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Source: https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/392474/whos-really-the-victim/
Who's Really the Victim?
(Los Angeles Jewish Journal) Hayim Leiter - Those who would revel in Israel's demise are claiming victimhood on every front and denying attacks on us in the same breath. The New York Times had to print a retraction to its own coverage of Israel. When reporting on the "NAZA" documentary - the latest salvo in the never-ending blood libel campaign against Israel - the Times wrote, "Israelis still largely view themselves as the victims of Oct. 7," insinuating that Israelis are not the victims. The retraction read, "Because of an editing error, an earlier version of this article included a statement that...inadvertently suggested that Israelis' experience as terror victims was a matter of perception." For the past three years we've been told that the trauma we experienced didn't occur and that Israel is the true aggressor in the region. No matter how often or loudly our detractors repeat this notion, it doesn't make it true. Now those who hate us not only tell us that we aren't victims but the aggressors when battling our enemies, but they claim that those who have incessantly harassed us are actually the victims.