I believe that in 20 or 30 years, the world will look back on this period with deep shame and disbelief - that it once romanticised jihadist groups openly committed to a second Holocaust.
People will eventually come to terms with how deeply antisemitism distorted the moral compass of international institutions, media, and even humanitarian organisations - some of which, incredibly, ended up complicit not only in the demonisation of a sovereign nation but, in some cases, in aiding or justifying terrorism itself. Many who today defend or excuse these actions will likely pretend they never did.
The truth always outs eventually. I've never seen any situation so mired with untruth, historical distortion or false narratives as this one, but 20 or 30 years from now absolutely nobody will be pretending Hamas we're trying to "Free Palestine".
The idea that Israel “destroyed its future” with this war is absurd. Israel’s future, had it done nothing, was made crystal clear: endless terror attacks, mass hostage-takings, and a relentless campaign of war crimes until someone, somewhere, decided to put a stop to it. The international community, especially the UN, had the tools to intervene early - yet chose not to. That choice has consequences.
In time, the illusion surrounding Hamas will fall away. People will see it for what it is: a violent, theocratic cult led by corrupt billionaires who openly pursue the eradication of Jews as part of a self-declared holy war. A group that could have saved countless civilian lives at any moment, but deliberately chose not to, because they believed those lives were more useful lost than saved.
History will not look kindly on those who enabled that strategy, nor on those who ignored the reality of what this conflict is about. The cause of Hamas isn't a just one. It never was. And it favours nobody less than regular Palestinian people. The west has thoroughly bungled this and as sad as it is, they did the same less than 100 years ago.