António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, continues to exhibit a troubling bias and selective outrage in his statements regarding the ongoing Iron Swords War, which began on October 7, 2023, when thousands of Palestinians infiltrated Israel. This was not a “conflict”—it was a war initiated by Hamas and other terrorist organizations, alongside Gaza civilians, who carried out one of the most brutal massacres in modern history.
On that day, approximately 6,000 Palestinians breached Israel’s borders. Of these, around 3,800 were operatives of Hamas, UNRWA, and other Gaza-based terrorist organizations, while about 2,200 were Gazan civilians who willingly participated in the massacre. The atrocities that followed were unprecedented: 1,163 individuals were murdered, including Israeli and foreign civilians—babies, children, women, and the elderly. Among the fallen were 301 IDF heroes, 55 police officers, and 10 Shin Bet personnel, who courageously gave their lives defending Israel. The savagery of this war marked a turning point and exposed the true nature of the genocidal intentions of Hamas and its sympathizers.
Despite these harrowing realities, António Guterres has consistently failed to condemn Hamas unequivocally. His recent tweet welcoming the ceasefire and humanitarian aid to Gaza glaringly omits any mention of the innocent Israeli hostages—men, women, children, and the elderly—who remain in the clutches of Hamas. These hostages were abducted during the October 7 massacre and have since endured horrific abuse in Gaza. Reports have surfaced of unspeakable atrocities committed against these captives, including physical and sexual violence, yet Guterres remains silent.
This silence from the head of the United Nations is part of a pattern of moral equivocation. Even after the massacre, Guterres suggested that Hamas’s actions “did not happen in a vacuum,” a comment that many interpreted as an attempt to justify the horrific slaughter of innocents. Instead of clearly condemning Hamas for its crimes, Guterres has focused primarily on the suffering of Palestinians, ignoring the root cause of their plight: Hamas’s use of civilians as human shields, its squandering of international aid on terror infrastructure, and its genocidal war against Israel.
The humanitarian narrative Guterres promotes is dangerously one-sided. While no one disputes the hardships faced by Palestinians in Gaza, Guterres’s refusal to address the Israeli victims of October 7, or even acknowledge the plight of the hostages, reveals a blatant double standard. It is especially galling that he continues to prioritize the narrative of Palestinian suffering without holding Hamas accountable for dragging both Israelis and Palestinians into this devastating war.
António Guterres’s failure to condemn Hamas unequivocally and his silence on the hostages make him a useful idiot for those who seek to legitimize terrorism. His selective outrage not only undermines Israel’s right to self-defense but also sets a dangerous precedent: that terrorism, as long as it is cloaked in the language of “resistance,” can be excused or even justified. By refusing to hold Hamas accountable, Guterres emboldens the very forces that thrive on death, destruction, and the suffering of innocent civilians—on both sides.
This is not just about Israel. The atrocities of October 7, the plight of the hostages, and the ongoing Iron Swords War demand moral clarity from the international community. To remain silent, or worse, to equivocate, is to side with terrorism and undermine the very principles of humanity and justice.
