Since the terrorist atrocities of October 7, 2023 carried out by Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization by numerous countries the world has drifted into a state that oscillates between moral confusion and calculated absurdity. What initially appeared to be another tragic headline has instead exposed something deeper: a structural disorder in the global system itself. The crisis is no longer episodic. It is systemic.

What follows are five scenes from different arenas of international life. Together, they form a disturbing portrait of a world where moral clarity erodes, political convenience prevails, and the language of values is increasingly detached from reality.

Scene One: When Global Institutions Blur the Line Between Terror and Sovereignty

In the aftermath of October 7, Israel entered a war it defines as legitimate self-defense against a jihadist organization openly committed to its destruction. Yet within major international forums, resolutions and rhetoric have frequently drawn moral equivalence between a sovereign state defending its citizens and the very organization that initiated the massacre.

The distortion does not end in diplomatic chambers. Across universities and public squares in Europe and the United States, images of figures such as Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, Hassan Nasrallah, and Ali Khamenei have been raised as symbols of “resistance.” Terror, repackaged as ideology, is normalized in academic and........

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