Thanks to Doubtful John for the tip.

The ugly near-riots in Gaza around Thursday’s release of Israeli hostages proves just how deep the terror rot runs.

Before the handover, as Hamas killers (plus members of three other terror orgs, including Islamic Jihad) paraded those to be released through the streets, enormous, threatening crowds closed in around them, shouting and seething.

There was, of course, nothing comparable on the Israeli side — because Israel is not a terror-loving proxy power for an aspirant regional hegemon, committed to genocidal antisemitism and total war. 

It forces any rational person to ask himself: Do ordinary Palestinians actually want this cease-fire?

This show of hate and implicit violence — directed against two Israeli women and an 80-year-old man, all visibly ailing after 15 months in captivity — suggests that, despite the whinging of some international analysts, Gaza fully backs the masked killers who rule over them. 

No matter that Hamas began this war, which has done nothing but immiserate those very same average Palestinians.

Nor that the group’s kleptocratic leadership lives in luxury and safety while the larger Palestinian people suffer the consequences of their war. 

The scenes prove that Israel’s fight for survival isn’t over, though its armed forces and intel services have inflicted devastating blows to Hamas and its allies, even though Iran’s ascent has been seemingly checked for the moment. 

Hamas has reportedly replenished the full complement of its killers. And the propaganda apparatus masking itself as ”education” — managed and funded by UNRWA — among Palestinians is clearly still spitting out poison.

Decades of propaganda have left much of the Palestinian populace enthusiastic about terror: No wonder Egypt and Jordan loudly refuse to accept Gazan refugees. 

Anyone trying to extend the uneasy Hamas-Israel cease-fire must reckon with this seething, toxic fury. 

Hundreds of terrorists whose entire lives are about terror, cameras, and propaganda, versus one brave girl. pic.twitter.com/Lrv6HxsHlU

— GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga (@GAZAWOOD1) January 30, 2025

Wanna know why we have the usual suspects out of control?

Here's a great example of their learned behaviour.

Watch and learn.

This man’s wife is on the plane that crashed.

“I’m just praying that somebody is pulling her out of the river right now. I’m praying to God.”

🙏🏻 pic.twitter.com/hx04OyjNCg

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2025

Salwan Momika burned the Quran and claimed Islam is a violent religion.

Muslims murdered him and proved his point.

Rest in peace, Salwan. pic.twitter.com/4MOmSoktZb

— Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realMaalouf) January 30, 2025

Turkey and Taliban Rage as Iraqi Citizen Burns Qur’an in Sweden https://t.co/D3atCxb4cy

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) June 29, 2023

Qur’an Violence: Cars Burnt, Arrests Made as Protests Hit Multicultural Malmohttps://t.co/d2Qm7pW1Q3

— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) September 5, 2023

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth: “One of the dumbest phrases in military history is ‘our diversity is our strength’… Our diversity is not our strength — our unity and our shared purpose is our strength.”

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— America (@america) January 30, 2025

James Bond fights hate speech in Censorship Royale. pic.twitter.com/olxHgzUzjo

— Free the People (@freethepeople) October 31, 2024

🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump just gave a seemingly alarming update on the plane crash in DC

“The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT…”

😳 pic.twitter.com/ahQbaeY1Xc

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) January 30, 2025