End the Lies or Gaza Dies
Israel has leveled grave accusations against Hamas, with many blindly echoed by Western media and politicians. If the truth were truly on Israel's side, why resort to such hyperbole and outright lies?
Numerous trajectories lie ahead for this unfolding crisis, but before delving into any speculation as to how this all might end (I’ll post that later this week), it is imperative to dispel some of the most pernicious, egregious, and far-reaching falsehoods surrounding October 7th. Because without the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, there will only be further tragedy. And what we’ve been told has been anything but.
This won’t be a comfortable discussion, but we must have it.
“Hamas Mowed Down 260 People at a Music Festival!”
This aspect of the assault on Israel has been widely characterized as the most harrowing. Hence it’s as good a place as any to start. If the veracity of these reports holds, it raises the grave implication that Hamas meticulously devised a scheme aimed at the deliberate massacre of innocent civilians, an act that should rightly warrant unreserved condemnation and swift justice.
However, an essential question arises: what conceivable strategic rationale could motivate this action from Hamas? Whatever you think of the Palestinian government, as freedom fighters or terrorists, they aren’t stupid. The wanton killing of individuals gathered at a techno concert seems devoid of any discernible practical objective. Such an act would only trigger a significant and forceful retaliation from the adjacent military presence (which appears to have been extremely delayed in responding) with nothing gained but a few hundred dead ravers. What purpose would that alone serve?
Or put more simply, what was in it for them?
What went initially unreported by the media is that the primary target in this event was the nearby military base. Hamas had long-standing intentions to seize equipment and secure soldiers as hostages, a plan meticulously devised many months in advance.
Regrettably, the occurrence of a music festival in close proximity at that moment was an unforeseen and unfortunate coincidence. This event posed a considerable inconvenience for Hamas fighters, as the festival brought with it a multitude of additional witnesses, potentially jeopardizing their operation. And no, the festival-goers were not the intended hostages because they were of little value to Israel. Case in point, Israel’s bombing campaign has already killed over a dozen of them. Clearly Israel considers them expendable.
In July 2023, the United Nations had released a report highlighting that "5,000 Palestinians were held in Israeli prisons, including 160 children, and approximately 1,100 of them were detained without charge or trial." It is against this backdrop that Hamas sought to take military hostages, aiming to employ them as bargaining chips in negotiations for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli custody.
Historically, Hamas had executed a remarkable exchange, securing the release of 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in return for a solitary Israeli soldier. This well-documented precedent established a game-able strategy. Faced with a dearth of viable diplomatic alternatives, Hamas sought to replicate this approach. Why wouldn’t they? Drawing from their past success, the objective was again to secure high-value soldiers as hostages, distinctly prioritizing them over civilians.
The exchange of gunfire ensued between Hamas and security personnel and extended into the broader festival grounds, raising questions about the wisdom of hosting such an event in this location. While it is essential to underscore that no individual present at the festival deserved to suffer, the decision to participate in a music festival in Re'im, within a mere two-mile radius of both an Israeli-run concentration camp (aka, Gaza) and an Israeli military base, should rightly be called into question.
Imagine if German citizens in the 1930’s held a Coachella-lite event outside of Auschwitz? I mean, come on now. Stupid choices have consequences, deserved or otherwise.
We also cannot categorically label the events as a massacre. Why? Remarkably, there remains a distinct absence of concrete evidence implicating Hamas in the shooting of any festival-goers. It may sound astounding, but a closer examination of video footage reveals a shocking reality. Namely, that this was appears to have been a psy-op.
In virtually all videos I have reviewed, the sequence unfolds as such: gunfire is heard in the background, people scramble in panic, and the media subsequently fills in the blanks with conjectural narratives.
WATCH THIS:
The most substantial evidence we see is a dashcam video around the 2:20 mark, although the identity and fate of the driver remains unconfirmed. At 2:37, we observe an individual held at gunpoint, but the video does not show them being shot – instead, they are kicked.
When a Hamas fighter approaches a man seeking refuge behind a white car (4:15), the video freezes and skips at the precise moment when the outcome of that interaction is determined.
A central question arises: can you identify anyone from the festival grounds who was unmistakably killed or even shot? I'm not asserting that none of them were, but rather that the available evidence to substantiate such claims is suspiciously absent.
Additional footage beyond the festival area, inserting a return to the dashcam video, raises the same question: can you conclusively see any civilians being shot in these Israeli communities?
Next we have the “minute-by-minute” account below from Channel 4 News, which presumably should be one of the more exhaustive accounts based on the title.
At the 2:56 mark, the video freezes and the narrator says Hamas opened fire on three individuals inside the blue car. But the video abruptly cuts to black before any shots are visible. This prompts the question: did someone in the car fire first, then Hamas fired back defensively, leading to this edit? I’m asking because we’re not shown any answers. It was intentionally edited to be left ambiguous.
Furthermore, when the "bodies" are eventually removed, they are extensively blurred out. While obscuring faces can be understandable for protecting the identities of victims, the decision to blur the entire body raises uncertainties. The level of blurring makes it challenging to discern whether these are indeed human figures and if they are we cannot tell if they are still breathing, etc. You’d think Israel would want to explicitly show us everything to make their case, not add to the ambiguity. We also see only two “bodies”, not the reported three. Maybe another is in the car, but we don’t see it.
It's essential to clarify that the intention here is not to discredit the reported events as entirely fictionalized, but to highlight that the video footage has been edited in a manner that leaves critical aspects far less conclusive than consequent headlines would suggest.
OTHER EXAMPLES:
At 4:11, the narrator states, "Survivors spoke of corpses on top of cars," while displaying footage of cars… without bodies on them. Why?
At 4:52, the narrator describes a civilian hiding behind a white car (similar to the previous video) as being shot "point-blank". But again, we’re being told instead of shown. The video concludes before any gunshots. The reason for this abrupt cut remains unclear.
What the footage undeniably portrays is the taking of multiple hostages, a fact that is difficult to dispute. However, this observation falls far short in corroborating the narrative of the "historic massacre" that has been sold to the public.
It strikes me as peculiar that while purportedly 1,300+ Israeli civilians were reported as casualties, there is a notable absence of any footage capturing individuals being shot, let alone killed. Even when one takes the worst presumptions based on the videos mentioned above at face value, the tally amounts to five victims (one from the dashcam clip, the man “playing dead” behind the white car, and the three passengers in the blue car).
Additionally, there is more recent footage making the rounds, depicting someone firing shots at port-a-potties located at the festival site.
There is no clear indication whether anyone was inside or even near these portable toilets. Furthermore, we lack a timestamp, leaving room for speculation that this incident might have been orchestrated at a later date. The media has ventured to speculate that individuals may have met unfortunate fates inside the port-a-potties, despite the lack of any bodies being evidenced.
Again, why? Surely Israeli forces have been to the festival grounds and looked, right? Shouldn’t the media be able to report the findings rather than merely speculating?
Nevertheless, these uncertainties did not deter certain segments of the media from circulating that the footage was derived from Hamas body cameras. This also raises questions. Why would Hamas document evidence of their own criminality, especially given the extreme gravity of their purported crimes?
If the media showed footage of a bank robbery and the source of the video was a body-cam worn by one of the bank robbers… I dunno, wouldn’t that raise some questions? It doesn’t make sense.
“Stripped! Paraded! Raped! Killed!”
Numerous reports surged in popularity concerning Shani Louk, a German tattoo artist, who was reportedly subjected to seemingly every conceivable horror at the festival. These accounts alleged that she was forcibly stripped of her clothing, paraded, abducted, and, in some reports, purportedly died.
Footage emerged depicting her "seemingly lifeless" body in the back of a vehicle being carried away by individuals described as "celebrating their kill."
The media ubiquitously reported that her “semi-naked body” and “near-naked body” was paraded by Hamas terrorists. A New York Post article went further beyond the mere implication and explicitly claimed she’d been “stripped naked” by Hamas and taken as a “gruesome trophy”.
It’s plainly obvious Shani Louk had worn a skimpy outfit to the festival based on footage before the attack. And there are no photos at all to indicate she’d been “stripped” naked. Have you seen photos of even her breasts exposed? I haven’t. And believe me, I looked.
Such hyperbolized propaganda would have been more difficult to sell if the alleged victim had been fat and ugly. Right or wrong, it’s a reality that sex sells. That’s why the media pounced on this individual’s story more than any other and viewers tuned in. Ratings, baby!
CNN topped it off with an EXCLUSIVE interview with the her mother to pull at viewer’s heartstrings. Interesting to note that Anderson Cooper appeared far more emotional than the mother. I’m inclined to believe much of this story is actually theater. Also keep in mind that Cooper is a Vanderbilt and interned for the CIA, with strong speculation that connection has carried on throughout his work as a “journalist”. It wouldn’t be unusual for him to deceive his audience. Not at all.
SURPRISE! Turns out those Hamas “animals” actually transported Shani Louk to a Gaza hospital for treatment. And if you don’t believe me, then believe her mother who, again, appears suspiciously devoid of emotion. Steady voice, clear eyes….
Despite various efforts to debunk this heavily embellished story, notable figures of influence, such as Sarah Silverman, have not taken down the unverified allegations and propaganda she shared on Instagram. The reasons behind this reluctance should be obvious. The fear of offending individuals in the Hollywood community with strong Zionist affiliations is undeniable, so much so that most people are often afraid to admit the existence of such influence. And no, I’m not saying Jews run Hollywood.
I’m also not not saying that.
Either way, I made a point to inform Sarah Silverman. I highly doubt she’ll bother to read it or take her post down.
“Hamas beheaded 40 babies! Those monsters!”
This particular assertion is arguably the most abhorrent claim, capable of swaying anyone to view Hamas as barbaric, vicious, and morally reprehensible animals. Acceptance of such an allegation could indeed foster consensus that a lethal retaliatory response is not only warranted but imperative. This, ostensibly, was the intended outcome — to evoke immediate and visceral emotional reactions.
While some segments of the legacy media at least acknowledged the lack of official confirmation, other networks reported this unverified narrative absent any such disclaimer. This group of networks included entities like Sky News Australia, Fox News, CBN, and others.
“Real News, Honest News”
This fictional narrative originated from a single reporter, Nicole “I sure do love the news” Zedek, an Israeli state-sponsored reporter. She was just covering news for ABC News in Kentucky a year ago. Now she’s suddenly in Israel manufacturing consent.
Zedek asserted that she heard the "beheaded babies" account from "multiple soldiers," although the Israeli army vehemently denied any veracity to this claim. Notably, her sole source of the grim anecdote was an Israeli named David Ben Zion. The Grayzone published a comprehensive exposé on him and I highly encourage you to review their investigative insights.
Additionally, Zedek's report indicated that over 900 Israeli citizens met their demise in their homes, described as being "gunned down" or "stabbed." However, she mentioned that she was advised against filming inside residences due to potential mines being planted. Once again, we’re conveniently forced to rely on rhetoric.
Curiously, despite the lack of evidence, Zedek portrayed the area as "truly the scene of a massacre." The only depicted body, however, appeared to be that of an Israeli soldier or a Hamas combatant, rather than an Israeli civilian.
However, all of the above did not deter Joe Biden himself from reiterating the unverified report on October 11, 2023, asserting that he had personally validated the existence of the photographs depicting beheaded children.
White House officials quickly admitted Biden had only read reports from the Israeli government, which cannot be taken at face value.
The i24 news outlet, to which Nicole Zedek is affiliated, emerged with yet another new assertion, doubling-down on their previous debunked story with a new twist.
“No, really! I saw a beheaded baby! For reals!”
Couple days later, bloodthirsty, pencil-dicked Zionist Ben Shapiro circulated an image, initially released by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to bolster the narrative that Hamas was responsible for burning infants. The authenticity of his "evidence" has since been called into question, as it was revealed to be an AI-generated image released by the Israeli government.
‘X’ capitulated to political pressure and issued a Community Note declaring AI or Not “unreliable” despite its advertised 95% accuracy rating and widespread praise. Twitter users went to town further, exposing where the doctored image was originally sourced. Tellingly, Shapiro deleted his tweet.
However, even if the photo had been authentic, there would have remained a conspicuous lack of details. Where was the photo taken? Who was the child? Who was the party responsible for the act of setting it on fire? The available information was entirely insufficient to pin the blame on anyone, including Hamas.
Nevertheless, it is worth recalling that unfounded allegations of this nature, involving the killing of infants have previously been wielded to advance wartime agendas. This is not without precedence.
'“Hamas raped women and children!”
Once more, this represents another unverified claim of egregious acts, designed to manufacture consent for war and to vilify the perceived "enemy" by portraying them in the most unfavorable light possible. Regrettably, a significant portion of the public readily embraced the false rhetoric, amplified by dishonest politicians (redundant, I know) like Ted Cruz and Cory Booker, who described Hamas as ‘Hitler-like’.
Mainstream media outlets, including MSNBC, largely mirrored this pattern, parroting information disseminated by Israeli authorities without undertaking any independent, investigative journalism to ascertain its veracity. “Israeli official confirms” is not sufficient for the media to report it as fact.
Recall that the same propagandist tactic has been repeatedly made about Russia and is being recycled to demonize Hamas.
Even the LA Times, no stranger to peddling pro-war propaganda as stenographers for the U.S. State Department, amended their original report of Hamas committing rape during the purported and poorly-evidenced “attacks”.
“Hamas terrorists went door-to-door, slaughtering entire Israeli households!“
Here’s the latest “chilling” and “haunting” footage posted by the Hindustan Times on October 15, 2023.
The footage conspicuously lacks any scenes depicting individuals being shot and there are no civilians even present! Furthermore, the video fails to provide any information about the identities of the individuals behind the firearms. The first-person-shooter viewpoint sheds little light on who these people actually are.
This absence of context raises the possibility that the Israeli government may have evacuated a few houses and dispatched its own personnel to discharge rounds. The use of dramatic music in the video further heightens what appears to be theater.
This production stands out as one of the most brazenly obvious propaganda pieces I’ve seen in awhile. I looked up the credited producer, Mohsin Khan, and it appears he serves as the founder and CEO of Celewish Media Pvt Ltd, a Bollywood "meet and greet" platform that specializes in creating a network of celebrities and influencers. But I’m antisemitic for asking questions?
“Hamas was funded by Iran to carry out this attack!”
Politicians like Lindsay “Oh, Behave” Graham recklessly accused Iran as being the financier of the (extremely) hyperbolized attack on Israel. Nikki Haley went even further and encouraged Israel to “finish” Iran, encouraging war against the largest military in the middle-east.
Meanwhile the Wall Street Journal reported that Iran helped plot the attack and still hasn’t retracted the story.
Prior to any in-depth investigation, it was evident that skepticism was warranted due to several factors, including that the Wall Street Journal engages in frequent tabloid journalism, and the notion that such a comprehensive investigation could even be conducted and concluded within a mere 24-hour timeframe was ludicrous.
Moreover, Iran had already made a public statement disavowing any connection to the “attacks” while also celebrating it. Paradoxically, this declaration actually helps serve as an indicator of Iran's innocence.
In the event that Iran had orchestrated the attack and aimed to conceal its involvement, openly applauding the attack would be an incredibly counterproductive move, serving as an immediate red flag that would provoke suspicion and demand further scrutiny. Nevertheless, Iran persisted in its endorsement of the event, suggesting they were being exceedingly candid rather than strategic.
Subsequent developments further corroborated these initial doubts. Even Israel, which perceives Iran as a formidable adversary and a significant geopolitical threat, eventually admitted to the absence of evidence implicating Iran. This admission, coming from a country that would have arguably been the most inclined to demonize Iran, added weight to the contention that initial claims were unsubstantiated.
However, this did not deter Jack Kirby, the National Security Council's coordinator for strategic communications, from levying accusations against Iran, even as he simultaneously acknowledged the lack of concrete evidence to substantiate the claim. This was an unusually sloppy contradiction. Why did he even say it?
Why would Israel disavow Iran's involvement, while sectors of U.S. media and politicians actively propagate such accusations? An underlying dynamic could be attributed to a desire to keep Benjamin Netanyahu as Prime Minister, a close ally of the U.S., as opposed to the Israeli military which has no love for Bibi.
The origins of this discord can be traced back to the fact that Netanyahu himself played a role in the creation and financial backing of Hamas over the years, only to have it now backfire spectacularly. Or even more nefariously, this was precisely the outcome he wanted to justify genocide against the Palestinians.
Either way, it’s not working out well for him, particularly in light of this damning leaked footage from 2001:
It is noteworthy that Netanyahu’s support of Hamas has been reported by not one but two Israeli newspapers, Haaretz and The Times of Israel.
The Israeli military is no doubt well-aware of what he did and appears to be indifferent to any potential consequences that could lead to Benjamin Netanyahu's removal from power, which explains their reluctance to falsely accuse Iran. The last thing the Israeli military wants to do is help bail Bibi out of a jam.
Further, a significant majority of Israelis hold Netanyahu responsible for the Hamas “attacks”. This factor partly accounts for Netanyahu's savage, over-the-top pursuit of Hamas in an effort to somehow salvage his political reputation. Which he won’t.
And since the U.S. Government also directly funded Hamas, it makes sense that Kirby, Graham, Haley, and other U.S. politicians would be projecting blame onto Iran.
“Israel is giving the Palestinians a fair chance to evacuate!”
While disseminating propaganda aimed at inaccurately portraying Hamas as a terrorist organization and sensationalizing the "historic assault" on Israel that unfolded on October 7th, ludicrously dubbed "Israel's 9-11," this effort also seeks to position Israel as having the moral high-ground.
This is laughable.
Within this narrative, there is a fallacious assertion that Netanyahu is demonstrating a form of benevolence by issuing advance warnings before launching devastating attacks on Gaza, ostensibly allowing civilians to escape the brunt of the onslaught. However, this claim is patently false, even when considering the veracity of the previously mentioned misleading narratives.
Gaza, a densely populated concentration camp measuring merely 5 miles in width and 25 miles in length, raises an obvious question. Where exactly are the Palestinians expected to seek refuge? Aside from the limited confines of their open-air prison, even if they were to attempt to relocate, a mere ten-minute warning preceding airstrikes hardly provides sufficient time to flee. As a result, Israel is effectively targeting individuals in an enclosed space with no means of escape. This scenario hardly aligns with notions of fairness or mercy. The Israeli military is shooting fish in a barrel.
Moreover, the victims in Gaza overwhelmingly consist of civilians, making the humanitarian implications of these actions a textbook crime against humanity.
Israel has initiated a policy of siege warfare against Palestine. It's worth noting that Amnesty International previously leveled false accusations of siege warfare against Russia in April 2022 and Syria in January 2023, condemning both instances as war crimes denied by both countries. Yet even with Israel openly declaring its use of siege warfare, it has not faced the same accusation from Amnesty International. Notably, an op-ed in USA Today even asserted Israel's siege of Gaza to be legally justified.
Israel has implemented a comprehensive blockade in Gaza, severing access to essential supplies such as food, water, fuel, and electricity, while pummeling the region with airstrikes. Israel even bombed a caravan of civilians who were traveling on the route designated by the Israeli government for safe passage.
The resulting humanitarian crisis and substantial loss of life will mark this as a historic atrocity. Over two million people in the Gaza prison could potentially be starved to death from the blockade alone, with 50% of them being children under the age of 15.
I cannot claim that Hamas didn’t shoot or kill any Israelis. But isn’t it odd that out of all the footage out there we don’t see either clearly taking place? Israel is a heavy surveillance state with one of the most technologically-advanced intelligence agencies in the world. I keep asking people who take the October 7th narrative at face value for evidence depicting a Hamas fighter actually shooting and killing even a single Israeli, let alone 1,300.
It usually goes like this:
Crickets.
50% of Americans say Israel’s response is “fully justified”.
Stop believing the lies. Start asking the whys.
OCTOBER 23, 2023 DISCLOSURE: Two of the videos I questioned in this article turned out to have been censored by the media in order to be suitable for broadcast. These include the one with the 3 people shot in the blue car in an Israeli neighborhood, plus the 1 person hiding behind a white car at the festival. I have since found the uncensored versions on Reddit and am convinced that these four shootings/killings did occur and will be addressed in an upcoming piece.
This still remains a far cry from being a “massacre” and I maintain that the events of October 7th have been grossly hyperbolized. I have left this original article intact.
I have mixed feelings about this situation but do find merit in your position.
We tend to become that which we fiercely oppose.
In the case of Zionism, it may have now become Nazism.
whatever you freaking creep...Israel calculated that with new missile technology they are not able to defend the little land that they have...and they need to move fast and destroy it's enemies...so what they did...if they did it, was to save Jewish lives...obviously you don't like this outcome.