OP-ED: Two years on, the left still denies Hamas atrocities

Sue-Ann Levy writes, "As the two-year mark approaches since the horrific atrocities of Oct. 7 in Israel, it amazes me how many in this world have fallen prey to virulent Jew hatred."

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Author: Sue-Ann Levy

As the two-year mark approaches since the horrific atrocities of Oct. 7 in Israel — during which Hamas terrorists butchered, violently raped and burnt to death 1,200 Israelis and took another 250 innocent people hostage— it amazes me how many in this world have fallen prey to virulent Jew hatred.

Hamas is still holding 48 hostages, a mere 20 of them starved to the point of emaciation and barely clinging to life.

They even murdered many family pets as if it was a blood sport.

Given Israel’s population, the 1,200 killed is equivalent to 40,000 Americans dying in 9-11.

The most virulent anti-Semites — in the media, in universities, doctors and lawyers — didn’t even wait 24 hours to blame Israel for this outrageous attack, claiming there were no rapes, no beheadings and no burnings.

Some even stated — horrendously — that what happened on Oct. 7 was merely resistance for having to live in an open-air prison under occupied rule.

No one ever said that Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005 and it has been under Hamas rule since 2007 or that more than 80% of Gazans supported Hamas, according to polls.

There is ample proof that the haters were lying then and continue to lie.

Filmmaker Igal Hecht’s powerful documentary The Killing Roads — which he filmed a year ago — shows all the sickening atrocities captured largely by Hamas on their GoPro cameras.

I saw it a week ago and I’m betting not one legacy journalist in Canada — particularly those at the CBC who repeat Hamas talking points non-stop — will ever view it.

Even when traumatized Israeli women were released from captivity and began — reluctantly — to speak about their ordeal, it was astounding to think that women’s advocacy organizations were conspicuous in their silence.

The Red Cross did nothing to bring much needed medicines to the hostages, even when Israeli families begged for their help.

The legacy media has done its part by lazily quoting whatever the Gaza Health Ministry dishes out, including the fatality numbers and the humanitarian crisis/famine lies—without question.

It is heartbreaking to think that so many worldwide were not only denying what happened but victimizing Israel for the brutal atrocities of 10/7, most especially the UN and its agencies.

Heaven forbid Israel should fight back against a death cult that has broken ceasefire after ceasefire over the years.

The Hamas terrorists — and the many Gazans who aided Hamas on Oct. 7 — saw how easy it was to manipulate weak minds, the leftist legacy media and those whose anti-Semitism was hidden barely beneath the surface prior to Oct. 7.

The hatred towards Zionists — characterized as “baby killers” and “genocide supporters” among other things — has morphed into blatant attacks on the Jews. The haters no longer hide their Jew hatred.

Rampant Jew hatred continues to play out on the streets of major Canadian cities where masked terrorist apologists call for the “Death to the Jews” and the eradication of the Jewish state. This in-your-face anti-Semitism has been emboldened by our weak leaders and the impotent police forces.

Uninformed Hollywood actors have followed in lockstep, even bringing their twisted anti-Israel narrative to the Toronto International Film Festival.

A recent study showed that the Toronto District School Board is rife with anti-Semitism and our universities have become breeding grounds for Jew hatred.

Genocide has been the most misused allegation, a close second to the insistence by our politicians and other activists that Islamophobia has been as pervasive as anti-Semitism.

Richard Kemp, a retired British colonel who has spent considerable time in Israel and Gaza over the past two years, told a recent event honouring IDF soldiers that the genocide claims are the big lie.

He said Hamas is the genocidal entity. The Hamas charter, he says, calls not just for the death of Jews in Israel but Jews worldwide.

He called the IDF the most moral army in the world and said in his experience, Israel is the first country in history to provide humanitarian aid to the population of an enemy it is fighting.

You wouldn’t know that to hear the lies mouthed by the legacy media and facilitated, if not enabled, by our weak politicians, in particular our Prime Minister Mark Carney, who even while campaigning for PM made no secret of his disdain for Israel.

Without any thought or care for the fallout — or consultation with Parliament — he announced two weeks ago he’d be supporting a Palestinian state.

His weak understanding of geopolitics and his disdain for the Jewish people notwithstanding, it was clear his main, or only, concern has been to maintain the support of Canada’s steadily increasing Muslim population.

Ditto for Premier Doug Ford, who has done nothing to protect the Jewish communities in this province by insisting that the police do their jobs, perhaps even imposing the anti-mask regulations.

In Toronto, we have come to call many on council the Hamas caucus, led by a mayor who has shown she has no time for the Jewish community. In the past two year,s Olivia Chow openly snubbed many events and has tied the hands of our police from arresting those terrorist sympathizers who block our streets with their vitriolic slogans and their prayer meetings.

During the recent High Holidays, synagogues like mine were forced go through several steps to ensure the security of all attendees.

Whether Hamas will agree to President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace deal or release the remaining hostages still remains in the balance. Although Israel has signed off and made concessions in the process, Hamas continues to play games with people’s lives, the Gazans included, knowing full well that the sympathies of the world are on their side.

They have played the game well over the past two years and there is no doubt they have won the war of words.

Their propaganda has been swallowed hook, line and sinker by those who need to hate.

But during these dark times for the Jews worldwide, we have remained proud of who we are and Israelis are more resilient than ever.

The clear difference between Palestinians/Hamas and Israelis is that the former danced on the graves of the people killed, while Israelis have sworn for two years that they will dance again.