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The Left’s Latest Lie: “A Just War”

The real disgrace is our media. CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, the BBC - these institutions have become Hamas’s press office.

The anti-Israel Left never runs out of empty slogans. Their latest invention – “a just war” – is nothing more than another shiny euphemism meant to cloak cowardice in moral language. It joins their dictionary of drivel: “fairness,” “equity,” “proportionality.” These words are not principles; they are weapons, endlessly malleable and always aimed at one target – Israel.

And let’s be clear: when the Left says “a just war,” they don’t mean Hamas’s war of extermination. They don’t mean the slaughter of babies on October 7. They don’t mean rape as a weapon of war. No – the “just war” standard only applies to Israel defending its people from genocide. Somehow, the one liberal democracy in the Middle East, the only country that warns civilians before striking, is the one told it must prove its moral worth to people who cheer Hamas’s lies.

The problem isn’t just activists screaming in the streets. The real disgrace is our media. CNN, The New York Times, Reuters, the BBC – these institutions have become Hamas’s press office. They don’t report; they repeat. They parrot whatever Hamas hands them, slap a Western headline on it, and call it journalism. Remember the Al-Ahli hospital? The press screamed “Israel bombed a hospital, hundreds dead.” Within 24 hours, it was clear: it was a misfired Palestinian rocket. Did CNN retract? Did the Times issue front-page apologies? Of course not. The damage was done, the lie had spread, and Israel was guilty in the court of global opinion.

And now Nasser Hospital. For weeks, the story was that Israel “attacked a hospital.” Cue the outrage. But did any major outlet ask why? Did anyone investigate what Israeli intelligence had uncovered? Of course not – they were too busy running Hamas’s press releases. Only later did the truth surface: Nasser wasn’t just a hospital. It was a Hamas command center, a site for interrogations and military operations. In other words, a war room. But by the time that fact emerged, the narrative had already been cemented.

This is the playbook: Hamas commits war crimes, embeds in civilian infrastructure, and feeds lies to a willing Western press. The media broadcasts the lies, the Left dresses them up with slogans like “a just war,” and Israel is painted as the villain. And the cycle repeats.

Enough. Let’s stop pretending these are neutral mistakes. They are willful lies, designed to smear Israel and provide cover for terrorists. A “just war”? There is nothing just about terrorists murdering Jews and the media laundering their propaganda. Israel’s war is not only just—it is necessary, moral, and righteous. What is unjust is the cowardice of our journalists and the complicity of those who know better but stay silent.

History will not remember the slogans. It will remember who stood for truth and who served as stenographers for murderers.

Robert Chernin

Robert Chernin

Robert B. Chernin has brought his years of political consulting and commentary back to radio. As a longtime entrepreneur, business leader, fundraiser and political confidant, Robert has a unique perspective with insights not heard anyway else. Robert has consulted on federal and statewide campaigns at the gubernatorial, congressional, senatorial, and presidential level. He served in leadership roles in the presidential campaigns of President George W. Bush as well as McCain for President. He led Florida’s Victory 2004’s national Jewish outreach operations as Executive Director. In addition, he served on the President’s Committee of the Republican Jewish Coalition. Robert co-founded and served as president of the Electoral Science Institute, a non-profit organization that utilizes behavioral science to increase voter participation and awareness. Robert can be heard on multiple radio stations and viewed on the “Of the People” podcast where you get your podcasts.