Scaling Up
- Justine Hemmestad
- Aug 14
- 4 min read
The Nameless One relates a deep insight when he says, “Hamas will not release the hostages before Israel surrenders - and ends the war - without getting all the hostages. That's the key point people are missing.
“Not even in 5 years.
“Hamas must have hostages in order to stay in power in Gaza so from day one there was no chance we got back all our hostages.
“A surrender isn't an option because if Israel allows Hamas to stay in power - it will send the message to all the Muslims in the middle east and the west that jihad works. Jihad brought the Jews to surrender.
“The shockwaves of such defeat will lead to no less than a global intifada not just against Jews but against western countries.
“Israel proves that Jihad doesn't work- and if you launch Jihad on a democratic country, you lose land and you will be crushed. This will echo in the middle east and the west as well and allow leaders worldwide to fight radicalism and the Muslim Brotherhood in their countries.”
In a speech on August 10, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu tried to provide some clarity to the world in the face of media lies - and he made some striking points.
How is this “global campaign of lies” told and swallowed up so easily? Indeed, Netanyahu asserts that the world press is buying the lies, “hook, line, and sinker.”
He doesn’t believe Israel is winning the social war, due to this. And moreover, he says at least 60% of responses to the lies are bots - which fosters the algorithms in support of spreading the lies.
Anyone who uses the internet knows that you're shown what the algorithms “think” you want to see.
Hamas also exploits the pre-existing sicknesses of people in order to lie about starvation, and Israel has proof of that.
Netanyahu calls on people to see the lies for what they are and recognize the truth. He says it’s almost like the persecution of the Jewish people in the Middle Ages is happening all over again today.
Accusing the Jewish people of making the population in Gaza starve is nothing short of a ‘blood libel,’ he says.
In reality, Netanyahu says that Israel has let so much aid in that tons of uncollected food is left rotting on the Gazan side of the border because it doesn’t get distributed (Israel has let nearly 2 tons of food into Gaza since the beginning of the war).
Israel is trying to go around these hurdles by designating safe corridors for aid distribution and increasing the number of safe distribution points.
Additionally, there have been air drops conducted by the Israeli air force.
Gaza’s problems, including civilian deaths, destruction, and aid shortages, are to be blamed solely on Hamas, he says.
“Hamas still has thousands of armed terrorists,” he said.
“Our goal is not to occupy Gaza. Our goal is to free Gaza, free it from Hamas terrorists. The war can end tomorrow if Hamas lays down its arms and releases all the remaining hostages.”
Netanyahu asserted that Israel must have “overriding security control” and a non-Israeli civilian administration in charge.
Israel, Netanyahu asserted in his speech, “has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas.”
He also added that an Israeli takeover of Gaza would enable the hostages’ release, and he described how a future “civilian administration” would work in Gaza to govern Palestinians without threatening Israel.
Describing his five-point postwar vision for the Strip, Netanyahu outlined his stipulations: “Gaza will be demilitarized; Israel will have overriding security responsibility; a security zone will be established on Gaza’s border with Israel to prevent future terrorist incursions; a civilian administration will be established in Gaza that will seek to live in peace with Israel.”
To achieve this, he said the IDF had been instructed “to dismantle the two remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza City and the central camps.” Israel will begin the plan “by first enabling the civilian population to safely leave the combat areas to designated safe zones. In these safe zones, they’ll be given ample food, water, and medical care.”
When later addressing Israeli journalists, Netanyahu said Hamas “has raised impossible conditions — not only in our view, but also in the view of the United States,” for a deal. “They include, among other things, a complete withdrawal from the Gaza Strip — including from the Philadelphia Corridor — which would allow the free smuggling of weapons; the release of imprisoned terrorists, these monsters; and a demand for binding international guarantees that would prevent the IDF from resuming combat. These are terms of surrender that no res

ponsible government would agree to accept — and certainly I will not accept them.”
“The real reason that this conflict persists is not because of the absence of a Palestinian state, but the persistent Palestinian refusal to recognize the Jewish state in any boundary,” he insisted.
Netanyahu is coordinating with President Trump with the objective of winning the propaganda war, and ending the entire war speedily.
Netanyahu’s office also said on Sunday that he had spoken to President Trump about the plan and thanked him for his “steadfast support.”
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