The "flood of Al-Aqsa" in the face of Western philosophy. Habermas, Ben Habib et al

The famous German philosopher Jürgen Habermas (Getty Images)

Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was truly a flood, in front of which the Israeli military, its intelligence services, the Western powers behind it, and the Arab leaders who fear and obey those Western powers were swept away.

The flood exploded with all its might in the economic, political, media and communication fields, and has upset all balances so far.

This event not only destroyed all the Israeli propaganda and mythical perceptions that it propagated in the world, but also upended all the narratives produced so far about Hamas, Islam, violence and terrorism.

Israel's incompetence in this process and its historical evasion of peace efforts played a role in achieving this impact, as well as aggression and genocide that are difficult to justify.

There is no propaganda that can explain the killing of children, the continuous and systematic targeting of hospitals, and the indiscriminate targeting of mosques, churches, schools, markets, and all civilian places. Israel does not have enough sack to put all these spears in.

The "Al-Aqsa Flood" not only struck politics, militaristicism and mainstream media narratives, but also turned the philosophy of the century into a sieve full of holes.

On the other hand, Hamas' media branch has achieved unprecedented success since the first day of the "Al-Aqsa Flood." The statements of "Abu Obeida," the spokesman for the al-Qassam Brigades, in his unique costume every evening – have extraordinary persuasive power and influence.

The statement that the OIC would have come out with after its meeting was no more important than the statement that Abu Obeida would deliver that evening.

No one takes seriously the statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others at press conferences about the war. Rather, everyone waits after their conversation for Abu Obeida to come out to confirm or lie what they said.

Abu Obeida has the final say in the news of the war because he did not lie in any of his speeches, and all the information he provided was accurate. In contrast, all of Netanyahu's and his army's chief of staff's statements do not amount to desperate propaganda.

The reality of the event, its manifestations and Hamas' performance during it gave its discourse unprecedented strength and credibility around the world.

Hamas literally creates the "Al-Aqsa flood" in the media arena. Zionist propaganda against it grows miserable with every statement by an Israeli official who resorts to as many desperate lies as possible. We have seen how the miserable situation of the Israeli military spokesman, who was looking for Hamas operatives at Shifa Hospital, has become a mockery on everyone's lips.

In light of this fall of Israeli lies, its ability to continue destructive aggression – with such brazenness – shows that what it really depends on is its military might. She does not feel the need to give a convincing explanation to anyone. Justification and interpretation are just formalities and details that are not important to her, and behind her are those who support her unconditionally, but he only needs an argument, even if it is absurd, to use it to defend her.

When the field photographs provide them with a hard truth about the falsehood of what they say (as were the images of the 2016 coup attempt in Turkey), they can only say, "We thought these images were computer games." Which of Israel's lies are not quick to believe, and which do they refrain from defending?

This primitive, open propaganda – with which Israel mocks the human mind and makes children laugh out loud – is enough to immediately convince some of the great pro-Zionist philosophers.

The statement of some philosophers – among them Jürgen Habermas, a great theorist of the ideal environment and conditions of communication, and the last great representative of critical theory – is in fact a major scandal from whatever angle he looks at.

The "Al-Aqsa Flood" not only struck politics, militarism and mainstream media narratives, but also turned the philosophy of the century into a sieve full of holes.

Habermas did not see any scenes of Israel's genocidal brutality in front of the eyes of the entire world, or perhaps to some extent, but he described it as "Israel's reaction to the extreme brutality of Hamas."

Here he clearly argues that the Israeli response is justified because Hamas declares in its rhetoric that it intends to eliminate the Jews (regardless of the fact that Israeli retaliation leads to the destruction of the entire people of Gaza). He also opposes calling what Israel did a genocide, adding that it is unacceptable that Jews in Israel or Germany are once again exposed to life-threatening dangers and fear physical violence in the streets.

Fair enough.. What about the Palestinians? What exactly do you classify these?!

One of Habermas's books, translated into Turkish, is titled "The Other, Living with the Other," and we have been taught for years that Habermas, with his left-wing philosophical and political tendencies, was looking for an accurate, profound and philosophical moral formula for dealing with the other, and that "liberation" from the oppression of fascist authoritarian authorities was the ultimate goal of his critical theory. Today we have discovered how the hateful racism lies beneath this philosophy of the "other", at the crossroads between Israel and Palestine.

The world-renowned Jewish philosopher of Turkish origin, Sila Behapper, also participated in the same campaign, with a separate article rather than signing a declaration.

The main idea is the same: an Israeli war that has reached the point of genocide – but can never be called genocide – is a response to Hamas aggression, and it is a just and legitimate response.

As if the crisis began with the attack of Hamas, as if there is no history of 75-year occupation, brutal Nakba, settlements, looting, siege and massacres behind this incident. Have we heard anything from these philosophers about this history yet?

Jewish philosophers and intellectuals have been chasing Heidegger for his silence about the Nazis all along, but the writer Abdelkader Mrabet commented in an article published in the magazine "Reminder" (No. 5, 1993): "Well, Habermas, what will we say about the silence of Bohr, Marcuse and others about Israel and Palestine, and Sabra Shatila?"

Ironically, one of Sila Benhaber's most important concerns is also the "other", responsibilities towards that "other", and the conditions for living together morally.

It is clear that the Palestinian is not seen as the "other" for whom they have a moral responsibility. If the Palestinian is not the "other", who will be the "other", then, in their perspective? Have you created all this philosophy about the "other" just to define the conditions for coexistence among Jews? Would the ideal philosophy be a world consisting only of Jews?

If so, we should thank Hamas for opening our eyes on this issue.

Al-Aqsa storm removed the delicate dust that covered philosophy, and exposed the cruelty and racism lurking beneath it at the intersection between Palestine and Israel.