When you’re a terrorist from Gaza and decide to perform terrorist attacks on others and them blame the victim for the terrorist act.
What Hamas did on October 7th, 2023 and the response of some propalestinian groups justifying it as "resistance" would be a classic example of Gazalighting.
by Free Gaza from Hamas October 23, 2023

(Verb)
/ˈɡasˌlīt/verb, gerund or presentparticiple: gazalighting. A terrorist group from Gaza carrying out a massacre, then later denying it and blaming the victim.
/ˈɡasˌlīt/verb, gerund or presentparticiple: gazalighting. A terrorist group from Gaza carrying out a massacre, then later denying it and blaming the victim.
by mitnachabel October 16, 2023

Man 1: “Its Israel’s fault that babies were decapitated by Hamas”
Man 2: “No it’s not and don’t gazalight me!”
Man 2: “No it’s not and don’t gazalight me!”
by The Weaver October 16, 2023

by 24525 October 18, 2023

a form of psychological abuse in which a nation or group of nations make Palestinians question their own sanity, memories, or perception of reality to what is happening in Gaza today.
Main stream media has been gazalighting the Palestinian struggle and what is happening in Gaza today, blaming it all on the Palestinians.
by 24AK October 27, 2023

Psychological manipulation where one who commits atrocities uses the response to gain sympathy for their actions.
by Taqiyah January 10, 2024

Psychological manipulation where one who attacks another uses the response to gain sympathy for their actions.
Alex: "I noticed you told everyone about the disagreement we had, but you left out the part where you were shouting."
Jamie: "Well, I was under a lot of stress. It's not fair how everyone is piling on me now."
Alex: "That's gazalighting, Jamie. You're omitting your role in the escalation and then making yourself out to be the one who's being targeted, all to gain sympathy."
Jamie: "Well, I was under a lot of stress. It's not fair how everyone is piling on me now."
Alex: "That's gazalighting, Jamie. You're omitting your role in the escalation and then making yourself out to be the one who's being targeted, all to gain sympathy."
by JohnBryce April 2, 2024
