Israeli troops are chafing at the bit
All eager, angry, ready for the fight
Deployed with Gaza looming in its sight
Awaiting for the count-down clock to hit
Time zero, time to launch their main attack
Destroy Hamas completely, every man
And try to bring those who were captured back
Ensure Hamas at no time ever can
Again wreak havoc, such atrocities
And terrorize Israeli fields and towns
A price they’ll pay for their monstrosities
Defeat so bad they’ll never live it down
But wait. Let’s say Israelis see success
Although it took them many bloody days
So many thousand dead, it’s hard to guess
Including hostages but some were saved
What happens then where no one’s left to rule?
The Palestinians left leaderless
The West Bank and the Gazans hate all Jews
Who’ve killed them. Stole their land. T’would be a mess
And Bibi’s Cabinet, religious right
Their goal: to occupy the West Bank too
So they oppose a two-state compromise
They are opposed to Palestine self rule
Tom Friedman comments in the New York Times
Suggesting there’s a better path ahead
For Israel, their present path unwise
Too many of their soldiers will be dead
And they’d be vilified in world press
For every Palestinian that’s killed
The army’s goal, they should forthright express,
Is ‘free the hostages. Their hope fulfilled
Dislodge Hamas control of Gaza Strip
And kill their leaders all, whom they must find
Combine the West Bank and the Gaza Strip
To finally form the State of Palestine
10/23/2023
