As the inimitable Victor Davis Hanson writes, on Hamas:

It targeted first a youth concert near the border, on the theory the cowardly killers could gain maximum media traction and Arab solidarity by sensationally butchering and kidnapping helpless adolescents. Will the murderers in the weeks ahead transfer their killing zeal to attacks on the IDF? They will soon have their long desired and ample opportunity to showcase to the world their bravado as they face real soldiers and not unarmed elderly and youth.

Apparently, the Palestinians in their now ISIS role also thought their descent into even greater barbarity, rarely witnessed in even the most savage parts of the world, would shock Israelis into assuming some sort of collective fetal position, with hands over their ears screaming, “make all these demons just go away.”

If so, Hamas sorely miscalculated.

The sheer horror of their methods, and the cowardice shown by focusing on teen-aged girls and children rather than the IDF, will have the exact opposite effect, both in Israel and worldwide.

Israel now knows there is no living with a precivilizational Hamas. It must destroy it, permanently block off Gaza from itself, and adopt a strategy of chronic disproportionate response from now on out.

In such a change of strategy, Israel will have the backing of most of the civilized world and its own people, since there is no other choice once Hamas has adopted its campaign of death. We will likely see things in the next month that no one has anticipated, and yet the Israeli response will be in the eyes of most of the world long overdue.

And the British media reports (because the U.S. media dares not):

Fury as Palestinian protester waves a SWASTIKA at anti-Israel rally in New York City’s Times Square as thousands of demonstrators take to the streets across the US – while rockets and gunfire flies in the Middle East
UK Daily Mail | October 9 2023

Pro-Palestinian protesters took over New York City’s Times Square on Sunday – just one day after terrorist organization Hamas callously attacked Israel, leaving hundreds of civilians dead.

Biden is slammed for holding a BBQ at the White House as Hamas holds Americans hostage and kills at least four during their surprise attack on Israel which has left 700 Israelis dead: President makes NO statement day after assault
UK Daily Mail ^ | October 9 2023 | Stephen Lepore

Joe Biden held a barbecue for his staff at the White House while at least four Americans were confirmed dead in the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel Saturday and Palestinian sympathizers protested at the president’s gates.

I wonder — why won’t you see either of these stories in the New York Times or Washington Post? . . .