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The World’s Shame: Ignoring October 7

It has been nearly two years since the darkest day in Israel’s modern history: October 7, 2023. On that day, Hamas terrorists stormed into southern Israel, committing atrocities so brutal that words barely suffice, murder, rape, torture, beheadings, dismemberment, burning families alive, and kidnapping children and the elderly.

Unlike the Holocaust, where the Nazis tried to erase evidence of their crimes, this time the perpetrators themselves documented their savagery. With GoPros, cell phones, and security cameras, they proudly recorded their barbarity. The evidence is undeniable, raw, and horrific.

Israel made sure this would never be forgotten. The government compiled the footage into a film, first shown internally to the Knesset, Israeli journalists, and stakeholders. Later, it was offered to embassies worldwide, to be screened for journalists, politicians, and broadcasters. The goal was simple: to ensure truth could not be denied.

But truth today is inconvenient.

The World’s Rejection of Truth

Two years later, the world has turned its back on Israel. Sympathy for the victims of October 7 has been replaced by sympathy for their murderers.

In Belgium, the Chamber of Representatives refused to screen the 47-minute film, claiming “no consensus.”
The Belgian Senate rejected a shortened version, dismissing it as “Israeli propaganda.”
The President of the Belgian Chamber was criticized by Israel’s Foreign Minister for refusing even to confront reality.
In the Netherlands, the public broadcaster NOS didn’t even show up when invited to a special screening at the Israeli embassy.

Journalist Wierd Duk reported:

“NOS was invited, but did not show up. Their editorial team did not respond.”

If your news source is unwilling to face reality, is it still reliable? Or has it become hopelessly biased?

Dutch Media: Choosing Sides

One unnamed source admitted to the Dutch public broadcaster NPO that their coverage of Gaza is one-sided. The reason? The rise of DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) hiring policies. Many new employees, often with a Muslim background, bring their own worldview into reporting. Instead of striving for objectivity, as was once the standard, the newsroom consciously chooses sides.

This is not journalism. This is propaganda.

Meanwhile, the same media outlets spread fabricated images of suffering in Gaza, often unverified, echoing Hamas talking points. It is chillingly similar to what the Nazis once did: dehumanizing Jews, denying Jewish suffering, and weaponizing lies against Israel.

A New Nazi Era?

The comparison is unavoidable. When the world ignores Jewish suffering, when footage of mass atrocities is dismissed as “propaganda,” when international institutions invert victim and perpetrator, a new Nazi era is being welcomed with open arms.

We once said “Never Again.” But those words mean nothing unless we live by them. The world has become frighteningly familiar for Jews: hated, silenced, and blamed for their own suffering.

The denial of October 7 is not just a betrayal of Israel. It is a betrayal of humanity.

If the Holocaust taught us anything, it is this: when the world chooses blindness, evil thrives. And today, the same blindness is spreading again.

The question is: will we stand by silently? Or will we remember that “Never Again” is not a slogan, it is a responsibility and do not be fooled by lies.

Staged Suffering: The Palestinians’ Greatest Weapon

When you have to fabricate horror events, the reality can never be so terrible. And that is exactly what we see, time and again, with Palestinian propaganda.
From staged funerals to recycled photographs, from “injured” children who miraculously walk away minutes later, to hospitals producing statistics without verification, Palestinian suffering has become a performance. Not just today, but for decades.
Why? Because without manipulation, the truth would be too obvious: Hamas and Palestinian leaders are the aggressors, not the victims.
Pallywood: A Long History of Staged Suffering
The term “Pallywood” was coined years ago to describe the endless stream of fabricated or staged videos and photos produced in Palestinian territories. These staged productions are then eagerly broadcast by Western media without scrutiny.

De2000: The Al-Durrah Hoax
France 2 aired footage of a Palestinian boy, Mohammed al-Durrah, supposedly shot by Israeli soldiers. Later investigations, including by German journalist Esther Schapira, revealed the scene was manipulated and the boy’s death staged. Yet the image fueled years of anti-Israel violence.
Staged Funerals
Footage over the years has shown supposed “martyrs” carried through the streets, only to suddenly fall off the stretcher and climb back on, alive and well. These mock funerals are designed to inflame anger against Israel.

Recycled Images
Time and again, photos of dead children in Syria, Iraq, or Yemen have been rebranded as “Gaza victims.” Social media is flooded with these lies, and by the time the truth emerges, the damage is already done.

Gaza 2023–2025: Lies in Real Time deThe current war after October 7 has unleashed a tidal wave of fake images and manipulated narratives:
Hospital Numbers Without Proof
The Gaza “Health Ministry”, controlled by Hamas, publishes casualty numbers without transparency, documentation, or independent verification. Western media parrots them without question.

Staged Bombing Scenes
Journalists on the ground have caught “victims” being prepared for cameras: rubble carefully placed, children posed for maximum effect, and “wounded” actors seen walking away unharmed after the cameras turn off.

Al-Ahli Hospital Blast (October 2023)
Hamas immediately blamed Israel for an explosion at a hospital, claiming 500 dead. Media headlines exploded worldwide. Hours later, independent analysis (including satellite images and audio intercepts released by Israel and confirmed by U.S. intelligence) showed it was a misfired Palestinian rocket. The number of casualties was far lower. But the lie had already spread.
The Motive: Weaponizing Suffering
This endless staging is not accidental, it is strategy. Palestinian leaders long ago realized they cannot defeat Israel militarily. Instead, they seek to win the propaganda war by showcasing endless “victimhood.”
Every image of a child in rubble becomes a weapon against Israel. Every fabricated funeral becomes a rallying cry. And every staged hospital scene fuels global protests where Hamas’ massacre of Israelis is forgotten, and the killers become “resistance fighters.” and the journalists? They do not care for the reality, it is a strategy to blame Israel and deligitimize her suffering.

Meanwhile, real Israeli suffering, burned families, raped women, kidnapped children, is ignored or denied. The same media outlets that amplify Hamas’ propaganda refuse, as said, to screen October 7 footage. The double standard is staggering.

The Real Horror
When you must stage your suffering, it means the truth is not bad enough. It means the narrative cannot stand on reality alone.
And yet, the world swallows it. Western journalists who should be skeptical act as amplifiers for Hamas propaganda. European politicians who should demand facts instead parrot Hamas numbers as though they were gospel truth.
This is not journalism. This is not solidarity. This is complicity with lies.

Never Again Means Telling the Truth
The Holocaust deniers once said, “It never happened.” Today, Hamas and their supporters say, “It happened, but look away, it doesn’t matter.” They fill that void with fabrications of their own.
But we must not allow history to repeat itself. The truth matters. The lies must be exposed. And the world must finally recognize that staged Palestinian suffering is not the story of victims, it is the story of manipulators weaponizing their people’s misery for political gain.

Never again must mean this too: never again will we accept lies as truth.

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Sources:

NieuwRechts – NOS ignores screening of October 7 footage
https://nieuwrechts.nl/95190-nos-komt-niet-opdagen-bij-speciale-vertoning-terreurbeelden-hamas-op-isralische-ambassade
GeenStijl – NOS bedankt voor vertoning
https://www.geenstijl.nl/5173398/nos-bedankt
Spreekbuis.nl – Discussie over NPO en partijdigheid
https://www.spreekbuis.nl
Schapira, Esther – Three Bullets and a Dead Child? (2002, ARD documentary on Al-Durrah case)
CAMERA – Pallywood: A History of Media Manipulation https://www.camera.org
HonestReporting – The Al-Ahli Hospital Blast Hoax (October 2023) https://honestreporting.com
The Jerusalem Post – Gaza Health Ministry casualty figures questioned (2023)
MEMRI – Examples of staged Palestinian funerals and fake footage