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There are many reasons I hate Hamas and Hamas supporters. In one word, they are Nazis. But even if that is a given, the thing I hate most about them, even within that context, is the fact that they are consummate liars.

Take the recent statement by that billionaire Nazi thief, Ismail Haniyeh, head of Hamas’ political bureau, who told a Jerusalem Conference held in Beirut via video: “Hamas has shown flexibility in negotiations for the good of the Palestinian people. The Occupation’s failed ground war in Gaza, succeeded only in killing women, children and the elderly.”

You see, they take their own failed attempt to destroy Israel by targeting women, children and the elderly, and turn it around. That was Goebbels’ trick. I find it infuriating. I also find it infuriating that he refuses to admit that Israel has killed thousands of armed Hamas terrorists. Talking about his “flexibility” in “saving Palestinians” after building terror tunnels, military command posts and weapons depots under mosques, schools, hospitals and private apartment buildings in order to maximize civilian casualties, as he continues to refuse to surrender and release Israeli hostages, takes my breath away. Liars. Outrageous liars.

But then you have the useful idiots out there who echo these lies. I saw this post on LinkedIn. Forgive me, I can’t remember the person’s name, some Ph.D. who is a climate activist and friend of Greta, who asked how Israel’s destruction of mosques in Gaza is any different from what the Nazis did on Kristallnacht! It, of course, isn’t a real question, as someone quickly answered her. The Jews of Germany, after all, did not hide weapons or build terror tunnels to be used to murder the German people in the basements of their synagogues. And then all the TikTokers who talk about the “occupation” to justify rape, murder, mutilation and kidnapping on October 7. This kind of reasoning is so reminiscent of the German fascist media’s repeated Nazi message that justified not only Kristallnacht but every atrocity they did: The Jews had it coming.

Why am I bringing this up? Because I am finding it more and more difficult to be dragged into these discussions with sane, measured, reasoning, the way the person who answered Greta’s idiot friend did. The pretense of balanced argument and reasonable debate has become so polluted with lies and hatred that it chokes me with rage. It’s a tactic, I suppose. Our enemies bury the truth so deeply beneath the obscene filth of insulting, outrageious lies that no decent person wants to sully themselves by wading into a response, which anyway seems so obvious to us that it doesn’t need to be said. But it does need to be said, and each and every one of these lies needs to be countered, however difficult and infuriating, with the truth.

George Bernard Shaw once said: “I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.” There is much truth to that also. But it is also correct that if we get tired, or are afraid of getting dirty, they win. We owe it to our soldiers who are giving their lives on the battlefield to take a deep collective breath and continue to fight for the truth. It’s the very least we can do.

Whenever I open up Facebook, there is another post by Alexey Plutser- Sarno called: Album Memorial, October 7. Alexey has made it his project to honor every, single person murdered in Israel on October 7 by posting their photo. Often, I want to avoid my eyes, but I cannot. So many beautiful young women, adorable children, young soldiers, entire families. Photos taken when they were on holiday, hugging loved ones. Photos of people dressed in holiday outfits, hope shining in their eyes, big smiles on their faces.

These photos are endless, endless, and each one enters my heart like a dagger, but also like a prayer. They are no more, but they were once among us, Israelis, beautiful, strong, positive, happy, full of life. We must never forget them, and what was done to them, and to us. We must fight for some kind of justice, even if the entire world wishes to excuse, explain, deny, lie. Take a deep breath. Keep fighting for them, for us, for Israel. Thank you Alexey, for the constant reminders.

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