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Palestinian Beliefs Force Us to Confront a Harsh Reality
(Israel Hayom) Amb. Dror Eydar - The Oct. 7 Remembrance Day starkly exposed the profound difference between our narrative and the one our enemies tell themselves and the world. I accessed pro-Hamas information sources, but found no difference between them and pro-Fatah channels. From their perspective, the near-total destruction of Gaza, the death of tens of thousands of their people, and the displacement of the vast majority of Gaza's residents were all worth the price of that one euphoric day when they were allowed to fulfill their perceived purpose: to murder Jews, behead our children, brutally rape our daughters, and tie parents and children together and burn them alive. The beliefs of the Gaza Palestinians, and if you investigate, also of those in Samaria and Judea, have remained unchanged for a century. In the wake of Oct. 7, they force us to confront a harsh reality. They see themselves as freedom fighters demanding justice, while portraying us as robbers who plundered land that doesn't belong to us. This is the dominant narrative among many Israeli-Arab citizens as well (see the Vision of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel). The fact that our enemies use their children as human shields and hide massive explosives in kindergartens, schools, mosques, and children's rooms doesn't matter to them at all. From their perspective, they are not responsible for their residents - "the UN is responsible," and the UN has indeed accustomed them to the idea that they don't need to worry about daily life because of the infinite amount of useful idiots who funnel money to them. In such a situation, they are left with ample time to focus on their reason for existence: killing Jews. Will we forever live by our sword? Apparently so. Rafael Eitan, the late former IDF Chief of Staff, once said that he prefers to live by his sword rather than having the sword of Damocles hanging over him. This obliges us to have long-term patience and iron resilience in all matters related to defeating the enemy and destroying its military and governmental capabilities. The writer is a former Israeli ambassador to Italy.