“When we come across one or two instances of misleading information in a book, and then find that they are actually deliberate lies, clearly we can no longer trust or believe any information given by this author.”
- Polybius [12.252]
Introduction: An Outbreak of Shocking Violence
In the morning hours of October 7th, Hamas, the government of the Gaza Strip, launched an invasion of Israel. For reasons that are still unclear, Israel’s defenses failed and Hamas experienced military success which was previously unimaginable. It appears that a key part of their strategy was committing savage massacres of civilians and taking a large amount of hostages, in the hopes that this would simultaneously enrage Israel and its supporters past the point of reason while the hostages would force them to have t…
