As this Blog is being written, the Israel/HAMAS War has been placed on PAUSE; so selected Israel hostages, taken in the HAMAS October 7 th    Murder Raid can be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners, held in Israeli jails. Since the October 7 th  HAMAS Murder Raid, the world has learned a few things about HAMAS. First, it is the most ruthless terrorist organization, since the Khmer Rouge and that includes the Taliban and ISIS. Secondly, it is the cleverest, canniest terrorist organization since the heyday of the Irish Republican Army. In geopolitical, geostrategic terms and in public opinion, HAMAS may have already won the war. It has galvanized worldwide opinion against Israel; even though HAMAS slaughtered Israeli elders,  raped Israeli women, butchered Israeli men and mothers and  beheaded Israeli babies in its Murder Raid. In response, all across the globe, masses of protestors want Israel to accept violation, forcing the world to lament the deaths of  Gazan civilians but not the d