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By Kaveh Shahrooz
December 19, 2024

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What would the international reaction be if a country is attacked, hundreds of its citizen are subjected to sexual assault and murdered, over 200 of its people are taken hostage, all while the attackers livestream their atrocities?

For all countries but one, it is reasonable to expect international outrage at the gruesome crimes and severe condemnation of the criminals.

Not so when the country being attacked is Israel, thanks to the spread of a reductive identity politics that flattens all difficult geopolitical conflicts to two-dimensional battles between colonialist oppressors and the colonized oppressed, and a social media environment that facilitates the rapid spread of disinformation.

When Hamas terrorists launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” against Israel on October 7, 2023, their campaign of murder, sexual assault, and kidnapping triggered violent protests in foreign capitals and roiled elite universities all over