It reminds me of what happened in the early days of Christianity. Imperial Rome’s targeting of Christians and persecution of early Christianity backfired spectacularly. Rather than disappearing, Christianity grew and became the religion of the empire. It gave rise to the Catholic saying: “The blood of martyrs is the seed of the church”. Something like that is happening today. In the early months of the Gaza genocide many young people around the world, who were witnessing the faith of Palestinians in real time, began posting their conversion stories to Islam. That’s the real reason why the US tried to ban TikTok. Willie Masai is right. Palestinians possess the kind of faith that Israelis do not, and which Israel can never defeat. It’s the kind of faith that many people in today’s world are hungry for.