This July 26, 2026, Op-Ed by CAMERA Hebrew’s Shlomi Ben-Meir appeared in JNS.
The Israel Defense Forces located an operational command center, weapons and technological assets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization at Shifa Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov. 15, 2023 (Photo from IDF)
In his recent Haaretz op-ed, dramatically titled “The crimes committed in Gaza are known, but Israelis prefer to forget them: Here is a reminder,” historian Lee Mordechai attempts to position himself as the moral compass for a supposedly amnesiac Israeli public. However, what Mordechai frames as a “reminder” is, in reality, a masterclass in omission and narrative manipulation.
By laundering Hamas-supplied statistics, stripping defensive military actions of their context, and misrepresenting international judicial proceedings, the piece does not remind Israelis of the truth. Instead, it demands they forget the fundamental reality of an existential war against a terror organization that strategically weaponizes its own civilian population.
Read the rest of CAMERA’s Op-Ed at JNS.