The current phase of Israel’s war against the rampaging terrorists of Hamas is over. President Donald Trump has struck his historic deal to bring the hostages home, and he is hopeful of a new era in the region. But is it over? And what does it mean for us here in the United States?
A few weeks ago, as we solemnly commemorated the second anniversary of the darkest day in modern Jewish history since the Holocaust, a horrific scene unfolded on the streets of New York.
While decent people gathered to mourn the innocent souls massacred and hundreds taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023, other groups gathered for a very different purpose. They did not gather to advocate peace or support President Trump’s ceasefire. Instead, they shouted for October 7 to happen again, shouting “Glory to our martyrs” (rapists and baby murderers) while waving jihadist flags decorated with machine guns!
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Netanyahu praised Trump in his Knesset speech as Israel’s “greatest friend.” (Evan Vucci/Pool via Reuters)
October 7 was evil in its purest form: young children were separated from their mothers, family members were murdered in front of each other, and young girls were raped in front of their parents. It was Israel’s greatest strategic failure in decades, a failure that should carry lessons not only for Israel, but for the United States and the entire free world.
Years before October 7, Hamas called for the destruction of Israel. This was clearly reflected in the charter, declarations, hymns and youth programs. Hamas’s charter is full of anti-Semitic tropes, while focusing on indoctrinating Gaza’s youth with its toxic ideology. This has been implemented through formal education systems and, in particular, summer camps. These camps, run by Hamas’s military wing, have provided children and teenagers with weapons, training and ideological sessions. Their stated goal: to instill the “values of jihad,” as was gruesomely demonstrated on October 7.
Too many people in Israel chose to close their eyes to this reality and told themselves lies: “They only speak to their audience for political reasons.” “They are reasonable, just like us, and desire a stable economy and a better life for their people.” The truth is that Hamas is nothing like us.
Anti-Israel protesters demonstrate outside Columbia University in New York City on Tuesday, September 3. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)
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And now those same chants are being heard in our streets and public squares – chants against Israel, the Jews, the NYPD and the United States of America. In this post from October. In this world, evil rears its ugly head without apology. Before the massacre, their genocidal desires were obscured by political discussions about Jerusalem, refugees and settlements. With the air filled with the smell of Jewish blood, outright calls for genocide have become routine. The call to repeat October 7 is not a political statement; it is a frank call for mass murder and an expression of support for every atrocity committed by the barbaric Hamas.
Accordingly, over the past two years we have witnessed a terrifying wave of anti-Semitism. Jewish students have been harassed and intimidated, synagogues have been vandalized and businesses owned by Israel’s supporters have been boycotted. Online spaces are teeming with conspiracy theories that would have been known to propagandists from the 1930s.
Now the public call to repeat a pogrom on American soil represents a new and dangerous abyss. It is a direct and unequivocal threat not only to the Jewish community, but also to the foundations of our society. History has taught us that what begins with the Jews never ends with the Jews, and that what begins with the Jewish state often finds its way to the West.
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Such calls are not a matter of freedom of expression. The right to protest and express political dissent is a cornerstone of our democracy, but it is not a license to incite violence. Such statements represent a clear and present danger to the social order. A society that tolerates such calls is one that is actively dismantling its own protections against barbarism. When calls to “globalize the Intifada” are met with a shrug or repeated by a political candidate for mayor, the poison seeps into the mainstream.
The chants we heard on the anniversary of October 7 were not just an echo of a brutal past, but a threat to our collective future. We are now at a decision point. Shall we look reality in the face? Will we dare to face this evil and take action against those who take the lead? Or will we choose to avoid it, hoping it will go away, knowing it never will? The choice is ours. Our future depends on it.
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