Alan Baker
Jerusalem Post, Oct. 31, 2023
“Despite her reputation as a crusader for liberal issues, she chose to ignore the Hamas atrocities, which included mass murder, rape, and kidnap.”
It is difficult to fathom the logic behind the wave of demonstrations against Israel in European capitals, on North American campuses, and in cities in Australia.
This especially after the world has witnessed one of the most grueling exhibitions of utter barbarism and evil, willfully and indiscriminately committed by hordes of incited and drugged Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists against thousands of innocent people living and going about their daily lives in Israel.
One might have expected that an enlightened Western international public, and especially students at renowned university campuses, would have come out in condemnation of such Hamas and Islamic Jihad barbarity, rather than condemning Israel’s legitimate actions in defending its population from such terror. What is quite obvious, is that these demonstrations are not spontaneous. They are organized by an efficient, well-oiled, and well-financed propaganda machine, together with an assertive policy of mass manipulation run by Hamas and the Palestinian Jihad terror organizations. They also have financial and political support provided by a number of states that regularly sponsor terror organizations and activities against Israel, including Iran, Turkey, and Qatar.
No less curious and interesting is the fact that various North American campuses receive financing from countries that openly support terror. Hypocrisy, double standards, and antisemitism The term “propaganda” is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as “information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.” Even assuming that the demonstrations are indeed fueled and manipulated by the various propaganda sources, the question nevertheless arises as to whether the mass participation in such demonstrations is indicative of approval, sympathy, and support for the brutal attacks conducted against Israel and its citizens on October 7. Could these demonstrators, in liberal and open democracies, really be sanctioning such brutal and inhumane acts against Israel’s civilian population and visiting tourists?… Source
