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What Comes Next — in the West?
Anti-Israel demonstrators release smoke in the colors of the Palestinian flag as they protest to condemn the Israeli forces’ interception of some of the vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel’s naval blockade, in Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Nacho Doce
What comes the day after in Gaza has always been a question hanging over this war. Now, however, that question seemingly has been given an answer with Donald Trump’s peace plan, with reservations that Hamas seems to be dragging its feet with the deceased hostages and other issues. But there still is another question: what happens the day after in the West?
Those who care about Israel — and about the security of the Jewish people — must not be lulled into complacency by the coming quiet. The lull will be deceptive. There will be an illusion of normalcy, a temptation to believe that life can simply return to how it was before October 7th. That would be a grave mistake.
For two years, the streets of Western cities echoed with chants of “Ceasefire now!” as protesters filled avenues from London to Los Angeles, and Paris to New York, demanding an end to Israel’s military campaign. But now, as a ceasefire appears to be taking hold and the war’s end seems within reach, something interesting has happened. The once-deafening noise of outrage has turned into an eerie quiet.
Where did they go? Why, after months of daily demonstrations, is there no visible joy at the possibility of peace? Shouldn’t those who claimed to march for “justice” and “Ceasefire NOW” be celebrating the end of suffering and the promise of rebuilding? They finally got the ceasefire they have been fighting for.
The reason for the silence is that many leaders and organizers behind the “anti-Gaza war” movement were never truly advocating for peace. Their goal was not coexistence. Their aim — consciously or otherwise — was to delegitimize Israel and put Jewish people “back in their place.” Their silence represents a defeat on that front (at least for now). Their goal was to fight not with rockets or rifles, but through public opinion, social media narratives, and political pressure.
That is why the “day after” cannot be limited to Gaza alone. There must be an equally urgent conversation about the day after in the West.
What we are witnessing is not peace — it is a pause. And pauses are not surrender.
The activists, influencers, and ideological networks that mobilized millions against Israel are not gone. They are merely regrouping — retrenching, and preparing for the next phase of their campaign. And this next phase, just as in the current phase, will not be fought in Gaza, it will be fought in New York, Paris, London, and on every major social media platform where ideas are shaped.
The campaign against Israel in Western societies will not stop because the war in Gaza stops. It will only evolve. The same networks that have spent the past two years vilifying Israel will pivot toward shaping the next generation’s perception of Zionism, morality, and even the Jewish people’s self-identity. Their battleground is for the hearts and minds of people on the ground and in the digital world.
And that is where those who defend Israel and the Jewish people must now focus. The coming decade will be decisive. It will require reimagining current institutions, building coalitions, and using platforms capable of countering disinformation and reclaiming the moral narrative.
If those who stand with Israel fail to understand this — if they mistake quiet for peace — they will find themselves outmaneuvered once again by a movement that never truly rests.
The war may be ending in Gaza, but this is only the beginning of the fight for our future.
Daniel Rosen is the co-founder of a non-profit technology company called Emissary4all, which is an app to organize people to impact the narrative and move the needle on social media and beyond. He is the co-host of the podcast Recalibration. You can reach him at drosen@emissary4all.org
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Tucker’s Ideas About Jews Come from Darkest Corners of the Internet, Says Huckabee After Combative Interview
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee looks on during the day he visits the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun
i24 News – In a combative interview with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, right-wing firebrand Tucker Carlson made a host of contentious and often demonstrably false claims that quickly went viral online. Huckabee, who repeatedly challenged the former Fox News star during the interview, subsequently made a long post on X, identifying a pattern of bad-faith arguments, distortions and conspiracies in Carlson’s rhetorical style.
Huckabee pointed out his words were not accorded by Carlson the same degree of attention and curiosity the anchor evinced toward such unsavory characters as “the little Nazi sympathizer Nick Fuentes or the guy who thought Hitler was the good guy and Churchill the bad guy.”
“What I wasn’t anticipating was a lengthy series of questions where he seemed to be insinuating that the Jews of today aren’t really same people as the Jews of the Bible,” Huckabee wrote, adding that Tucker’s obsession with conspiracies regarding the provenance of Ashkenazi Jews obscured the fact that most Israeli Jews were refugees from the Arab and Muslim world.
The idea that Ashkenazi Jews are an Asiatic tribe who invented a false ancestry “gained traction in the 80’s and 90’s with David Duke and other Klansmen and neo-Nazis,” Huckabee wrote. “It has really caught fire in recent years on the Internet and social media, mostly from some of the most overt antisemites and Jew haters you can find.”
Carlson branded Israel “probably the most violent country on earth” and cited the false claim that Israel President Isaac Herzog had visited the infamous island of the late, disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
“The current president of Israel, whom I know you know, apparently was at ‘pedo island.’ That’s what it says,” Carlson said, citing a debunked claim made by The Times reporter Gabrielle Weiniger. “Still-living, high-level Israeli officials are directly implicated in Epstein’s life, if not his crimes, so I think you’d be following this.”
Another misleading claim made by Carlson was that there were more Christians in Qatar than in Israel.
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Pezeshkian Says Iran Will Not Bow to Pressure Amid US Nuclear Talks
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit 2025, in Tianjin, China, September 1, 2025. Iran’s Presidential website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Saturday that his country would not bow its head to pressure from world powers amid nuclear talks with the United States.
“World powers are lining up to force us to bow our heads… but we will not bow our heads despite all the problems that they are creating for us,” Pezeshkian said in a speech carried live by state TV.
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Italy’s RAI Apologizes after Latest Gaffe Targets Israeli Bobsleigh Team
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics – Bobsleigh – 4-man Heat 1 – Cortina Sliding Centre, Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy – February 21, 2026. Adam Edelman of Israel, Menachem Chen of Israel, Uri Zisman of Israel, Omer Katz of Israel in action during Heat 1. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Italy’s state broadcaster RAI was forced to apologize to the Jewish community on Saturday after an off‑air remark advising its producers to “avoid” the Israeli crew was broadcast before coverage of the Four-Man bobsleigh event at the Winter Olympics.
The head of RAI’s sports division had already resigned earlier in the week after his error-ridden commentary at the Milano Cortina 2026 opening ceremony two weeks ago triggered a revolt among its journalists.
On Saturday, viewers heard “Let’s avoid crew number 21, which is the Israeli one” and then “no, because …” before the sound was cut off.
RAI CEO Giampaolo Rossi said the incident represented a “serious” breach of the principles of impartiality, respect and inclusion that should guide the public broadcaster.
He added that RAI had opened an internal inquiry to swiftly determine any responsibility and any potential disciplinary procedures.
In a separate statement RAI’s board of directors condemned the remark as “unacceptable.”
The board apologized to the Jewish community, the athletes involved and all viewers who felt offended.
RAI is the country’s largest media organization and operates national television, radio and digital news services.
The union representing RAI journalists, Usigrai, had said Paolo Petrecca’s opening ceremony commentary had dealt “a serious blow” to the company’s credibility.
His missteps included misidentifying venues and public figures, and making comments about national teams that were widely criticized.