This myth spreads easily among the ignorant because it’s told as a simple moral story — the “weak” oppressed versus the “strong” oppressor. But that story collapses completely under the weight of reality.

Israel is not fighting “Palestine.” It is fighting the entire Islamist world — a global network of states, terror groups, and political enablers. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other terror organizations do not exist in isolation. They are trained, armed, and funded by Iran, Qatar, and Turkey — nations that have made war on Israel part of their political DNA.

Behind them stands the vast Muslim world of 1.8 billion people, many of whose governments and populations openly support the destruction of Israel. Add to that the European nations that pander to Islamist terror by funding “humanitarian” fronts, and international institutions that reflexively condemn Israel at every turn.