The Global Narrative on Israel Is Deeply Misguided

Around the world, anti Israel protests have become a kind of ritual. Crowds gather, slogans are repeated, and accusations are hurled with absolute certainty. Yet certainty is not the same as truth. Much of what is shouted about Israel is built on distortions that collapse the moment one examines history, law, or basic logic. The tragedy is that these distortions spread not because they are accurate but because mass psychology rewards repetition over reflection.

The list of accusations is familiar. Protesters speak of occupation, illegal settlements, apartheid, human rights abuses, disproportionate force, blockades, displacement, checkpoints, home demolitions, land confiscation, and the absence of Palestinian statehood. These claims are presented as unquestionable facts. But they ignore the long and continuous Jewish presence in the land, the legal foundations of modern Israel, and the repeated rejection of coexistence by groups that oppose any Jewish sovereignty in the region. They also erase the reality that Israel has faced wars,........

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