The October 7, 2023, Hamas’s barbaric attack on Israel seems to have energized and infused the “red-green alliance” in the U.S. and elsewhere. In the U.S., politicians previously known as Democrats, now identify as “Socialist” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Bernie Sanders, and “The Squad,” which includes radical Muslims, such as Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and the new star: Zohran Mamdani. Their common denominator is their virulent anti-American (anti-Trump) and anti-Israel (anti-Netanyahu) rhetoric and support of Hamas.
The leadership of the radical Muslim Hamas seems to have learned from al-Qaeda’s failure to enlist the Western media as their mouthpiece. So, assisted by a well-funded global propaganda campaign, Hamas leaders made the propaganda war an integral strategic weapon in the war against Israel. It works probably better than they hoped for..
Hamas’s first blood-libel against the Israeli campaign against the Gaza terrorists began on October 7, 2023 -the day Hamas brutally massacred 1,200 Israelis and took 251 hostages, before Israel responded. Hamas has already inverted its own genocidal attack, accusing the Israelis of genocide. They got some traction in the international media, but the evidence of their horrific attacks on Israel lessened the effect they were hoping for. So, Hamas came up with a new lie, a spurious accusation that Israel is deliberately starving the Gaza population. The Qatari international mouthpiece Al Jazeera amplified the lies. And this time, the Western media not only swallowed these fallacies hook, line, and sinker, but – as revealed by the German publication, Bild, fueled the hate by staging Palestinian children with pots in their hands crying out for food, to further advance Hamas’s “starvation” blood libel. Time Magazine’s August 1 cover is a good example. These fabricated photos fell on the willing eyes of French President Macron and other European leaders who look for ways to appease Hamas supporters among their restive Muslim minorities. Encouraged by Qatar, they declared their intention to reward Hamas terrorists with a state of their own during the United Nations General Assembly in September.
The common denominator of the pro-Hamas crowd in the U.S. is their virulent anti-American (anti-Trump) and anti-Israel (anti-Netanyahu) rhetoric. They all support Hamas, demanding that the US stop its support of Israel. They preposterously insist – as they have done before the US bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities – that it’s not in America’s interest. Mamdani, illustrating the radical Islamist desire to eradicate Israel, declared: “Israel is not a place, it is not a country. It’s an idea.” Indeed, the message of the green-red alliance in America, Europe, the U.N., and others is best described by the Wall Street Editorial headline: “Kill Jews, Get Your Own State.” Luckily, President Trump and his administration support the Jewish State of Israel and recognize that Hamas, like Iran, poses an existential threat not only to Israel but also to America.
*Rachel Ehrenfeld, Director of American Center for Democracy, is author of THE SOROS AGENDA • and FUNDING EVIL: HOW TERRORISM IS FINANCED – and HOW to STOP IT