Free Gaza. From Hamas!
I’ve never been the enemy of the people of Gaza.
I know. Apparently that’s not allowed anymore.
These days, if you criticise Hamas, you’re told you hate Palestinians. That’s the level of sophistication we’ve reached. It’s like saying if you oppose the Mafia, you hate Italians.
No. I don’t hate Gazans.
I don’t hate anyone. Hatred is exhausting. It’s like drinking poison and expecting somebody else to get a stomach ache.
I do, however, criticise evil.
And Hamas is evil.
That shouldn’t be controversial. It should be somewhere between “water is wet” and “don’t set fire to your own house”.
Hamas massacred people, kidnapped civilians, turned suffering into a strategy and built an entire political identity around death. Then a remarkable thing happened. A significant number of educated people in the West looked at this death cult and thought, “Yes. I shall wear its slogans on a tote bag.”
Mad.
I keep hearing, “Free Gaza.”
Fine.
Let’s do it.
Free Gaza from Hamas.
Free Gaza from rulers who seem to love dead Palestinians more than living ones. Free Gaza from leaders who had years to build a prosperous society but somehow ended up with tunnels, rockets and propaganda departments.
And free Gaza from Western activists who have decided Palestinians possess no agency whatsoever. Apparently Palestinians are heroic resistance fighters and helpless children simultaneously. It’s an impressive trick.
And here’s another lie you’ve been sold.
That Israelis hate Palestinians and want endless war.
Most Israelis don’t hate Palestinians.
Most Israelis want peace.
They’re tired. They’ve buried friends and family. They’ve lived through buses exploding, rockets raining down and people being dragged from music festivals and their homes. They don’t dream of conquering Gaza. They dream of not having to run to bomb shelters.
You have been lied to.
You’ve been told Israelis wake up every morning plotting how to oppress Palestinians. Most wake up worrying about whether their kids will get home safely from school.
Normal people.
Like everyone else.
The tragedy is that ordinary Palestinians and ordinary Israelis want exactly the same things: safety, dignity and a future.
But peace requires leaders who value life.
And Hamas doesn’t.
I don’t hate Gazans.
I don’t hate Palestinians.
I don’t hate Muslims.
I hate lies.
I hate fanaticism.
I hate people who turn dead children into political marketing.
And I hate the moral confusion that has convinced millions that opposing Hamas is somehow anti-Palestinian.
It isn’t.
The opposite is true.
If you genuinely care about Palestinians, then wanting them liberated from a corrupt, authoritarian, antisemitic death cult shouldn’t be controversial.
It’s the bare minimum.
So yes.
Free Gaza.
From Hamas.