Hamas attacks were not 'by the Palestinian people'

December 1, 2023

I must lodge a complaint about the use of the words - " … the October 7th military raid on Israel by the Palestinian people." I find this extremely offensive and wholly misleading.

I am a strong advocate for the Palestinian cause and usually find Paul Heywood-Smith’s work most stimulating. But I think this is an unacceptable statement.

Hamas unleashed an atrocity, a war crime on a large number of persons - many civilians, many children, many non combatants. If this could be in any way viewed as a “military raid” it was an illegal one and most extreme. The article seems to imply the actions were somehow on behalf of the Palestinian people. This is quite misleading.