Commentary from co-CEO Alex Ryvchin originally published in The Daily Telegraph on 11 October 2025.
Hamas’s invasion of Israel on October 7 was intended to change the world.
The terrorists calculated that if their attack was spectacular in its barbarity, the Arab and Islamic world would rally behind them, societies would become mired in protest and division, forcing governments to adopt policies of appeasement.
For two years, it looked like Hamas’ strategy was working.
But Trump and Netanyahu had other ideas. While western governments lined up to hand Palestinians a state, Israel completed the final battlefield manoeuvres to encircle Hamas, sent a sharp warning to Qatar in the form of a hit on Hamas officials in Doha, while Trump mobilised US diplomatic and economic power to win over the world to his peace plan, Arab states included.
With its patrons and allies in Tehran and Beirut humiliated via exploding pagers, assassinated leaders and a smouldering nuclear program, Hamas faced the inescapable fact that it is friendless and defeated, and finally capitulated.
The wearied people of Israel and Gaza can now contemplate a future beyond a wretched cycle of terrorism and reprisal.
But while Hamas has accepted peace, the last holdouts are anti-Israel activists in Australia and the western world. They have vowed to continue. How else will they feel relevant other than by costing taxpaymillions, taking police away from fighting crime, and soaking our society with a violent ideology than can be directed at Jews one day and turned against western values, the next. While peace may not stop the protests or undo two years of antisemitic propaganda, it ensures all things are revealed.
Who supports war and who wants peace. Who takes pride in the Australian flag and who holds it only to set it on fire.
Who wants to give Palestinians peace and prosperity. And who is happy to see them die just to have slogans to chant.
A truce won’t appease activists
A truce won’t appease activists
Commentary from co-CEO Alex Ryvchin originally published in The Daily Telegraph on 11 October 2025.
Hamas’s invasion of Israel on October 7 was intended to change the world.
The terrorists calculated that if their attack was spectacular in its barbarity, the Arab and Islamic world would rally behind them, societies would become mired in protest and division, forcing governments to adopt policies of appeasement.
For two years, it looked like Hamas’ strategy was working.
But Trump and Netanyahu had other ideas. While western governments lined up to hand Palestinians a state, Israel completed the final battlefield manoeuvres to encircle Hamas, sent a sharp warning to Qatar in the form of a hit on Hamas officials in Doha, while Trump mobilised US diplomatic and economic power to win over the world to his peace plan, Arab states included.
With its patrons and allies in Tehran and Beirut humiliated via exploding pagers, assassinated leaders and a smouldering nuclear program, Hamas faced the inescapable fact that it is friendless and defeated, and finally capitulated.
The wearied people of Israel and Gaza can now contemplate a future beyond a wretched cycle of terrorism and reprisal.
But while Hamas has accepted peace, the last holdouts are anti-Israel activists in Australia and the western world. They have vowed to continue. How else will they feel relevant other than by costing taxpaymillions, taking police away from fighting crime, and soaking our society with a violent ideology than can be directed at Jews one day and turned against western values, the next. While peace may not stop the protests or undo two years of antisemitic propaganda, it ensures all things are revealed.
Who supports war and who wants peace. Who takes pride in the Australian flag and who holds it only to set it on fire.
Who wants to give Palestinians peace and prosperity. And who is happy to see them die just to have slogans to chant.
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