{"id":2951,"date":"2025-12-20T20:48:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T17:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2025-12-20T20:48:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T17:18:58","slug":"the-battle-of-narratives-after-the-sydney-incident-why-did-the-israel-did-it-itself-narrative-go-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranview24.com\/en\/the-battle-of-narratives-after-the-sydney-incident-why-did-the-israel-did-it-itself-narrative-go-global\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle of Narratives After the Sydney Incident: Why Did the \u201cIsrael Did It Itself\u201d Narrative Go Global?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When a security incident occurs, the first question is not always \u201cWho fired the shot?\u201d Sometimes a more important question is \u201cWho benefited?\u201d The Sydney shooting placed Israel precisely at the center of public doubt.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nThe shooting incident on Bondi Beach in Sydney, which coincided with a public Hanukkah ceremony on December 14, 2025, had two dimensions from a security and media perspective.<\/span>
\nThe first dimension was the incident itself: an event that, according to reports, left at least 15 people dead and dozens injured. According to the Associated Press, a senior official of the Australian Federal Police stated that the attack was inspired by ISIS ideology, pointing to ISIS flags found in the attackers\u2019 vehicle as well as the discovery of homemade explosives in the same car. A Reuters report also spoke of two attackers\u2014a father and son\u2014and described the incident as fueling renewed debates over gun law reform in Australia.<\/span>
\nThe second dimension was the battle of narratives, which began almost immediately. Part of these narratives, in line with a familiar, engineered trend marked by Iranophobia in some Western and Zionist media outlets, sought to attribute the incident to Iran or the Axis of Resistance. In contrast, a powerful counter-narrative quickly emerged among global public opinion under the label of a \u201cfalse flag,\u201d emphasizing that the attack could benefit Israel and thereby undermining the entire predesigned Mossad scenario.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWhy Has the \u201cIsrael Did It Itself\u201d Narrative Gained Such Power?<\/span><\/strong>
\nIn the early hours after the shooting, a wave of claims about the identity and affiliations of the perpetrators, along with various conspiracy theories, spread across the media space and social networks. Yet amid this wave of narratives, one line stood out prominently, arguing that the attackers were Mossad operatives and that the operation was designed to frame Israel\u2019s enemies. This narrative became so powerful that many posts emphasizing \u201cIsraeli deception\u201d and the regime\u2019s deliberate scenario-building in this incident were viewed millions of times.<\/span>
\nTo understand why the \u201cIsrael did it itself\u201d narrative spread so rapidly, one must point to the accumulated distrust that has built up over years toward the behavior of the Zionist regime of Israel in managing public opinion after every crisis. Collective memory, past experiences, and patterns that have repeatedly been observed from Israel and the Mossad in similar crises have led public opinion to believe that, in such incidents, it is Israel and the Mossad themselves who are behind it.<\/span>
\nOf course, this agenda-setting narrative quickly encountered official reactions from Israel and its allies. Benjamin Netanyahu, using a parallel approach and political maneuvering, tried to suggest that he was not particularly pursuing the familiar pattern of \u201cexploiting the incident against Iran,\u201d but instead initially argued that Australia\u2019s domestic politics\u2014and even Canberra\u2019s recognition of the State of Palestine\u2014had contributed to rising antisemitism and ultimately to the occurrence of this attack.<\/span>
\nIn an analytical report, Australia\u2019s ABC network wrote that after the Sydney incident, Israeli politicians from across the spectrum quickly took to social media and directed their anger and criticism at the Australian government. The outlet emphasized that these reactions cannot be viewed as merely emotional or momentary; rather, everything fell within the framework of pre-prepared narratives.<\/span><\/div>\n
\nWhy Does Israel Need Incidents Like Sydney?<\/span><\/strong>
\nMost international observers believe that Israel needed the Sydney incident for multiple reasons. Past experiences have also shown that Israel has a high level of skill in turning bloodshed and crises into political capital.<\/span>
\nThe first exploitation by the Zionist regime is shifting the axis of discussion from violations of the Trump-brokered ceasefire for Gaza and the assassination of Hamas officials to the \u201csecurity of Jews arou<\/span>nd the world.\u201d At a time when global criticism of Israel\u2019s actions in Gaza continues, any attack against Jews outside Israel can change the framing of the issue and put Tel Aviv\u2019s critics on the defensive.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The second exploitation is turning the incident into a lever to attack the policies of Western governments that have taken greater distance from Israel in recent months. A clear example is the line reported by The Guardian: Benjamin Netanyahu linked the incident to Australia\u2019s decision to recognize Palestine and, instead of focusing on sympathy for the victims, targeted the host government with criticism. This behavior is a familiar pattern in Israeli policy\u2014one that sees every crisis as an opportunity for diplomatic pressure and public-opinion engineering. Even if claims of direct orchestration of the incident are never proven in court, Israel\u2019s political exploitation of the event is an observable reality and is consistent with reports by Reuters and The Guardian.<\/span>
\nIsrael\u2014and Netanyahu personally\u2014uses every incident to suppress criticism by labeling it antisemitism. In this regard, the Sydney incident increases the legitimacy of Tel Aviv\u2019s demands to restrict protests and control public space against Israel in the West and among its allies. Reuters has reported that since 2023, New South Wales police have permitted weekly marches against the Gaza war in Sydney, a matter that has become one of the focal points of tension between Israel and Australia. In such an environment, the occurrence of a security incident can lead to demands for greater crackdowns, tighter security measures, and the expansion of red lines around political speech in Canberra and other Western capitals.<\/span>
\nThe third \u201cbenefit,\u201d within the framework of the false-flag narrative, is creating the technical and political groundwork for increasing pressure on Iran and the Axis of Resistance. In such a scenario, a security incident with heavy media coverage\u2014even without presenting credible evidence\u2014is reproduced in Western policymaking circles as an indicator of an \u201cIranian threat.\u201d This process usually unfolds simultaneously with the incident, through the overlap of anti-Iranian discourses promoted by other propaganda arms of the Zionist regime, and indirectly places Iran and resistance forces in the crosshairs of accusations, new sanctions, or intensified diplomatic pressure.<\/span>
\nThis Zionist pattern is based on the gradual shifting of the burden of proof: first, a media narrative is shaped through Western\u2013Zionist propaganda; then it is reflected in analytical and security reports; and finally, it finds its way into the official language of some governments and international institutions. Within this framework, even if Iran is not directly named as the perpetrator and no evidence is presented, placing it on the \u201cperiphery of accusation\u201d is sufficient to make the decision-making environment against Tehran and the Axis of Resistance harsher and more costly.<\/span>
\nOverall, the various analyses presented indicate that one key proposition has now become entrenched in global public opinion: Israel feeds on crises, turns crises into political capital, and, for this purpose, does not even spare the lives of Jews themselves.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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