- The images from Gaza, they made Israel so hated and rightly so.
- We feel hated everywhere.
- The whole world is ganging up on us!
The above words were said, respectively, by a journalist, a tour guide, and the prime minister of the Zionist regime. While many believe such statements are crafted for the sake of playing the role of victims and attracting foreign support, they are also signs; sings that indicate a failure in a realm where Israel had long held dominance.
When controlling public opinion is no longer possible
On the afternoon of October 7, 2023, the day when Palestinian fighters breached the Gaza barrier and moved beyond its confines, the Zionist regime found itself in an unprecedented complex battlefield. On one hand, it sought to restore its shattered military prestige. On the other, it perceived an opportunity to pursue its long-standing ambition: The total expulsion of Palestinians from Palestine. Thus, war was waged on two fronts. The first front was narrative; colonial and dehumanizing. The second was the execution of genocide, rationalized through that narrative.
From the earliest hours, a massive global media war erupted: On one side stood the Zionist-backed corporate media giants, and on the other, a grassroots alliance of pro-Resistance and pro-Palestine journalists, artists, and academics. Each side rallied under a distinct slogan:
- Zionist-aligned media launched a disinformation blitz under the banner of “Do you condemn Hamas?” They fabricated tales of burnt infants, mass rapes, and an “unprovoked attack” by Hamas. Even before ground operations began, Israel’s then-minister of war publicly referred to Gaza’s population as “human animals,” and the regime’s prime minister framed the conflict as “a war between light and darkness.” The strategy was clear: dehumanize Gazans, justify ethnic cleansing, and garner public support for war crimes and genocide.
- In response, the scattered but resolute pro-Palestine media movement rallied under a counter-slogan: “It didn’t start on October 7.” This became a rallying cry to reintroduce the long history of Zionist colonization and oppression to a global audience. The atrocities committed over more than 70 years, once buried in unread books and rarely watched documentaries, were now unearthed and placed squarely before the world. Their goal was to restore historical clarity, legitimize the Palestinian right to armed resistance, and reaffirm their right to return to their homeland.
Across the world, people began reading, watching, and comparing. They began to question the official version of the conflict in West Asia. It became evident: A shift was underway.
Paradigm shift
With each passing day, one narrative strengthened while the other crumbled. The Western world, long self-appointed guardians of human rights and civilization, stood staunchly with Israel, providing weapons, intelligence, and full-spectrum support. Opposite them stood Resistance movements, labeled for decades as “terrorist,” often equated with groups like Daesh. But now, reality broke through:
- The Zionist regime bombed hospitals and received political cover from the West. Meanwhile, Hamas aired footage showing its fighters treating children and the elderly with compassion on October 7.
- The Zionist regime cut off water, electricity, and food from Gaza. Freed Israeli hostages described being treated humanely and fed as well as possible by their Palestinian captors.
- The Zionist regime attempted to provoke civilian backlashes against the Resistance by engineering famine, homelessness, and forced displacement. Instead, the people of Gaza praised God, recited the Quran beside the bodies of their martyred children, and chanted pro-Resistance slogans.
- The Zionist regime struck refugee camps, schools, and food distribution centers. Yet Hamas fighters immobilized Israel’s military machinery for months in an almost depopulated northern Gaza.
- The Zionist regime accused resistance leaders of corruption and misusing foreign aid. But it was their children who were martyred alongside ordinary citizens in the most dangerous areas of Gaza.
All the weapons and tools of these crimes were supplied by the US and other Western powers. The glaring contradiction between media narratives and real-world atrocities created an unprecedented phenomenon: The Zionist regime lost its grip on global public opinion, and Palestine emerged not just as a Muslim concern, but as the world’s primary moral issue.
Most important, at the top of concerns
“We should be putting our energy towards something that actually matters. Maybe the lives of Palestinians in Gaza…”
Not a day or week passes without a public figure, an artist, political activist, or influencer in the West, uttering such a sentiment. From European parliaments to the U.S. Congress, from sports arenas to tech expos and graduation ceremonies, Gaza and Palestine are the center of conversation. These examples that pop off in the media, however, are just the tip of the iceberg.
Western media report over 13,000 anti-Zionist protests in the US, over 5,000 across Europe, and nearly 2,000 across Latin America and Africa. Most striking among them was the encampments at American universities, where students demanded an end to institutional complicity with Israel, only to be met with brutal state repression. Meanwhile, global boycott movements against Israeli and affiliated corporations have led to staggering financial losses for companies like McDonald's and Starbucks.
Recent polls in the U.S. and Europe indicate record-low support for Israel and historic levels of solidarity with Palestine and the Resistance. Several European nations have issued arms embargo on the Zionist regime. Criminal officials of the regime now face charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice.
In the Islamic world, Gaza remains the axis of all regional developments. It influences Iran-Gulf relations, Arab-Western diplomacy, and has dragged millions in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Pakistan into the streets for demonstrations. Most significantly, Gaza is the central focus in the 20-month-long war between the Resistance Front and the Zionist regime.
The Zionist regime has lost one front, and the world is waiting
From its inception, the Zionist movement has tried to portray itself as a victim of genocide, “an oppressed people without a land” who entered a "land without a people" with the right to "self-defense." “Israeli civilians,” we were told, were the victims of "Muslim terrorists" and "Arab savages,” and the regime they created was framed as the “only democracy in the Middle East.” This was the foundation for everything that unfolded in Palestine for the last 70 years and it was expected to culminate in total Zionist dominance by the early decades of the 21st century.
But that narrative has now collapsed.
The resistance of the people in Gaza has brought the world to a turning point. The loudest voices once demanding, “Do you condemn Hamas?” are now grilling Israeli officials in their own media. Questions once considered taboo are now openly asked, and limits in telling the truth have been removed:
Israel is not a country.
Zionists have no right to self-defense or to occupy in the Palestinian lands.
The Zionist regime must be dismantled.
The Palestinian people must be free to determine their own future government.
Just as saying these truths is no longer forbidden, neither should acting upon them be. In his 2025 Hajj message, Imam Khamenei emphasized this very point, writing:
“The miraculous resistance of the people of Gaza, has put the Palestinian issue right at the top of the concerns of the Islamic world and all freedom-loving people around the world. This opportunity must be seized and efforts must be made to rush to the aid of this oppressed nation.”
This is a historic opportunity for a historic justice. And all of us are the enforcers of justice in this court.
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