Those countries have supported a Palestinian state for many many decades. Ye olde 2-state solution. They just came out more formally for it. Only the US and a couple of Eastern European countries, as well as some Pacific Island countries, have opposed Palestinian statehood, and that’s been the case for a long time (the British and the rest have been abstaining until recently, but that has the effect of support). The war didn’t change anything except making them more bold in their support of Palestinian statehood. Their motive is both leftist sympathy with the supposed oppressed, some element of anti-Semitism, but most importantly playing to their large Moslem populace.

I will chalk that up as a win for Hamas.

Whatever “peace” treaty is arranged, it will be only a matter of time before any new Palestinian state becomes the property of Hamas and we will all witness, yet again, Hamas terrorists attacks upon Israel.
And as is the norm, the “world community” will blame Israel for this.

Wash, rinse, repeat.

Crazy that I’d completely forgotten the whole “judicial reform” issue that had the left in such a tizzy.

Caroline Glick replies to NYT’s Bret Stephens: “What Have We Learned Since Oct. 7th?”

While searching for the TIFF story, I came across the contemporary report of the massacre by Al Jazeera. I was surprised they even published a post at all, much less one that contained a fairly accurate account.

Other than calling the Hamas cowards “fighters” of course.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/10/what-to-know-about-deadly-hamas-attack-on-the-israeli-music-festival

Video footage circulating on social media showed the gunmen descending in paragliders on the gathering. Others came by road.
Dozens of Hamas fighters opened fire on the young Israelis who had come together for a night of electronic music to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.
Videos compiled by Israeli first responders and posted to the social media site Telegram show armed men plunging into the panicked crowd, mowing down fleeing revellers with bursts of automatic fire.
Many victims were shot in the back as they ran.
While rockets rained down, revellers said, fighters converged on the festival site while others waited near bomb shelters, gunning down people who were seeking refuge.

Trump has made it clear that he won’t be rope-a-doped and no doubt Netanyahu has his plans.

Thanks for getting “The Stranger” reference!

I’m now wondering what my Catholic high school thought in assigning it in our senior year.

I missed the whole point of the book then. I’m not sure my teacher got it either.

But existentialism was super cool in those days and great prep for getting into the Good Schools, which many of my classmates managed.

I enjoyed the GLoP podcasts before TDS. I only tuned in intermittently after TDS set in. If JPod got better, quicker than I noticed, more power to him.

Though I wouldn’t mind a few receipts.

JPod’s Shylock remark still strikes me as stupid and bigoted. (Did Trump ever mention Shylock in the same breath as Jews?)