(Note. In some ways this is a follow-up to my 7/4/25 post "I'm Sick Of It! Really Sick Of It!" It is also a follow-up to my 6 part post "Are We At War With Islam?" The first 2 parts were written in 2010, Part III in 2012, Part IV in 2013, and Parts V and VI were written in 2016.)
In only two days, two years will have passed since the atrocities committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023. I'd like to say a few words about my reaction at the time. I have never been to Israel. (Lifelong orthopedic problems made long distance travel too difficult.) I have no family, no relatives, as those terms are commonly understood, in Israel. But when I heard about the rape, torture, murder and kidanpping of so many Israelis, I could not help but feeling extremely angry and sad all at once. Because the Jewish people are my family. And because these types of attacks on Jewish people, just for being Jews, have occurred far too often - throughout history, and in my lifetime.
Yes, my family was under attack. How else could I explain my inability to sleep for two weeks after 10/7. How else to explain that for two weeks I would get up in the middle of the night at 2 a.m. or 3 a.m. in order to turn on the TV and watch the news for one to two hours in order to see the latest developments out of Israel. Since October 7, 2023, there have been countless attacks on Jewish people and institutions around the world, as much of the world has blamed Israel for having the audacity to fight back against the evil terrorists of Hamas. At no time did I ask myself if those wounded or killed were liberals or conservatives. It did not matter. People were being killed because they were Jews. Hitler (who should rot in hell forever) wanted all the Jews dead, just because they were Jews. The Nazis never asked - do you support the Fuhrer's National Socialist Party? No. It was - you're a Jew - die! Does anyone really need a reminder of 1930's Germany?
Readers of this blog know that there have been plenty of times that I have expressed my disappointment and even anger at some of my fellow Jews. Jews who not only refuse to support Israel in this fight for the country's survival, but who condemn Israel for fighting back, and who advocate cutting off military aid to Israel in the middle of this war. Jews who have replaced a belief in Judaism with a belief in leftism. Nevertheless, I stand with my Chabad Rabbis, who have told countless stories of Jews finding their way back to their religion, and back to their support for Israel. After October 7, I have read quite a few stories about this return to Judaism and support for Israel. About leftwing Jews discovering their "friends" did not care at all about the slaughter of Jews. It was quite a wake-up call for many.
And just three days ago, on Yom Kippur (October 2), the Day of Atonement, the holiest day of the year for the Jewish people, another terrorist attacked Jewish people, this time outside their synagogue in Manchester, England. He drove his car into people out front of the synagogue and then got out of his car and stabbed people. Ramming people with motor vehicles and stabbing them, are favored methods of attacks by Palestinian terrorists. This particular individual managed to kill two people and wound others. The deceased were Adrian Daulby, age 53, and Melvin Cravitz, age 66. And while readers know that I never state the names of the evil perpetrators, in this case I'm making an exception. For his first name only - Jihad. That pretty much sums up all we need to know about this Syrian living in the U.K.
Of course, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the "horrific" attack on Jews on Yom Kippur. But his words mean nothing. He had previously accused Israel of causing an "unspeakable and indefensible" catastrophe in Gaza. London's Muslim Mayor accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. And just last month, Starmer saw fit to recognize a "Palestinian" state. No action was required in exchange by any "Palestinian" leaders. So the message was clear to the Arab Muslim world - kill Jews and we will reward you.
In an Op-Ed in Friday's Wall Street Journal, Dominic Green wrote: "The blood of British Jews is in Labour's hands - and the fate of Britain is in the balance." P.M. Starmer is the head of the Labour Party. There are 300,000 Jews in the U.K, but approximately 4,000,000 Muslims. Because the European countries opened their borders to so-called "refugees" from across the Middle East. In his address to the U.N. General Asembly last month, President Trump told the Europeans: "It's (unrestrained migration) destroying your country(s), and you have to do something about it." Just yesterday, millions of people across Europe were out in the streets in support of Hamas.
And who are the Muslim leaders in the U.S? Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar. And perhaps the soon to be Mayor of N.Y.C., Zohran Mamdani. Mamdani refuses to criticize the phrase "globalize the intifada." Want to see what globalizing the intifada looks like? We just saw it three days ago in Manchester, England. What about Tlaib, who constantly accuses Israel of "genocide." She is no different from Hamas - she'd rather keep the fighting going. She opposes Trump's peace plan for the Hamas-Israel war, saying: "Trump and War Criminal Netanyahu, perpetrators of the genocide, do not get to decide the future of Gaza. Palestinians get to determine the future of Palestine."
Oh really? When was the last time there was an election in Gaza? That would be 2006. But Tlaib, like the terrorists, would like to keep the fighting going, because they don't actually give a damn about innocent civilians. And just how many are "innocent" we don't know. Because multiple polls have shown overwhelming support for Hamas within Gaza.
I'll end with this quote from Josh Hammer's 9/28/25 Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times: "Four of America's nominally closest allies - Britain, Australia, France and Canada - disgraced themselves this week by recognizing a so-called Palestinian state. In doing so, these nations didn't merely betray their Western civilization inheritance. They also rewarded terrorism, strengthened the genocidal ambitions of the global jihad and sent a chilling message: The path to international legitimacy runs not through the difficult work of building up a nation-state and engaging in diplomacy, but through mass murder, the weaponization of transnational institutions and the erasure of historical truth."
