Some good, important points here, Hanan. I admit I've wondered what the hell is it with Kim. Why do they follow him, allow him power of life or death over them, when any one of them could bring him down with just a good swift kick in the ass. It's as though our own master of mendacity, George Santos, late of the House of Representatives, were to become the Undisputed Maximum Leader of all the United States, & people by the hundreds of thousands stage rallies, hoisting his effigy & weeping out of love for his benevolence & wisdom....

I mean, why?

I get Kim's father was dictator & granddad founded the state ... but there must be more. And sure, there's a shared folie à toute le monde among the masses, but the leadership?

As for Israel/Gaza, you'd know better than me, but wasn't Hamas relatively quiescent prior to 7 Oct? People were starting to think maybe they were ready to deal? Or do I have that wrong?