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Media Mainstreams a Blood Libel about Israeli "Apathy"

(JNS) Jonathan S. Tobin - For 15 months, Israelis and Jews around the world have watched in horror as much of the international media flipped the narrative of the terrorist invasion of Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Even before the Israel Defense Forces launched its counterattack into Gaza to eradicate the forces that had brazenly assaulted the one Jewish state on the planet, much of the press coverage was portraying the side that started a war with barbaric atrocities as the real victims while Israelis were depicted as the aggressors. In recent weeks, articles in the New York Times and elsewhere accuse the Israeli people as a whole of acquiescence to the supposedly horrible things being done in their name in Gaza. Israelis are portrayed as having failed the test of morality set for them by the supposedly more enlightened West. Israelis are expected to give a pass to the Palestinians for the genocidal ideology that drove them to murder, torture, rape and kidnap Jews as part of their desire to end Israel's existence. The charge of "deadly apathy" is a new form of an age-old blood libel in which the Jews are singled out for opprobrium for sentiments that would be universal in any country put in a similar situation. The overwhelming majority of Israelis have come to the rational conclusion that any sane people would embrace - that Hamas must not merely be defeated but prevented from ever having the opportunity to repeat their crimes, as they have promised they will if given the chance. Hamas could have ended this war at any point by releasing the hostages and accepting Israeli offers in which the terrorists would be allowed safe passage out of Gaza. They hold on because they believe their propaganda will convince the West to turn on Israel and someday hand it to them on a silver platter. Those who participate in pro-Hamas demonstrations are helping to prolong the war.
2025-01-07 00:00:00
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