Three years have passed since the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023 — the wholesale murder, rape and torture of more than 1,200 men, women, children and infants in Israel.
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years → pass → Israel
Yet as Jews everywhere gather to mourn, what should be a day of quiet reflection and prayer, of defiant cries of “Never again,” is being eclipsed by something dark and obscene.
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be → gather → something
The tragedy of 10/7 has ripped the veil off the antisemitism that has always bubbled below the surface.
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that → rip → surface
As the nation of Israel dares to defend itself against an existential threat, the gloves have come off.
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gloves → dare → threat
In Hollywood, Jew hate has emerged from the shadows and become a chic and trendy pastime.
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hate → emerge → shadows
World-famous antisemites such as Susan Sarandon, Mark Ruffalo and Javier Bardem don keffiyeh in solidarity with bloodthirsty terrorists.
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antisemites → don → terrorists
Onstage, musicians Macklemore and Zach Bryan rant about fictional Palestinian “genocide” while snubbing their noses
at Jewish agony.
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Macklemore → rant → agony
In Brooklyn, NY, public school teacher Damien Neva celebrates the mastermind of Jewish slaughter.
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Neva → celebrate → slaughter
“Long live Yahya Al-Sinwar,” he crowed in an online group chat about the late terrormeister.
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he → live → terrormeister
As of this writing, he was still shaping young minds in the classroom.
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he → shape → classroom
In Gracie Mansion, the mayor of the city second only to Israel in its concentration of Jews, entertains Holocaust deniers and 10/7 sympathizers, ramping up a record wave of anti-Jewish hate crimes.
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mayor → entertain → crimes
Instead of protecting all the people of this city, Mayor Zohran Mamdani agitates for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while surrounding himself with like-minded socialist staffers, advisers and adoring acolytes who share Hizzoner’s disdain and contempt for Jews.
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who → protect → Jews
The planet has turned upside-down.
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planet → turn → ?
On college and university campuses, professors lecture hate as protesters attack and harass Jewish students.
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protesters → lecture → students
Then they all hide behind First Amendment free-speech protections, which I thought did not guarantee one’s right to spew hate speech.
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I → hide → speech
And it doesn’t stop there.
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it → stop → ?
“Progressive” politicians make careers out of falsely accusing Israeli forces of committing “genocide.”
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politicians → make → genocide
In reality, it is the one true democracy in the Middle East, and it guarantees all its citizens, including Muslims and Christians, gay or straight, male, female and non-binary, equal rights and equal opportunity to employment.
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it → guarantee → employment
Troops go above and beyond to prevent civilian deaths.
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Troops → go → deaths
But when a rare politician Sen. John Fetterman threatens to leave the Democratic Party if its members’ anti-Israel policies get any worse, he’s treated with contempt and ridicule.
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he → threaten → contempt
And when performer Boy George stands up for the Jewish people, he is vilified and dumped by friends and music-industry colleagues.
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he → stand → friends
I approached the day of this solemn anniversary hoping for a massive show of solidarity and joy in Jewish survival.
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I → approach → survival
Instead, I can see that we, as a society, have learned nothing from 10/7.
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we → see → 10/7
Like the Jews who miraculously wrestled flydubai 1073 from the hands of terrorist copilot Hamam al-Hammam, saving the lives of all 174 souls aboard, there is just one tragic takeaway from the Hamas massacre of Oct.7: In matters of life and death, Jews must go it alone.
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Jews → wrestle → it
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