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Even when video (VHS and Betamax) did arrive, platforms like YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo, TikTok, and Instagram did not yet exist. The first website for hosting internet videos was ShareYourWorld.com, founded in 1997.
There are many definitions of history. However, the simplest way to explain it is as follows:
A celluloid film consists of a series of images (frames). Each image is part of a scene, which in turn can be part of a series of scenes. Together, they form what is known as a sequence. A film is thus constructed from a series of sequences.
When you watch the entire film, you see a chronological progression of images, scenes, and sequences. With modern video technology, you no longer have to manually unspool the film. The "movie" is simply your MP4 or other video file; your video editor "rolls" it out automatically the moment you import the file.
You do something similar when you want to make history visible. Imagine history as a complete film—unless you cut out sections to remove images, scenes, or even an entire sequence that you do not wish to show others.
As with any film, an event must have a beginning, for nothing arises out of nothing. That is why knowledge of the past is so crucial to understanding October 7th in the first place.
Frustratingly, however, this is precisely what Israelis and American Republicans want to prevent. That is why they invest heavily in disinformation.
October 7th. That is the day, three years ago, when the resistance movement Hamas launched a bold, reactive attack on the territory colonized by Israelis. It was a defensive surprise attack. And, of course, this is still vehemently denied. "Hamas started it," goes the common claim—as if the attack simply came out of nowhere.
The attack did not simply come out of nowhere. Two major events preceded it:
In April 2018, the Israelis announced plans to celebrate their 75-year-long violent existence. In response, Palestinians in Gaza organized their "Right to Return" demonstration at the border with their occupiers.
The Israelis deployed snipers who fired exploding bullets at the demonstrators' legs. This resulted in 6,106 injuries with many protesters had one or both legs amputated. However, the total number of wounded reached 36,142.
A striking detail? The celebration of this existence—an entity invented and enabled by the British—was scheduled for the period when the Jewish Passover and Ramadan overlap. That overlap also played a role in the next point, which I will introduce with a question:
What was the cause of the 11-day war in Gaza in 2021? Google AI gave me this answer:
"The root of the 2021 eleven-day war was not solely the immediate trigger of evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, but rather the indefinite postponement of Palestinian legislative elections by President Mahmoud Abbas. Analysts argue that Hamas sought to capitalize on this political vacuum to expand its influence in the West Bank and win the 'hearts and minds' of Palestinians, using the tension over Sheikh Jarrah and the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque as a catalyst for military confrontation."
However, the sequence of events began with the storming of the Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli occupation forces during a Palestinian protest against the illegal entry of Israeli settlers—who, indeed, wanted to celebrate Passover with provocation. When the situation escalated, Netanyahu added fuel to the fire by announcing the evictions in Sheikh Jarrah, an area home to many Palestinians who had survived the Nakba.
Hamas warned the Israelis that it would respond if the violence against protesters continued and the evictions in Sheikh Jarrah were not reconsidered. Netanyahu did not heed the warning, prompting Hamas to fire rockets. Consequently, the Israelis launched an 11-day war in Gaza.
Numerous minor incidents occurred between these two major events. The cumulative picture was already clear: Hamas did not intend to let matters rest there. By this, I refer to Israeli observations along the Gaza border.
An Israeli observation post, staffed primarily by women, spotted activity on the other side of the border and reported it to superiors, who, however, perceived no threat. For Hamas, this presented an opportunity to respond decisively to the ongoing Israeli provocations, aggression, and violence in Gaza and the West Bank. West Bank.
However, there is another event that led to "October 7." That is the concealment of prior knowledge that Netanyahu possessed at least a year before that date. He knew Hamas was planning something. Egyptian intelligence had warned of this. Yet, the Israelis denied having been warned by Egypt. The *New York Times* published similar information in December 2023—information that was never addressed.
Last week, *Haaretz* revealed that the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, explicitly warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—about ten days before the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023—that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was preparing a major operation against Israel. During a 45-minute phone call from Abu Dhabi, Bin Zayed urged Netanyahu to take the threat seriously, warning that an attack could destabilize the region and undermine the Abraham Accords.
On September 27, Netanyahu flew secretly to the United Arab Emirates to secure a public denial from President Mohamed bin Zayed regarding the warning the Emirati leader had given him about the impending Hamas attack of October 7, 2023. This trip, which took place a month before the Israeli elections of October 27, was prompted by political pressure following reports that MBZ had informed Netanyahu of the threat weeks in advance.
When you do something like that in secret, everyone knows you are simply lying. And Netanyahu has been doing that for over thirty years. In fact, lying is considered perfectly normal within a certain mindset. ...which is part of Zionism. After all, it holds that lying is permissible when done in self-defense. Indeed, lying is the most natural thing in the world of the Israeli 'sphere'—and, in fact, in the United States as well. That country has been Zionist since 1898.
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