{"id":2061972,"date":"2023-10-10T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T16:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hamas-massacre-is-a-wake-up-call-for-america-to-fortify-itself-against-evil\/"},"modified":"2023-10-10T13:00:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T17:00:04","slug":"the-hamas-massacre-is-a-wake-up-call-for-america-to-fortify-itself-against-evil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hamas-massacre-is-a-wake-up-call-for-america-to-fortify-itself-against-evil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hamas Massacre: America Must Strengthen Against Evil."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-hamas-massacre-is-a-wake-up-call-for-america-to-fortify-itself-against-evil%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2061972&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSuch \u200dis\u2064 the nature of Evil. Out there\u2064 in the vast ignorance of the world it festers and spreads. A Shadow \u2064that grows in the dark. A sleepless malice as black as \u200dthe oncoming wall of night. So it ever was,\u2063 so\u2063 it always\u200c will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These powerful words from the movie\u2063 adaptation of <em>The Hobbit<\/em> were quoted by my colleague\u2064 Dr. David Wurmser, who is presently\u200b in Israel reporting as he can between \u200drocket attacks and shelter-in-place orders.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1865496970\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d89e4d8f677392e309f354edcebfaefd fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d89e4d8f677392e309f354edcebfaefd\"><\/div>\n<p>Only Tolkien\u2019s stories of the changeless sweeping malevolence of evil across the ages seem appropriate to encapsulate the tremendous paradigm shift represented by\u200b the horrific massacre perpetrated by Hamas over the \u200cweekend.<\/p>\n<p>The losses suffered, perhaps as \u2063many as 1,000 dead and many\u2063 thousands more wounded, are of such a horrific scale in light of Israel\u2019s small population that regardless \u200dof how the fight proceeds\u200d now, Israeli society\u2064 is likely to\u200d be \u2064changed forever. The attack, in \u2063which as many as \u200d1,000 Hamas jihadists crossed the \u200dGaza border under the\u200d cover of a massive \u2064rocket barrage and drone attacks, seized control of towns in Southern Israel and went from door to\u200c door to rape, torture,\u200c and murder every Jew they could find, all \u2064on video, instantly evoked horrors known\u2063 to most of us only from \u2063black \u200cand white newsreels\u2062 in previous centuries.<\/p>\n<p>As the perpetrators have openly admitted, the massacre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-israel-hamas-strike-planning-bbe07b25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was planned and prepared<\/a> with the help of Iran, whose other terrorist proxies, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Shiite militias in \u200bSyria and Iraq, \u200cand Houthi terrorists in Yemen, remain at the ready to \u200cexpand the fight on \u2064Tehran\u2019s orders.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A New Age, A \u2064Timeless Evil<\/h2>\n<p>The likely\u2063 purpose of the attack from Iran\u2019s\u200c perspective was to undermine peace efforts \u2064between Israel\u200b and Arab states, most especially Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e2aa9274e848ef53b66276cafd779ee5 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-e2aa9274e848ef53b66276cafd779ee5\"><\/div>\n<p>Not coincidentally, this \u2062has also been a major effort of the \u200cBiden Administration, which has sought to undermine the historic Abraham Accords achieved under President Trump by \u2064injecting the Palestinian issue into the center of the Arab-Israel conflict, even while pretending to seek\u2062 an agreement.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden \u200dAdministration has <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/bidens-6-billion-ransom-payment-to-iran-helped-fund-hamass-attack-on-israel-gop-lawmakers-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">released $6 billion dollars<\/a> to Iran, currently stored \u2062at a\u2063 bank in Hamas-friendly Qatar.\u2063 It has provided funds to Gaza \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/state-dept-no-guarantees-palestinian-aid-fund-hamas-arsenal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">which they admitted would <\/a>result in arming Hamas, \u200dand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/01\/17\/us\/politics\/ukraine-israel-weapons.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pillaged stockpile<\/a>s of U.S. arms stored \u200cin Israel as part of a long-standing agreement, and sent \u200dthem to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Like the conniving Wormtongue in <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em>,\u200b the Biden administration, as the Obama administration before it, has at every turn\u2064 counseled Israel\u2062 to maximize restraint and complacency\u2064 in the face of a growing peril, all while professing friendship.<\/p>\n<p>Here at home, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/08\/13\/u-s-socialists-back-islamist-linked-muslim-candidates-michigan-primaries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic Socialists of America<\/a>, \u200da group that consists of numerous Democrat politicians at the local, state, and federal level, hosted \u2064the largest\u200d Pro-Hamas rally thus far, in New York \u200dCity replete with open calls in support\u2063 of terrorist violence. Students for Justice \u200din Palestine (SJP), a group with <a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/students-for-justice-in-palestine-linked-to-terrorist-affiliate-43d5c8c074ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">close ties<\/a> to Hamas, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MatthewFoldi\/status\/1711477900812149226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">has \u2063called for a National Day of Resistance<\/a> \u200band a \u201cUnity Intifada\u201d in solidarity with the Hamas attack for Thursday, \u200dOct. 12.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-eb8ddc5bc483b22564f39bf8cee50da2 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-eb8ddc5bc483b22564f39bf8cee50da2\"><\/div>\n<p>In the face\u2063 of\u2063 this reality, GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley\u200d saying the attack represents \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NikkiHaley\/status\/1710853377502982174\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an \u2063attack on\u200c America<\/a>,\u201d\u2063 or Qatar-friendly Sen. Lindsay\u200c Graham issuing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1711475570377212063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">threats\u2062 against Iran<\/a> is \u2064mere fecklessness and bravado. The truth is that as it is currently constituted, the U.S. government, especially the \u200cState Department and intelligence agencies, are unlikely to \u2064do\u200c anything \u2062but deliberately\u200d hamper \u2064Israel\u2019s attempts \u200bto defend itself and seek ways to further bolster Iran and \u200cits proxies behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>Americans should demand\u2063 the American government keep out of meddling with Israel\u2019s response and allow it to defend its citizens as it sees fit. \u200cCertainly, the U.S. should honor existing agreements and obligations\u2063 (refilling\u2062 drained stockpiles \u2063for instance) but over-the-top or performative action \u200bwill likely only\u200c amount to interference.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Invasion on Our \u200cOwn\u200b Border<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u2063we \u200dshould tend urgently to our own border and \u200dsecurity. Israel\u2019s border with Gaza was one of the \u2062most heavily \u2064surveilled and monitored borders in \u200bthe world.\u2064 As events have shown, surveillance is not enough. U.S. border doves for years promised that a border can be protected by a mere \u201cvirtual fence\u201d of cameras and sensors. The reality is that only\u200d real \u200cphysical barriers, like walls, watched \u2062over by sufficient \u2062numbers \u200bof properly armed\u2064 and trained men\u2063 constitute a secure border. Anything \u200celse is \u200ctheater.<\/p>\n<p>On the other \u200dside of that border are barbaric criminal \u2062cartels and narco-insurgents every bit\u2062 as murderous as Hamas and Hezbollah.\u200c In fact, Hezbollah \u200dhas extensive ties with various drug cartels, which it has used to try and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cia-dir-isis-al-qaeda-no-longer-considered-the-most-dangerous-transnational-terrorist-groups\/\" title=\"CIA Dir.: Isis, Al-Qaeda no longer considered the most dangerous transnational terrorist groups\">conduct attacks inside<\/a> the United States. Hundreds of\u2062 individuals already named on the terrorist watchlist have crossed into the country.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli awareness of the situation in Gaza now being \u200ccriticized as\u2062 insufficient, is undoubtedly far superior to our own \u2064understanding of the threats on the other side of our own border.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration continues to \u2064facilitate an invasion, consisting of as much \u200bas\u2063 an entire infantry division a day, mostly of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-releases-new-photos-of-bidens-growing-crisis-in-del-rio-has-reached-a-boiling-point\/\" title=\"Congressman Releases New Photos Of Biden\u2019s Growing Crisis In Del Rio: \u2018Has Reached A Boiling Point\u2019\">military aged males<\/a> across the \u200cSouthern border. They come from all over the \u2064world, including places rife\u200d with \u2064jihadist terrorists, and increasingly from hostile adversaries like China. Some, likely working\u200c with the cartels,\u200b cross the border wearing\u200c camouflage \u200band carrying firearms.<\/p>\n<p>We can no more count on the Biden Administration to defend our border than to assist Israel. That\u2064 means states and local communities must\u200d take their fates into their \u200bown \u2063hands.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the attack from\u200b Gaza, Israel immediately loosened its otherwise quite strict \u2064gun laws to increase the number of \u2062prepared citizens \u200bable to defend \u200bthemselves from \u200dterrorists. \u200bThe reality is \u2064that\u200b no government force\u2062 can respond quickly enough against such \u200doverwhelming \u2063violence to prevent tragedy. Americans should strongly oppose any efforts \u2063to restrain our own Second Amendment and take advantage of the ability to possess\u200b and train with firearms for their own defense whenever and wherever possible.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bolster Law Enforcement<\/h2>\n<p>Local communities in Israel\u200d were quickly overwhelmed by the coordinated terrorist attack, and \u200blocal police were not equal to the \u2062onslaught. \u2063It\u200c has been reported that over 30 Israeli police were trapped in a \u200bpolice station that came under siege by Hamas gunmen. Many fought bravely\u200c and lost their lives.<\/p>\n<p>In America, both urban\u200b and rural areas \u200bare\u200b struggling to recruit, train, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-hamas-massacre-is-a-wake-up-call-for-america-to-fortify-itself-against-evil\/\" title=\"The Hamas Massacre: America Must Strengthen Against Evil.\">outfit sufficient law enforcement officers<\/a> following the \u2063left\u2019s assault <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmind.org\/memo\/okay-so-youve-abolished-the-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">upon policing in 2020<\/a>. Many local agencies are hundreds \u2062of officers below their required needs. \u2064Cities \u2063continue to \u200cattempt\u2063 to replace \u200carmed law \u2062enforcement with mere social workers.<\/p>\n<p>Americans everywhere should endeavor to support and bolster the morale \u200dof their \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump pledges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a>, most especially their elected Sheriff. Encourage your community to provide \u2062the necessary funding to\u2062 train, recruit, and equip the best possible local law enforcement, without relying upon fickle and\u2063 restrictive federal grants. \u200cLaw enforcement leaders should\u2064 consider ways to augment\u2064 smaller or struggling police \u200cforces with citizen auxiliaries, properly vetted\u2064 and trained. States \u2063should look at ways to\u2062 bolster their National Guard and State Defense Forces and prepare them for the kinds of violence we know \u2063are possible.<\/p>\n<p>Things will get worse before they\u200c get better. The attack on Israel is an unmistakable sign that \u200cwe have entered a \u2064dangerous and trying \u2062time. The forces of\u2062 evil fester and spread, not \u2063just in the Middle East, but here at\u2062 home.<\/p>\n<p>First and foremost we should, as Tolkien wrote, set ourselves to \u201cuprooting evil in the fields that\u200b we know\u201d and\u200c encourage our friends abroad to do the same.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d42af8904b497b4a81b6b8b366f5087b fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d42af8904b497b4a81b6b8b366f5087b\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has the \u200brecent Hamas massacre impacted Israeli\u200b society, and what\u2063 long-term changes can be\u200c expected?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062 &#8220;The Nature of Evil:\u200d A\u200b Paradigm Shift \u2063in the Face of\u200d Hamas Massacre&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the recent horrific \u2062massacre \u200cperpetrated by Hamas, the powerful words from the\u200d movie adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s <em>The Hobbit<\/em> resonate profoundly: \u201cSuch is the nature of Evil.\u200b Out there in the vast ignorance of the world, it festers and spreads. A Shadow that grows in the dark. A sleepless malice as \u2064black as the oncoming wall of night. So it ever was, so it always\u200b will \u200bbe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The magnitude of the losses suffered\u2062 during this attack is staggering. With potentially 1,000 dead and many thousands\u200c more wounded, the impact on Israel&#8217;s small population is profound. \u2064Regardless of \u200chow the fight proceeds, Israeli society is likely to be forever changed. The attack involved as many as 1,000 Hamas jihadists crossing \u2064the Gaza border under the cover of \u2064a massive rocket\u200d barrage and drone attacks. They seized control of towns \u200bin Southern \u2062Israel and carried out atrocities, including rape, torture, and murder of Jews, all documented \u2063on video. These horrors are reminiscent of the darkest moments in history, usually only seen in black and white newsreels from previous centuries.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 perpetrators have openly admitted to planning and preparing the massacre with the help of Iran. The involvement of Iran&#8217;s other terrorist proxies, such as Hezbollah, Shiite militias \u2064in Syria and Iraq, and Houthi terrorists in Yemen,\u200d highlights the scale and gravity of the situation. Tehran&#8217;s orders could potentially expand \u200bthe fight\u200c even further.<\/p>\n<p>From Iran&#8217;s perspective, the attack likely aimed to\u2063 undermine peace efforts between Israel and \u2062Arab states, particularly Saudi Arabia. It is no coincidence that the Biden Administration has also sought to inject the Palestinian issue into the center of the Arab-Israel conflict, despite claiming to seek peace. The \u2062administration has released $6 \u2062billion to Iran,\u2062 currently stored in a \u2062bank in Hamas-friendly Qatar. It \u200chas provided \u200bfunds to Gaza, knowing that it would result in arming Hamas, and even pillaged stockpiles of U.S. \u200darms stored in\u2063 Israel as part \u2064of a long-standing agreement and sent them\u2064 to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Like the \u200cconniving \u2063Wormtongue in Tolkien&#8217;s <em>Lord of the Rings<\/em>, the\u200b Biden administration, just like \u200bits predecessor, has consistently advised\u200b Israel to exercise restraint and complacency\u2063 in the face of a\u2064 growing peril, all while professing friendship.<\/p>\n<p>This paradigm shift,\u200b encapsulated by the\u2064 malevolence of evil, necessitates a reevaluation of our approach to international relations. The\u200d timeless battle\u2064 against evil requires vigilance, strength, and unity. The atrocities committed by Hamas and its supporters demand a \u200dresponse that is firm, decisive, and committed to preserving the principles of peace, justice, \u2064and freedom. As the evil in the world festers and spreads, it is \u2064imperative that we stand unwavering against it,\u2063 drawing courage from the lessons of history and\u2063 the power of unity. Only then can we hope to overcome the darkness and create a world where evil \u200cis \u200cpushed \u200cback into the shadows from whence it came.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evil thrives in the world&#8217;s vast ignorance, festering and spreading. It&#8217;s a growing shadow, a relentless darkness. Unceasing malice as dark as the approaching night. 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