I had not been to Israel since June 2023, and during this recent visit I found a different country from the one I had known. Although I have worked abroad for many years, Israel is where I was born and raised. It is the place where my parents lived and are buried; it is where my son has established his own family and most of my oldest and best friends live. Knowing the country from the inside and having followed events even more closely than usual since 7 October, I was not entirely surprised by what I encountered on my return, but it was still profoundly disturbing.
The tides have already turned because of social media and public protests.
Same newspapers slandering MLK during his activism are portraying MLK as a hero now. Same newspapers pushing lies about the Iraq war are publishing the “correction pieces” after the damage is done.
Gaza is in rubble and the damage is done so it is time for the propaganda papers to find out how this could have happened. Unless Israel starts World War 3 in which case they will promptly start blasting their front page with Iranian women being oppressed and America needing to liberate them.
Literally the first thing I saw after this comment was an article about the lack of Women’s Rights in Iran. You’re good.