The Lie That Followed the Massacre |
When Truth Becomes Optional: Israel, October 7, and the Collapse of Moral Clarity
Something has shifted in the world, and not in a subtle way. It is not just about Israel. It is about truth itself, about whether reality still matters when it becomes inconvenient, emotional, or politically unfashionable.
For decades, Israel was seen, particularly in the West, as a small, embattled democracy surrounded by enemies. That perception did not emerge from propaganda but from observable reality. The wars of 1967 and 1973 were existential. Israel’s survival was not guaranteed, and the world largely understood that.
Over time, that image changed. Israel became stronger, more prosperous, and more secure. Meanwhile, Palestinians came to be seen as stateless and vulnerable. In a world that instinctively sympathizes with the perceived underdog, the emotional balance shifted. That shift alone explains part of the transformation in global opinion, but not what we are witnessing today.
Because what happened on October 7 was not a “shift in narrative.” It was a rupture in moral reality.
Within a single day, the most brutal massacre of Jews since the Holocaust was carried out by Hamas. Entire families were slaughtered. Children were burned. Women were raped. Civilians were hunted house by house. This was not........