Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich admitted he was aware of the planned Iranian offensive but confessed that the government did nothing to reinforce Beersheba’s fragile infrastructure. More than 11,000 Israelis have been displaced by Iran’s direct strikes, exceeding the total number of refugees from the October 7, 2023 conflict.

When families and friends will murder several of their own, either directly or indirectly for money cover-up, certainly our own governments will, when foreign money and coverups stop playing by murdering thieves' demands, or even just saying that one demand is too much.

We can mourn the loss of innocence while celebrating the emergence of truths, even the ugly ones, because they set us free from the chains we willingly placed on ourselves, clinging to the deception we desperately wanted to be the truth.