When Lies Fall, Israel Stands |
After the Gaza flotilla was intercepted on the open sea yet again, combined with the careless and provocative actions of Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, I was genuinely convinced that Israel had finally lost the narrative. In my head, I was already preparing for the downfall of the nation. I found myself checking my own house, wondering where I could harbor Israeli refugees. I was deeply convinced that this was the absolute end.
However, I forgot one fundamental truth: Israel is the Jewish state. Without continuous, unbreakable optimism, the Jewish people would not have lasted through thousands of years of relentless persecutions, pogroms, and existential wars. If they weren’t remarkably smart and visionary, there would not be a single Jew alive today. I looked at these chaotic events with a far too pessimistic view, and that was a massive mistake.
In my panic, I temporarily forgot the reality of the opposition. The radical factions do not produce anything of value in Gaza. The primary things manufactured there are rockets, bomb belts, and intricate plans for terror attacks all over the globe. It is not a very inspirational output, is it?
But there is one specific area where they are incredibly smart: acting and playing psychological games. If “Pallywood” were an official, recognized movie studio, mainstream Western studios like Hollywood would be completely out of work. They expertly remix videos to create entirely fake narratives. They manage to turn every single international event, even a natural disaster like an earthquake in Turkey, into a sob story to gather sympathy for a geopolitical cause. It is a remarkable, albeit........