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The brutal massacre on October 7 was not merely an assault by Hamas. It was the opening salvo of a much wider war — one that has revealed itself as a pan-Islamic front against the Jewish state.
While only a few million Jews reside in Israel, they now face coordinated attacks, incitement, and demonization from across the 1.8 billion-strong Muslim world.
This is not about "Palestine." That word has become a convenient cover for a far broader ideological war. Iran arms Hamas and Hezbollah. Syria and Iraq allow terror proxies to operate freely. Yemen’s Houthis fire missiles at Israeli civilians. Jordan and Egypt play a double game — signing peace accords while hosting populations radicalized against Israel. Even the so-called "moderate" West Bank sees widespread support for the October 7 atrocities.
The conflict is fueled by governments, media outlets, preachers, and influencers across the Muslim world, pumping out genocidal propaganda. Jews aren’t just opposed; they are dehumanized. Israel isn’t merely criticized; it’s treated as a cosmic evil. This is not just politics — it is religiously and ideologically driven warfare.
To reduce this war to "Israel vs. Hamas" is not only naïve — it is dishonest. It is like saying World War II was between Germany and a Polish resistance group, rather than a Nazi-led axis bent on global conquest. It is the kind of lie the Nazis themselves would have happily promoted — that the Jews were somehow responsible for the war while their enemies were just reacting.
The world must see this clearly: Israel is fighting for its very existence — not just against terrorists from Gaza, Lebanon, or Yemen, but against a vast network of hatred enabled, supported, and applauded across much of the Muslim world.