by Daniel Schonbuch
Hamas’s grotesque display of murdered Jewish children is an act of terror, dehumanization, and psychological warfare—demanding moral clarity, justice, and unwavering strength from Israel and the West.
The latest revelation of Hamas terrorists holding a grotesque ceremony in Gaza—displaying the lifeless bodies of the murdered Bibas children—is not just another act of barbarism. It is a calculated message of terror and dehumanization, aimed at breaking the spirit of Israel and all who stand for civilization. This atrocity is more than a tragedy; it is an unmasking of evil, a moment that demands moral clarity and a resounding call to action.
For Israelis, Jews worldwide, and all decent people, the psychological trauma from such inhumanity cannot be overstated. We live in a time of escalating mental health crises—where anxiety, depression, and PTSD are at record highs—and yet, events like these serve as a stark reminder of how true evil exploits human suffering for power and propaganda.
The horror of this act is a chilling reminder of the Holocaust, where Jewish children were brutally murdered, and their deaths used as a tool for Nazi propaganda. Hamas’s actions expose a perverse intent—not just to kill but to humiliate, terrorize, and strip Jews of their humanity. Just as the Nazis sought to dehumanize their victims, Hamas today follows the same dark path, parading Jewish corpses as trophies.
The world must wake up to the reality that Hamas is not simply a militant group—it is an entity built on the glorification of death and the destruction of Israel and the United States. To pretend otherwise is to be complicit in the ongoing cycle of violence and suffering.
Hamas intentionally inflicts and weaponizes trauma and compounds upon it. Trauma is not just the act of violence itself—it is the lasting wound inflicted on the hearts and minds of an entire people. Hamas knows this, and their public display of murdered Jewish children is an act of psychological warfare, designed to deepen suffering and instill a paralyzing fear.
As a psychotherapist and expert in logotherapy, Viktor Frankl’s philosophy has taught me that suffering without meaning is unbearable. It is one thing to grieve the loss of innocent life; it is another to watch that loss be weaponized in the most gruesome, public fashion. Hamas seeks not just to destroy bodies but to crush the Jewish spirit, to rob their victims and their families of dignity even in death.
For Jews, hostage-taking and the desecration of the dead are wounds that echo through generations. From the pogroms of Europe to the gas chambers of Auschwitz, history has shown that when the world tolerates the dehumanization of Jews, violence follows. Hamas aligns itself with the most monstrous regimes in history, using tactics eerily similar to medieval blood libels and Nazi propaganda.
The worst part? Much of the so-called “civilized world” looks the other way. Instead of moral clarity, we see equivocation. Instead of outrage, we see excuses. The sickening display of the Bibas children is met not with universal condemnation but with the usual anti-Israel propaganda from international bodies, the media, and even college campuses in the West.
This horror should be a moment of reckoning, yet the progressive left remains silent—or worse, justifies it. We have seen, time and again, radical activists and politicians bend over backward to explain away Hamas’s atrocities while vilifying Israel for defending itself.
Where is the outcry from the United Nations? From the so-called human rights activists who claim to champion justice? Their silence is deafening—and it exposes a dangerous truth: for many in the global elite, Jewish lives do not count. When Jewish children and their young mother are murdered and paraded in Gaza, they shrug. But when Israel fights back, they scream about “disproportionate responses” and “war crimes.”
This moral inversion cannot stand. Hamas is evil. Those who justify or excuse their actions are enablers of evil. And the sooner the world comes to terms with this reality, the better.
Viktor Frankl famously said, “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” Israel and the Jewish people cannot afford to wait for the world to find its moral backbone. The only answer to Hamas’s evil is strength—military strength, political strength, and most importantly, moral strength.
The massacre and desecration of the Bibas children demand justice. Hamas must be eradicated. Their enablers—whether in Qatar, Iran, or among Western radicals—must be held accountable. This is not just Israel’s fight; this is the fight of every nation that values civilization over barbarism.
Jewish history is filled with suffering, but it is also filled with resilience and triumph. The Jewish people have faced every attempt to erase them, and they have survived. They will survive this too—but only if they stand firm, reject victimhood, and refuse to let their enemies define their fate.
For the West, this is a wake-up call. Will we stand with Israel, with civilization, with the forces of good? Or will we continue to make excuses for evil?
The choice is ours. And history will remember where we stood.
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Daniel Schonbuch, author of Viktor Frankl and the Psychology of the Soul: A Guide to Finding Meaning and Emotional Wellness. Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch is the founder of The Mental Health First Initiative (TMHFI), which aims to bring faith, family, and meaning to the mental health conversation.
Source: https://amgreatness.com/2025/02/25/a-macabre-spectacle-hamas-terror-the-murdered-bibas-children-and-the-battle-for-moral-clarity/
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