Yuval Noah Harari

and bring the world press to see how well Hamas is treating the Israeli captives.

They bring them water and medicine and food.

They capture the soldiers and take them prisoners of war, which is legitimate, but they do not harm the civilians.

And that's the only difference.

In such a scenario, Israel's hands would have been tied.

Not only world public opinion, but also Israeli public opinion would not have allowed Israel to just, you know, bombard Gaza into rubble.

Because we would have had these images of Hamas combatants taking care of Israeli civilians and not harming them

And in that world, there would have been very little legitimacy for Israel to have overwhelming reprisal against Gaza.

And Hamas would have won.

So not just a tactical victory, but a major political victory.

And it didn't happen simply because of their cruelty.

You know, the angry and fearful stories, they need to be fed.

Anger is like a fire that consumes you, but it constantly needs to be fed.

And if it is not fed, it ultimately dies down.

And you look at history and you see conflict, horrendous conflicts, and you say, people will never forget.

They will never forgive.

And then within a few decades, if conditions change, they do.

You look at Jews and Germans.

You know, it took just a couple of decades.

Yeah.