fighters would never rape, loot, or simply murder non combatants. He said this plainly and smiled a little smile. He was a jihadist weasel but he was able to ooze out that bit of factual accuracy in the debates we had where he distorted or lied about so many other issues.
James Lincoln says
Very telling, mgoldberg.
tim gallagher says
This Muslim piece of crap, Khan, must have appealed to plenty of the fuckwits who inhabit London or he would not have attained the position of mayor. Must be plenty of Muslims and left wing clowns in that city. The Hungarian approach of not letting the Muslim enemy into your country is the only effective way to go. If you let them invade any non-Muslim country then that country is in big trouble once the invaders numbers are allowed to build up enough. Hopefully enough people will decide to get rid of this Muslim scumbag and he’ll soon be an irrelevant piece of crap once voted out.
Aum says
Sadiq Khan ‘s priority is Ummah & Muslim brotherhood.
OLD GUY says
The Brotherhood of islam is what he stands for, not the people of London. Beware of the WOLF in sheep’s clothings.