For all his personal eccentricity, the Irish poet William Butler Yeats said it best in his 1919 poem “The Second Coming.” In the wake of Hamas’ monstrous atrocity against Israeli civilians, it appears that “the best lack all conviction, while the worst/Are filled with passionate intensity.”
Which is exactly how the murdering lunatics of Hamas wanted it. The instinct is for tribal revenge. Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant referred to Hamas as “animals” in announcing Israel’s intention to cut off electrical power, water and food to Gaza’s civilian population as its bombing campaign began.
