Wonder Land: For Hamas in Israel and Putin in Ukraine, killing the innocent is now part of the plan. Images: AP/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyYou might think that an atrocity like Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre in Israel would lead opponents of the Jewish state to temper their attacks. Instead, from college campuses to mainstream media outlets, elite left-wing circles have responded to the terror group’s barbarism by intensifying their denunciations of Israel. The worst demonization of the Jewish state has typically followed the worst atrocities against it. Then, as now, many in the West responded to the carnage by criticizing the Jews.

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Persons: Putin, Mark Kelly, Israel Organizations: Zuma, International, United Nations Locations: Israel, Ukraine, Durban, South Africa