Tanya

I was sent this over WhatsApp. It sums up the situation in Gaza perfectly. UNREALITY TV Before Oct 7th it would have been unimaginable that twice a week the world would sit & watch with grim fascination, as terrorists, live on air, paraded Jewish captives, forcing them to wave, sign certificates & smile, as they are swapped for murderers & rapists. A new genre of reality TV, played out in real time, combining drama, excitement, kidnap & murder! The return of the first hostages these last two weeks has been just that, a sick & twisted reality TV show, a "Terrorist Island" if you will, although perhaps more "Freedom Fighter Island" if the BBC were the broadcaster. The logline for such a show might read: "Jewish contestants, dragged from their homes by terrorists & imprisoned in underground tunnels, how many will survive? (and will the world care one way or another?)". Episode 1; filmed in first person by our terrorists & broadcast live on social media. Even as our terrorists celebrate rape, torture & murder in real time & promise to repeat their atrocities, they gain a global fanbase who cosplay in their uniforms, buy their merch & perform songs in celebration of their depraved acts. The majority of the series involves the search for our contestants, an enthralling game of cat & mouse as our terrorists move them from one location to another; hospitals, tunnels, United Nations facilities. Disinformation & psychological manipulation are all part of the show, as the terrorists claim our contestants are dead, send out videos of them in distress & surround them with civilians to ensure they can’t be found. An intriguing choice sits at the very heart of the show, how many murderers would you be willing to swap for each innocent contestant? Our grand finale will see terrorists exchanged for our contestants in a television first & the public will finally see the release of those taken over 15 months ago. But in a final brilliant twist, the viewers won't know until the moment of release which of the contestants have survived & which have died over the course of the show. Staging & production of the finale includes; mass crowds of celebrating fans, throngs of armed & masked terrorists, large stage, banners, glitter, goodie bags & costumed contestants, forced to perform for the cameras, wave & awkwardly smile. Viewers will be unsure whether the contestants will be released back to their families or torn to pieces by the crowds, either way it'll make for great TV & viewers will love the jeopardy. The end of this new reality show sees the release of 100s of murderers back to "Terrorist Island", greeted by their adoring fans, many of whom will be cast as the terrorist stars of season 2. This is what we've seen since Oct 7th, the mainstream media & the public manipulated by Hamas, Iran, Qatar’s Al Jazeera Media Network, the PALESTINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN LTD & a host of antisemites. Even the very best constructed reality TV shows could learn so much from this lot. Written by Leo Pearlman, one of the world’s leading TV producers. #NeverAgainMeansNeverAgain