With Mighty Hand and Outstretched Arm

In his capacity as estate agent and landlord to the chosen people, the Lord of Hosts has certain obligations to his tenants; not least in the matter of pest control. After only seventy years of hinting, a convenient answer to the Palestinian problem seems to have been created, in the form of antibiotics-resistant bacteria whose efficacy has been admirably showcased by recent incidents in Gaza. According to Britain's leading liberal newspaper, Israeli troops shot large numbers of people in the passive voice and the new infections mean that the survivors' wounds cannot be quickly closed, which means that patients spend more time in hospital, have less chance at successful reconstructive surgery and suffer greater risk of amputation. Nevertheless, Britain's leading liberal newspaper has taken some small interest in the problem, as the shortages which Gaza somehow contrives to suffer despite the ministrations of the Righteous State have exacerbated the risk of infection, to the extent that it may spill across the checkpoints and begin to trouble the master race.