Warren Kinsella: Credit where credit is due.

Something I never expected to see, and really something that is quite a shocking departure from history, Warren Kinsella the back-room Liberal fixer has just stood tall for the truth.

I must say, I am really quite amazed. Here's what he said.

A few weeks ago, this writer was invited to the Israeli consulate in Toronto to see 42 minutes of raw video footage. It was mostly taken from video recorders dead (and uniformed) Hamas terrorists brought with them on the morning of Oct. 7, 2023.

The uniformed Hamas killers wanted to keep a record of what they did in Israel that morning. They were proud of what they did: on the videos, they said so, over and over.

[snippage of the witnessed atrocities]

With the permission of the victim's families, some journalists and legislators have been allowed to see the video. To bear witness, the Israelis told us.

We bore witness to something else, however. Something that hasn't been written about nearly as much, but it is important.

It was easy to spot the Hamas men. As noted, they wore uniforms and looked like soldiers, even though they acted like animals – worse than animals, actually.

But here's something else we witnessed: people who weren't in uniforms, at all, flooding into Israel to participate in the barbarity of that dark Saturday.

He goes on to mention atrocities committed by civilians from Gaza, caught on video. Not the "official" terrorists, but freelance murderers/rapists/etc. Private enterprise, as it were.

So, good on Mr. Kinsella for finding his backbone and standing up for human decency against the drift of the political wind. Even attending the Israeli consulate shows guts I frankly did not think he had, given his history. How nice, in these dark days, to find this strength in such an unlikely place.

So, we end 2023 on a high note. Kudos and blessings upon Mr. Kinsella, for saying the truth when very few will.