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 TGIF: Israel Humiliated
 by Sheldon Richman

To more fully understand the ferocity of Israel’s massacre of the 
people of the Gaza Strip, it’s perhaps worth considering that on October
 7, 2023, the reputedly invincible Israeli Defence Forces and 
intelligence services were made to look like fools caught sleeping on 
guard duty. While Hamas’s murder, assault, and kidnapping of 
noncombatants must be strongly condemned, we should be able to see how 
humiliating that was for the Israeli government, which brags as much 
about its awesome power as it does about its allegedly unequaled moral 
stature. Gaza Strip, it’s perhaps worth considering that on October
 7, 2023, the reputedly invincible Israeli Defence Forces and 
intelligence services were made to look like fools caught sleeping on 
guard duty. While Hamas’s murder, assault, and kidnapping of 
noncombatants must be strongly condemned, we should be able to see how 
humiliating that was for the Israeli government, which brags as much 
about its awesome power as it does about its allegedly unequaled moral 
stature.
Read the full article:

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/tgif-israel-humiliated/