Remember 2018? The world, for a brief, glorious moment, felt like it was finally, truly getting it. Netta Barzilai clucked and chirped her way to a Eurovision victory with "Toy," a vibrant, unapologetic anthem for female empowerment. "I'm not your toy, you stupid boy!" she declared, and we collectively cheered. It was the heady days of #MeToo's global surge, a time when women's voices were rising, demanding to be heard, demanding respect, demanding an end to being treated as objects. And then, a few short years later, the world scrolled on. We clapped, we shared, we celebrated Netta's "difference," her "acceptance." It was a beautiful, powerful spectacle. The impact, we told ourselves, would be immense. It would echo. It would change things. It was a digital witness to a shifting tide, a promise whispered across screens: no more. Except for the women in Gaza. For them, "no more" became "much, much worse....
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