J’Accuse – An Open Letter to Hamas Apologists

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Supporters attended a Hamas rally to mark the group's 30th anniversary, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, and many waved the movement’s green flag. (photo: Mohammed Saber/EPA/Shutterstock)

01 November 23

Those of you who know me recognize that my post three weeks ago about my experiences in Israel at the outbreak of the war (https://tinyurl.com/5xyc24f6) was my first ever on any social media. As we are taught by Ecclesiastes 3:7, “there is a time to keep silent, and a time to speak.” Now is a time to scream.

The blood was not yet dry from the wholesale slaughter of 1,400 Israelis, and the chorus of condemnation of Israel, the victim, began from all corners of the globe. I suspect that this reflects the discomfort that Jews suddenly dare respond to the cold-blooded killing of our people. Through so much of history – the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Pogroms, the Holocaust – Jews were expected to just take it. Pack our bags, hang our heads, and move on to the next temporary home.

But now, suddenly those same Jews are responding – we have a voice and we have force. The brave soldiers of the IDF will deliver the military response. But each of us have to raise our voices in response to the rank anti-Semitism exposed by this war.

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