Don't Let's Be Beastly to Hamasniks
The song below was written during the 2023 Israel-Hamas war as a satire directed against a minority of people who, in my opinion, are taking a rather too tolerant view of the West's enemies. It is called Don't Let's Be Beastly to Hamasniks. Don’t let’s be beastly to Hamasniks. Now our empathy requires us to be gentle. Let us treat them very kindly, As we would one from our ranks. We might send them out some petrol To refuel their vehicles’ tanks. Let’s be fair to them Just like when we declared to them That they ca n govern Gaza as they choose. Let’s sweetly sympathise with them And try to realise again That it's oppressive living near to Jews. We must restrain Our yearning to retain The measures that prevent us being grilled The blockade’s very hurtful And just another hurdle Preventing peace with those who’d have us killed. Hamas longs For many more pogroms. But now they've suffered our bombs, We mustn't hold A grudge, be cold, Or ever give the feeling We’ll