They think you are a fool. They believe that if they flood your screens with enough context-free images of tragedy, with enough self-righteous headlines and enough cynical analysis, you will forget the simple, brutal truth of the world. They want you to confuse the firefighter with the arsonist. They want you to condemn the nation that ran into the burning building while the rest of the world debated the price of the fire extinguisher.

Let me be clear: a campaign of breathtaking deception is underway, designed to twist a courageous act of self-preservation into a crime. It is a campaign that relies on your exhaustion, your compassion, and your willingness to believe that every conflict is a murky shade of grey. But this is not grey. This is a battle between a nation that cherishes life and a regime that worships death. And it is time you knew the truth.

The Anatomy of a Global Deception

First, they lie by distraction. They bombard you with heart-wrenching stories from Gaza, knowing that the sheer volume of suffering will overwhelm your ability to ask the most important question: why is this happening now? They want to sever the link between the chaos in Gaza and the existential threat that precipitated it. They don't want you to remember that the same Iranian regime that was building a nuclear bomb to annihilate Israel is the primary funder and director of the terror groups who initiated the cycle of violence from Gaza. It is a disgustingly brilliant strategy: start a fire in the living room to distract from the bomb you’ve planted in the basement, and then blame the homeowner for using a fire hose.

Then, they lie by omission. You are told that American diplomacy and airstrikes heroically “resolved” the conflict with Iran. This is a cowardly and insulting fantasy. Where was this heroic leadership when Iran’s centrifuges were spinning into the red zone? Where was this decisive action when the Ayatollah’s proxies were firing rockets at Israeli families? Israel stood alone. With its back against the wall, it executed Operation Am Kelavi, a feat of stunning precision and bravery that decapitated the Iranian nuclear and terror leadership. It was only after Israel had done the dirty, necessary work that others rushed in to claim the credit for the resulting, fragile peace. They did not lead; they followed, desperately trying to manage the stability that Israeli courage had already secured.

And the most insidious lie? The lie about Israeli “war crimes.” They repeat the number “71 dead at Evin Prison” like a mantra. I mourn every innocent life lost in conflict. But how we hoped the world would see the truth on its own. The media, in its contemptible laziness, fails to tell you that the Iranian regime, in a move of pure evil, had converted parts of that prison into a command-and-control center for the IRGC. They embedded their war machine next to prisoners and their visiting families, knowing that in the event of a strike, they could weaponize the tragedy. They used their own people as human shields, and the world’s media became their willing accomplices, dutifully publishing the casualty numbers provided by the terrorists themselves.

This wall of lies is growing. We are now fed the absurd narrative that Israel’s action “unified the Iranian people” against it. This is regime propaganda, laundered through naive Western news outlets. The real Iranian people—the women fighting for their freedom, the students yearning for a future—do not celebrate their oppressors. They celebrate in secret the blow that was struck against the IRGC monsters who have held them captive for decades. And as these lies take root, the consequences become terrifyingly real. We see pension funds divest and hear chants of “Death to the IDF” at music festivals. This is not righteous protest; it is the West’s moral immune system collapsing in real time, a decadent surrender to barbarism, an inability to recognize a friend from a genocidal foe.

The Courage of a Nation With Its Back to the Sea

Now, let me tell you the truth. This was not a choice. For years, Israel endured. It watched as the Iranian regime—the world’s largest state sponsor of terror—spread its tentacles across the Middle East. It intercepted weapons, thwarted attacks, and pleaded with the world to see the growing threat. We pursued diplomacy, we issued warnings, but the tyrannical regime in Tehran only accelerated its march towards a nuclear weapon—a weapon it explicitly, repeatedly promised to use to wipe Israel off the map.

Then came the intelligence. The final, terrifying confirmation that Iran had reached the nuclear “point of no return.” The clock was at one minute to midnight. The world, wrapped in its comfortable illusions and failed diplomatic frameworks, chose to sleep. Israel, a nation forged in the promise of “Never Again,” chose to act. Operation Am Kelavi was not an act of aggression; it was the howl of a nation that refuses to be led to the slaughter. It was the deepest, most sorrowful sigh of a people who knew, with chilling certainty, that the path of peace had been exhausted and all that was left was the path of survival.

A Choice Between Light and a Death Cult

The moral contrast could not be more stark. Israel is a nation that, even in war, is obsessed with the value of life. It develops technology of breathtaking precision—the “scalpel”—to remove a cancerous tumor with minimal harm to the surrounding tissue. Its soldiers are its sons and daughters, defending their homes and families. They fight because they have to.

The Iranian regime is a death cult. It exports terror as its primary product. It fires indiscriminate missiles—the “sledgehammer”—at civilian centers. It hangs gay people from cranes and subjugates women. Its Revolutionary Guard are not soldiers; they are thugs and terrorists who oppress their own people and seek to ignite a global holy war. They fight because they want to.

This is the choice. An imperfect, vibrant democracy that is forced to defend itself, or a fanatical, medieval theocracy that seeks to drag the world back into darkness. There is no moral equivalence.

Why This Was the Only Path to Peace

Strip away the emotion and look at the cold, hard logic. A nuclear-armed Iran would not be an Israeli problem; it would be a global catastrophe. It would trigger a nuclear arms race in the world’s most volatile region. It would give a nuclear shield to the world’s foremost terror sponsor. It would mean that every negotiation, every crisis, would unfold under the threat of nuclear blackmail.

Operation Am Kelavi was not an act of war. It was an act of war prevention. By surgically neutralizing the head of the serpent—the nuclear scientists, the IRGC commanders, and their infrastructure—Israel paralyzed Iran’s ability to unleash its full destructive force. This limited, precise action prevented a full-scale, catastrophic war that would have consumed the region and threatened the globe. It was a blow for freedom, a favor to the oppressed people of Iran, and a necessary, painful step that restored a measure of deterrence and bought the world time. A world that should be offering its gratitude, not its condemnation.

The choice, therefore, is simple. You can believe the chorus of lies, spun by cynical regimes and amplified by a feckless media. Or you can stand with the nation that had the courage to confront evil when no one else would.

So what can you do?

• Share this truth. Do not let the lies stand unchallenged in your conversations and on your social media feeds. Be a voice of clarity.
• Demand moral courage from your leaders. Tell them to stop hedging and hiding. Tell them to stand unequivocally with Israel, the West’s staunchest ally in a sea of tyranny.
• Do not be silent. Your silence is a vote for the arsonists. Your voice is a weapon in the fight for civilization. Use it. Now.