Arrr, fer ages, two swashbucklin' scallywags sailed 'tween Israel and Hamas, but now, no more, me hearties!
2023-11-19
Avast ye scurvy dogs! Forsooth, since 2006, Gershon Baskin, a landlubber peace activist from Israel, and Ghazi Hamad, a scallywag of a Hamas official, did keepeth a secret passage betwixt Gaza and Israel. But alas, the tides turned on Oct. 7, and their dastardly plans were scuppered!
In the year of our Lord 2006, a fine gentleman by the name of Gershon Baskin, hailing from the land of Israel, and a certain Ghazi Hamad, a high-ranking member of the notorious Hamas crew, found themselves engaged in a most peculiar arrangement. A secret back channel, if you will, established between the treacherous land of Gaza and the rocky shores of Israel.For years, these two men, sworn enemies by land and by sea, engaged in clandestine talks, seeking to find a glimmer of hope amidst the tumultuous waves of conflict. They forged a bond, as unlikely as it may seem, with hopes of bringing peace to the stormy waters that had long divided them.
But alas, dear reader, fate had a cruel twist in store for this unlikely duo. On that fateful day, known to all as Oct. 7, the winds of change blew across the horizon, bringing with them a tempest of chaos and confusion.
Word spread like wildfire through the pirate-infested waters of the Mediterranean. The secret back channel had been discovered! The storms of mistrust and suspicion, which had been temporarily quieted, were awakened with a vengeance.
Baskin, the Israeli peace activist, found himself adrift in a sea of turmoil. The waves of doubt crashed upon him, threatening to drag him down into the depths of despair. Hamad, the Hamas official, faced a similar fate, as his crew questioned his loyalty and honor.
Oh, what a spectacle it was, dear reader! The pirates of the political world circled their ship, ready to tear it apart and claim victory for their own. The hopes of peace that had once burned bright were now lost in the stormy abyss.
And so, the secret back channel between Gaza and Israel, a beacon of hope in a sea of darkness, was extinguished. Baskin and Hamad, now shipwrecked on the shores of distrust, could only look back upon their short-lived friendship. A friendship that, against all odds, had dared to dream of a different future.