On October 7, 2023 thousands of Hamas militants stormed through security barriers into Israel. In addition to the attacks on foot, thousands of rockets were launched at population centers in Israel. As Hamas proudly livestreamed the attacks on the Israeli communities, the world was appalled by what they witnessed and, largely, supported Israel’s declaration of war against Hamas and all talks of a “two-state solution” ended at that time.
A look at the evidence shows that on October 7, 2023 there were two states: Gaza and Israel. Why? Because in 2005 Israel under Prime Minister Sharon unilaterally gave the Gaza strip to the Palestinians, even forcibly removing Jewish settlers who’d lived there for decades and didn’t want to relocate. The Israelis left the Palestinians a thriving export business deriving from state-of-the-art greenhouses that supplied fruit and flowers to Europe. Articles in Newsweek and the New York Times point out that Gaza could have become the “Singapore of the Middle East.” Instead, the Palestinians destroyed the previously Jewish-owned greenhouses and elected Hamas as their leaders! Victor Sharpe points out, “Sharon had foolishly believed…the Arab residents would build a civilized and peaceful society, thus proving to both Israel and the world that they could live in peace with the Jewish state. It was a delusion…”
Fast forward to October 7, 2023. It was Shemini Atzeret, a high holy day in Israel in which the Jewish people celebrate the gift of the Torah and the joy of religious life. A massive outdoor peace concert was held in southern Israel near the Gaza Strip. That was one of the first areas attacked by Hamas as they dropped down on the concert goers using hang gliders. Unspeakable atrocities against men, women, children and even babies followed, leaving over 1300 Israelis killed and hundreds more wounded. Over 200 Israelis – even young children and babies – were taken as hostages back into Gaza, many remain hostages to this day or their fates are unknown. Documents retrieved from the bodies of dead terrorists indicate orders were given to kill as many as possible in the attacks.
On a map of the Middle East, Israel appears only a little larger than a dot. The Jewish state is surrounded by Muslim countries that seek only one thing – the annihilation of Israel and all Jews residing there. Israel is about the size of New Jersey. According to the Worldmeter, the population of Israel if 9,279,499. To get some perspective, compared per capita, the death toll of the October 7 attack is 14 times higher than the death toll in 9/11. That would be the equivalent of approximately 42,000 dead in the United States. Or let’s look at it this way: the population of New York City is about 8 million people. How would the US government respond if there was another terrorist attack on New York City, but this time it resulted in the deaths of over 1300 men, women and children – raped, murdered, burned alive, decapitated, expectant mothers with their unborn babies cut from their wombs, children murdered in front of their parents, parents murdered in front of their children? How would the US government respond? We know how it responded under President Bush after the attacks on September 11, 2001. The attack on Israel resulted in the most loss of Jewish lives since the Holocaust.
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