As the sad first anniversary of the barbaric, horrific attack on Israel approaches next month, the persistent equivocating and absurd sick attempts at drawing moral equivalence between Hamas’s murderous terrorism and Israel’s defensive war must stop. Moreover, allowing pro-Hamas terrorist sympathizers to riot with impunity and commandeer our universities must also stop. Enough! This is not politics; it’s war!

After the initial shock subsided, like all wars, the public becomes numb to the carnage as war drags on, but last week the world was reminded and stunned by the incredible viciousness of Hamas. As Israeli Defense Forces closed in on a site where Hamas was holding six hostages, Hamas executed them in cold blood. Imagine the unspeakable suffering of these hostages held for almost a year and just moments before they would be liberated, they were cynically and cruelly murdered.

Hersh Goldberg-Polin was an American citizen, but that was no more than a news mention. Killing an American citizen used to be an unacceptable provocation. The United States declared war on Spain in 1898 because 266 American sailors were killed in an explosion on the USS MAINE in Havana harbor. The Biden-Harris administration’s response was to blame Israel for their tragic deaths and further pressure Israel to compromise with Hamas. No condemnation of Hamas. No warning to Hamas of any consequences. Biden scolded Israel, and basically signaled to Hamas that killing hostages gives them leverage, so expect more senseless murders.

The world led by the USA has been constraining Israel’s efforts to restore order and safeguard their citizens, which includes Christians and Muslims. This nonsense has been going on for decades. Dim-witted Democrats keep insisting on a two-state solution to establish peace and keep blaming Israel for lack of progress. Let’s cut the bovine scatology.

IT IS HAMAS THAT REJECTS THE TWO STATE SOLUTION!!! Why you ask? Because Hamas is doggedly determined to destroy Israel, they don’t want any coexistence with Israel! Hamas will never agree to peace as long as Israel exists. Israel will coexist with Palestinians and even gave them autonomy, but Palestinians support Hamas – hence perennial conflict.

If Hamas ceases to exist, there will be peace and arguably prosperity in Palestine. Stop giving them any credence as a legitimate government. Hamas is a pack of thugs that oppress their own people. Furthermore, their long history of murder, rape, and torture demonstrates that Hamas is evil. The only possibility for peace in Gaza is for Hamas to be completely eradicated; Hamas must be erased from existence. The sooner Israel is fully supported and allowed to finish off Hamas, the sooner peace will be possible.

Plain and simple. Hamas is the sworn enemy of Israel, but they are also the sworn enemy of the United States. The paid pro-Hamas protesters in America are also the enemies of Israel and the United States. We must stop pretending otherwise to our great peril.

For almost a year and really before, pro-Hamas protests, occupations, and riots have been plaguing American cities and universities. They burn the American flag and fly the Palestinian flag. These are not political demonstrations. These are acts of war!

Antisemitism has been exploding. Jewish students have been obstructed, threatened, and even assaulted. It’s only a matter of time before Jews will be murdered by these domestic terrorists. If you ever wondered how the Holocaust could have happened, you are watching a reprise. There are no consequences for intimidating Jews, so it continues and intensifies.

If these protesters were maligning and oppressing black Americans, there would be outrage and swift prosecution. But it’s Jews and Democrats that need the Muslim vote, so it goes on unpunished. Enough! This is not politics. This is a terrorist insurgency in the homeland.

Unbelievably, DHS and the FBI know nothing about these domestic terrorists, their violence, or the murky groups that fund them. There is clearly foreign influence here to destabilize the USA, but no one is investigating. Or are they facilitating them as part of some grand election interference scheme? Enough! The FBI must protect American citizens and go after the real terrorists and not grandmothers singing hymns outside an abortion mill.

It’s past time the United States let Israel do what must be done and support them vigorously; that is the only way to end this war – Hamas must cease to exist. And it’s also past time that we indulge terrorists on our soil. Anyone rioting for Hamas and vandalizing our cities and universities should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and any foreign actors deported immediately or imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay.

Enough! Hamas and other Jihadists are at war with not just Israel but also the United States, so we must restore safety by vanquishing our enemies at home and abroad.

“Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens carried with one hand doing the work, and the other keeping hold of a weapon” (Nehemiah 4:17).

Pete Riehm is a conservative activist and columnist in south Alabama. Email him at peteriehm@bellsouth.net or read all his columns at http://www.renewamerica.com/.