After celebrating Rosh Hashaná and Yom Kippur, rabbis who have historically been optimistic, dedicated to sowing hope in new generations, projecting the future, and transmitting their legacy, now show themselves overwhelmed, angry, and dismayed at what they have termed a “tsunami of misinformation.” In numerous debates, they were taken aback by absurd concepts, such as the term “Nazi Jew,” which certainly challenge logic and history.
The rabbi's reflections focused on how to confront the communication war that is today lost. Lost due to a combination of social variables such as: a generation of youth completely adrift, without clear purposes, frustrated both personally, socially, and professionally. A mentally weak generation that seeks, at an early or late age, a reason to justify their passage through the Earth. This group has an imperative need to pursue causes, whatever they may be, that allow them to channel all their frustrations onto a single target.
However, the reason for this anti-Jewish advance is not merely a religious issue. Rather, it is a bridge, a tool that is exploited to attack the weak points of society and thus advance in a conquest of power over the West.
From the Cold War to the Current Clash
Since the Cold War, where the USSR and the West (led by the U.S.) competed for influence in the Arab world, through the Gulf War (1991), the War on Terror (2001 and 2003), and the Arab Spring, the movements we see today are a counterattack from the Arab world against the West to reclaim all the ground taken, both economically and politically and socially.
Europe, characterized and marked by social guilt, was an easy target for demographic advancement through mass illegal immigration. The United States, for its part, with its own internal imbalances generated on all fronts (political, economic, and social), was also an easy target for manipulation on the social front. The conjunction of factors favoring the Arab world was and is such that it presents a historic opportunity too tempting to waste. Especially when a victory looms on the horizon that repositions the Arab world as the main protagonist.
Objectively speaking, there are few countries in the West that today the Arab and Chinese worlds should defeat to crown themselves as the new leaders of the 21st century: Israel, Argentina, and the United States.
For Europe and Oceania, it was enough to advance from a demographic aspect, generating political and social pressures to manipulate any political decision. The advance was such that the success of the program culminated with the leaders of each country recognizing the Palestinian State. A decision that had historically been relegated is now weighed under strong internal pressure, both political and social.
As for Russia and China, while they are commercial allies of Arab countries, in times of world wars, Russia generally tends to side with the West, while China can favor the Arab world indirectly.
Regarding Israel, it is not only the only firmly Western country in the entire Eastern hemisphere but also the only one in a region of 57 Muslim countries, which in this context makes it not just a country but the bastion of Western values: democracy, liberalism, technological innovation.
Taking the global media isolation as an attack just “for being Jewish” is to have a very simplistic view of the current global reality. The attack is part of a comprehensive strategy to disassemble the Western world piece by piece, a world of which Israel is a part.
Taking it personally is a mistake.
Regardless of the tragedy of October 7, Israel’s defensive response is not in question in this article. However, I invite you to look beyond a rational, logical, and emotional position to analyze the current situation from another perspective: Israel's geographical position and its role as a key ally of the West make it a priority target for those seeking to destabilize the global order led by the United States and its allies. The narrative of the “Nazi Jew” or the decontextualized accusations against Israel are not mere historical errors, they are deliberate weapons in a war of perceptions, designed to erode the legitimacy of Israel and, by extension, of the West.
The advance of the Arab world, supported in some cases by powers like China, is not limited to the demographic or communicational. It also manifests economically and technologically. The Gulf countries, rich in oil, have diversified their economies by massively investing in technology, infrastructure, and global soft power: from the purchase of media outlets to the funding of Western universities. This economic influence creates dependencies that weaken the decision-making autonomy of Western countries, while the anti-Western narrative amplifies on digital platforms, where algorithms reward polarization.
Capturing Talent: The Roadmap of Dependency
While these emerging powers already possess capital and technology, they face a critical shortage of human capital and specialized knowledge to operate their complex economic facets. Therefore, in parallel to demographic progress, the strategy to crown their global leadership requires capturing Western talent.
The goal is to attract professionals to settle and develop locally, building "organically" the necessary tech hub to weave new ties of dependency on the part of the West.
To achieve this, the economic offer is unmatched: today, countries like Qatar are attracting Western companies with the promise of 100% foreign ownership and the total repatriation of profits within their free trade zones. This is an advantage that almost no other country can offer.
In this scenario, Argentina emerges as a peculiar case. Its recent alignment with Western values, especially under leaderships that defend free markets and a pro-Israel stance, makes it an unexpected target. However, its position in the southern hemisphere, far from the epicenter of conflict, gives it a symbolic and strategic role. The United States, for its part, remains the pillar of the West, but its internal divisions (political polarization, crisis of trust in institutions, and a disillusioned youth) make it vulnerable to external manipulation.
The communication war is not just a confrontation of narratives but a struggle for leadership of the future and the consolidation of new global powers. Faced with an adversary that has already learned to exploit the internal weaknesses of the West, the central question is not, nor should it be, “how to respond to this war of perceptions,” but whether the West still has the will and vision to defend nothing less than its only legacy: freedom.
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