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This would have been an important film for the world to see, but instead antisemites made up their minds about it before they even watched it.
Today is October 7th. One year ago today, Hamas committed a massacre, taking hundreds of hostages, committing countless rapes, and killing over a thousand people, the single greatest Jewish loss of life in one day since the Holocaust.
Today is a day of mourning, of the loss of the dead and fear for the captives, but also of mourning for the world we thought we lived in on October 6. The bodies weren't cold before our neighbors, sometimes even our friends were out in the streets and online celebrating these murders and kidnappings, calling them resistance, calling them noble, calling these murders, rapes, and kidnappings, righteous. Days before Israel responded, Hamas' supporters in the US, Europe, Australia, all around the world, were in the streets, celebrating Jewish death and Jewish pain.
I want to say that again. Days before Israel did anything in response, Hamas' supporters around the world were already in the streets. And they have stayed in the streets ever since. No matter how many people I keep seeing claiming that they're marching for peace, the simple fact that they were out there chearing before Israel responded, belies those claims.
And what I never hear a single gentile talk about, is that last year, October 7 fell on a Jewish holiday, Simchat Torah, a day of dancing, and joy, of life and celebration. It's my mother's favorite holiday. I don't know a single Jew who is going to be up to celebrating this Simchat Torah. But we will try, because we have to.
So today we are mourning. And if that makes you angry, that's your problem.
"At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, 12 Israelis were murdered and taken hostage by Palestinian terrorist group Black September. For Adidas to pick a vocal anti-Israel model to recall this dark Olympics is either a massive oversight or intentionally inflammatory. Neither is acceptable,"
Dara Horne said it best, "People Love Dead Jews."
links to help you actually learn and understand what happened in Israel on October 7
a site that collects the October 7th survivors' stories.
an Instagram profile that also collected survivors stories.
Yoseph Hadad - an Arab-Israeli who shows what it is like to be an Arab in Israel. also explains the situation.
Israel on Twitter - the official account of the state of Israel.
Stand With Us - a nonprofit organization that fights antisemitism.
4IL - an Instagram page for Hasbara (explanation).
Visit2Israel - explains, simplifies and updates on what is happening.
I do warn you - the stories are graphic, there will be graphic pictures. but this is the situation Israel is in, and there are so many stories to share that me, as a sole person here, just cannot bring you all on my own.
SHARE THIS PLEASE, LET THE WORLD KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO US