The jihadists who have waged war against Israel (and against all infidels in general, a war that has never stopped for over 1400 years) are members of a death cult. Jihad is not only about the conquest of infidel lands, but about the complete humiliation of and subservience (dhimmitude) of the kaffir. And Islam is obsessed with martyrdom.
“I would love to be martyred in Allah’s Cause and then get resurrected and then get martyred, and then get resurrected again and then get martyred and then get resurrected again and then get martyred.” (Muhammad, Sahih Bukhari 52:54)
“Say, O you who are Jews, if you claim that you are favored of Allah apart from mankind, then long for death if you are truthful.” (Qur’an 62:6)
Judaism, in contrast, celebrates life. In keeping with the respect for life, Israel has persistently warned civilians to get out of harms way before striking enemy installations. But jihadists have no respect for the lives of their own people, or for anyone else’s. They use their own civilians as human shields, they have blocked Gaza evacuations to increase the number of casualties for the cause of “martrydom” (and propaganda), and they train their children in the hatred of Jews and readiness for that “martyrdom.”
As Hamas returned four murdered Israeli hostages they kidnapped on October 7, 2023, they staged a “macabre ceremony,” parading the black coffins through the streets with masked jihadis as the pallbearers. Making it even more horrific was the fact that two of Hamas’ victims were a 9-month-old infant and a 4-year-old boy. Even the UN denounced Hamas’s display of the hostages’ coffins as “abhorrent and cruel,” and added that it “flies in the face of international law.” That statement, however, certainly does not exonerate the UN from supporting Hamas all throughout the Israel-Hamas war.
Prime Minister Netanyahu has addressed his nation over this latest Hamas barbarism, vowing “vengeance” on the Hamas “death cult.” A video and translated transcript of his address follows, courtesy of the Israel Government Press Office:
“My brothers and sisters, dear citizens of Israel, on this day we are all united, in grief that is too heavy to bear.
Today, every home in Israel bows its head. We bow our heads over the heavy loss of four of our hostages. We all feel pain mixed with rage. We are all outraged at the Hamas monsters.
The four coffins of our dear ones require us, more than ever, to ensure, to swear, that what happened on October 7 never recurs.
The voice of our dear ones’ blood cries out to us from the ground. It requires us to settle accounts with the depraved murderers – and we will settle accounts with them.
G-d of vengeance, Lord G-d of vengeance, appear’ [Psalms 94:1]
Our heart may be broken but our spirit is not. And with this spirit: We will return all of our hostages. We will destroy the murderers; we will eliminate Hamas. And together, with G-d’s help, we will ensure our future.”