Gaza needs liberation — from Hamas

There is no tragedy more perverse than the lie that Hamas is a victim.

For 17 years, Hamas has not governed Gaza — it has held it hostage. It has turned this wounded land into a military outpost, a laboratory of hate, a psychological ruin. It does not liberate the Palestinians — it exploits them. It does not seek justice — it seeks domination. And yet, the West continues to reward it.

On October 7, 2023, Hamas carried out a massacre. This was not an “act of resistance.” It was a ritual of barbarism: murder, rape, torture, abduction. And within hours, the media rushed to find “reasons,” “nuance,” and “context.” That reflex is a moral betrayal.

Let us be clear: there is no context that justifies burning children alive.

Hamas rejects peace not because it has no hope — but because it thrives on war. 

Its charter does not speak of coexistence. It calls for the elimination of Israel. 

It is a program of ethnic cleansing, funded by Iran, legitimized by parts of the press, and normalized by diplomats who confuse neutrality with cowardice.

The world claims to want peace — yet demands that the only democracy in the Middle East surrender. It expects Israel to make concessions to a genocidal organization, even as rockets fall on its nurseries, hospitals, and synagogues.

No one would accept that in France. If Paris were hit by 5,000 missiles in a single week, would anyone debate “proportionality”? If terrorists slit the throats of families in their beds in Lyon or Marseille, would the government be told to “show restraint”?

And yet that’s exactly what is demanded of Israel. Again and again.

Worse: some European leaders — Emmanuel Macron first among them— are now pushing for recognition of a Palestinian state, even if that state is governed by Hamas. This is political blackmail and strategic blindness. Granting statehood to an organization that denies Israel’s right to exist is not diplomacy — it is the institutionalization of terror.

**Macron’s speech at the United Nations in September risks unleashing a wave of genocidal hatred against Jews on a scale unseen since the 1940s. 

The ideology behind Hamas is not a detail — it is the central reality of Palestinian political life today, whether Macron likes it or not. Most Palestinians, by every poll, support Hamas’s actions, its vision, and its goals. 

Recognizing a Palestinian state under these conditions is not about peace — it is about legitimizing an ideology of annihilation. For Jews worldwide, the consequences could be catastrophic. 

Macron may believe he is advancing diplomacy, but in truth he is lighting a fuse. This is not leadership — it is vanity wrapped in moral posturing, and it endangers us all.

Let’s also be honest about another uncomfortable truth: Hamas is not isolated from the Palestinian public. According to multiple polls, including from Palestinian sources, support for Hamas in Gaza and the West Bank has often exceeded 80%, especially after attacks on Israel. 

This is not just a fringe group — it reflects a broader radicalized culture that glorifies martyrdom and teaches hatred from childhood. 

The Palestinian Authority, often portrayed as “moderate,” speaks one language to the West and another to its own people — celebrating terrorists as heroes and broadcasting anti-Israel incitement daily. 

As for those few brave Palestinians who speak of reconciliation or coexistence — they are silenced, marginalized, or threatened with death. They are not on the political stage, because in a society governed by fear and fanaticism, peace has no microphone.

Such recognition will not lead to peace. It will lead to a second Afghanistan on the Mediterranean.

Meanwhile, international institutions — the UN, NGOs, certain media outlets — participate in this masquerade. They repeat, without question, casualty figures provided by Hamas, close their eyes to real war crimes (such as terror tunnels under hospitals), and blame Israel for daring to survive.

This moral inversion is an insult to intelligence, to truth, and to history.

I am not a diplomat. I am an artist. But I am also the son of a people who learned that when evil is not named, it triumphs. What Hamas is doing is not politics — it is war on civilization. And those who look away are complicit.

The Palestinian people deserve better. They deserve a future, an economy, an education, a space to live. But they will never have that as long as Hamas holds them hostage.

Israel will finish this war, because it has no choice. 

But it cannot stand alone. Free nations must stop subsidizing Hamas with their cowardice. They must stop treating terrorists as legitimate actors. They must defend besieged democracies without apology.

Gaza does not need pity. Gaza needs liberation. Not from Israel — but from Hamas.

And it’s time the world finally understands this.