NAOMI RAGEN
Gaza War Diary
June 25, 2024

…And now, all the brilliant pundits are asking: Can Israel win this war? Excuse me? In case you haven’t noticed, we have taken over Gaza. It is rubble. Have the rockets stopped? Almost completely. When the war started eight months ago, thousands were fired all over the country. Now it’s close to zero. Has the southern border been secured? Absolutely. Gaza is split in two with the IDF deployed deep inside the country. That’s not a victory? But that’s not good enough for those asking the question. Because we haven’t destroyed the “idea” of Hamas. And I say, who cares? Our children weren’t killed by an “idea.” Our citizens weren’t kidnapped by an “idea.” The Allies didn’t destroy the idea of Nazism either. It still exists. But they destroyed the people in power who acted according to its philosophy. READ MORE