When Will The Leaders Of The Free World Unite Against Radical Islam?

Merav Levi
6 min readApr 1, 2024
Gaza destruction should be blamed on Hamas. Photo by Mohammed Ibrahim on Unsplash

When will the world’s leaders firmly blame Hamas, instead of Israel, for the devastation in Gaza?

After the heinous crimes committed on October 7th, Western leaders stood clearly with Israel. However, shortly after, once the IDF showed its mighty and reacted forcefully, Western countries started talking about “a proportionate response”, yet again. What is a proportionate response to killing 1200 Israelis in one and a half days? What is a proportionate repose to gang-raping women as a weapon of war? to kidnapping 240 civilians from their homes, including babies, toddlers, and the elderly? What is a proportionate repose to slaughtering, rapping, killing, and kidnapping people at a rave party?! Should IDF wait for Palestinians to host a Rave party and “rape exactly the same amount of Palestinian women there?” as Douglas Murray says.

When comparing the October 7th casualties, the October 7th massacre is the top terrorist attack casualties per capita since 1970 worldwide! Here is a “proportion”!

After the “proportionate response” talks came the pressure on Israel to end the war, regardless of the hostages’ return and Hams’s elimination. The West has a short and selective memory when it comes to Israel and Jews.

Instead of continuing to stand with Israel, explaining why Israel is a justified response, and emphasizing how Israel has been practicing higher moral military practices than any other army in the world, Western leaders started bowing under to the louder pro-Palestinian protesters, many of whom have little to no knowledge of the historical conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. By giving in to protesters’ calls for #CeasefireNow, instead of educating their voters, Western leaders are empowering Hamas and other militants who are watching and taking notes.

Hamas and other Palestinian leaders have been using their people as political pawns since 1948, and they still do. Hamas is willing to sacrifice its people in Gaza while they live luxuriously in Qatar and Turkey. More so, Hamas is withholding international aid from the Palestinians by looting humanitarian aid by the truckload. They are hoarding the aid for themselves or selling it at inflated rates the Palestinians can’t afford. Hamas is the one starving its people. Not Israel. Hamas has also ripped off Palestinian kids from their childhood for the past two decades. With the aid of UNRWA, which runs all the schools in Gaza, Hamas has been indoctrinating Palestinian kids about hate. Palestinian kids in Gaza, the West Bank, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon are being encouraged and aspire to become martyrs by killing Jews. From TV programs, through school textbooks, and school “plays,” there is only one goal Palestinian kids strive for: kill Jews. The result is a chilling phone call of a Hamas terrorist bragging to his proud parents from the killing field on Oct 7th.

Hamas has been using its people as a political tool because they know the Western world is weak. Once the West sees pictures of kids and babies suffering, they will back up the “poor Palestinians” while forgetting Hamas is not only using them as a propaganda prop but as a human shield.

All Western leaders are doing is putting down fires, never allowing Israel to extinguish the source of the fire. Ceasefire now means Hamas gets to do what their leaders have been promising since Oct. 7th: They will repeat it.

Instead of standing firmly with Israel, Chancellor Scholz, after visiting Israel twice, now pressures Israel to a ceasefire.

On March 25th, the USA abstained instead of vetoing the UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire that is not tied to the release of all hostages. The USA threw Israel under the bus.

President Biden is more concerned with listening to the growing Muslim population, especially during this election cycle. Granted, if he is not elected, he can’t help Israel at all; however, considering how he and VP Harris have been talking recently, they already forgot who is the victim in this justified war.

UK’s PM Sunil is considering stopping military aid to Israel, demanding Israel allow the Red Cross to visit the Nuhba terrorists held in Israeli jails. Really?! Six months have passed since October 7th, and 134 Israeli hostages are still in captivity. One-year-old Kfir and his four-year-old brother, Ariel, are somewhere in “Gaza Metro”. They haven’t seen the sunlight for six months now, let alone a Red Cross representative. But Sunil is worried about the murderers and rapists who conducted gang rapes, slaughtered entire families, and burned others alive in their homes??!! What’s wrong with you?!

Canada voted to stop exporting military equipment to Israel. Luckily, Canada’s military exports are minuscule, but this decision carries the burden of political pressure.

Hamas is using the world’s soft spot: children. Showing more pictures of Palestinian kids suffering in Gaza, knowing the West cannot take it. UNICEF has done nothing for Kfir and Ariel Bibas or other Israeli kids held in Gaza, but they keep alarming the citation of Palestinian kids. Yet, there is no pressure from World leaders on the UN, UNICEF, and the UN Human Rights Council to fight for the basic rights of Israeli hostages. Jewish blood and suffering is allowed, yet again.

If that is not enough, Hamas is manipulating the death toll numbers, making it an unreliable source, according to a study from the Washington Institute. That does not mean that Palestinians are not suffering in Gaza or that innocent civilians are not part of the casualties. It also doesn’t stop the UN, world leaders, and the Media from quoting it. This is a war zone, a war Israel did not start or ask for, and in a war, civilians always suffer.

The culture of the Middle East is a culture of strength. The U-turn Western leaders are doing now is perceived as a weakness, a win for Hamas, regardless of what Westerners tell themselves.

When will we see a world leader who is not afraid to look the Palestinians and their supporters in the eye and tell them: ‘For decades, Palestinians chose war, indoctrinated hate, and encouraged the killing of Jews. Now that the mighty IDF is upon them, they ask the West to pressure Israel to stop the devastation Palestinians and their leaders brought upon themselves. Yes, we feel for the loss of innocent lives, but being silent, at best, and complicit at worst, with Hamas brought the Palestinians here. We sympathize with the death and destruction in Gaza. But the time had come, and the Palestinians and their leaders must vow peace and acceptance of Israel as their neighbor. Any other solution will bring another cycle of destruction and death. You cannot start a war, cheer at the heinous crimes committed by your people and when the “shit hits the fan,” you cry for help.” When will a Western leader have the guts to say it as it is?

Western leaders today are cowards: When the “shit hits the fan,” they bow to the loud and sometimes violent pro-Palestinian supporters. They are fearful of the terror-mongering Islamists and their threats. This fear will end our society, freedoms, and liberties as we know it.

Gaza had the potential of becoming the Middle East’s Singapour. Hamas chose otherwise. Courtesy of https://x.com/arunpudur/status/1715987295982305694?s=20

Israel is at the forefront of the war against Islamists. Israel shares the same values as Western societies. If Israel falls, Western democracies will be next. It is time for Western leaders to stand strong against the cynical use Hamas is doing with the Palestinian people. It is time to grow a spine and allow the Palestinians to be free from Hamas and start building their independent country next to Israel. It could happen only when a strong leader forces them to smell the napalm or roses in the morning. Their choice.

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Merav Levi

A Registered Dietitian by trade, a foodie. Yogi. Interests: Politics, foreign affairs, human rights. An Israeli-American who dreams of traveling to Iran.