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| October 7: Ghosts in the Feed |
| 2025-10-09 |
Key bits: [PJMedia] Two years after the Nova music festival massacre, survivors still battle a quieter war, the one against erasure.THE MORNING THE MUSIC STOPPED Oct. 7, 2023, began with dancing. Thousands gathered at the Nova music festival near Re’im, close to the Gaza border, celebrating life under an open sky. By midmorning, the music was replaced by gunfire, and Hamas militants stormed the field, killing at least 378 people and taking dozens hostage. In the end, Israel calls that morning its darkest civilian massacre. Within two years, commemoration has become its own kind of defense, with a nation remembering events through solemn exhibits and prayer vigils, even while a new enemy spreads doubt behind the scenes. THE DISINFORMATION MACHINE Researchers tracking Gaza wartime propaganda call the conflict one of the largest misinformation storms ever recorded. As much as I hate using it as a reference, Wikipedia's Misinformation in the Gaza War does a reasonably good job by listing deepfakes, repurposed videos, and false captions that have reached millions. Many of those campaigns trace back to bad actors in Russia, China, and Iran, with their goal being less persuasion than exhaustion, to make the truth seem unknowable. Liars win when disbelief becomes habit. THE SECOND TRAUMA Psychologists treating October 7 survivors describe a “second trauma”: the shock of seeing your story denied by strangers. Healing's strength depends on repetition, retelling, reposting, and reasserting reality, which for some means deleting their social media accounts. For others, it means staying visible. Each survivor has a choice between peace of mind and public proof. Both decisions, however, carry scars. |
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