The business about the ’40 beheaded babies’ had only just emerged when I published the article a week and a half ago on the events of October 7th. I’d already expressed scepticism about it then, but it subsequently blew up across both social and mainstream media, becoming a major propaganda talking point. What’s worth exploring is why the specific story of the 40 babies matters: there was already enough demonstrable evidence of Hamas-related crimes on October 7th without the need to put out a possibly dubious story of beheaded babies. I don’t disbelieve that children were killed – as part of … Continue reading Why the ’40 Beheaded Babies’ Story Matters…