Hate Has No Home – Except for Jews, Tragically

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On October 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists raided an outdoor concert, villages, and homes across Israel, purposely, violently, and savagely seeking out and attacking innocents. Concert-goers. Mothers. Daughters. Children. Some they raped. Some they murdered. Some women were raped, then murdered. Babies were beheaded.

Funded by Iran, those terrorists launched that barbarous attack without warning. Without provocation.

Those terrorists targeted innocents to send a message. Worse, they purposefully targeted women and children.

Why? Because Hamas — and Iran and their ilk — actually do want to rule over everything from the “river to the sea.” 

On this third anniversary, it’s vitally important that we recall this savagery. Remember what preceded the last few years of fighting, rallies, and TikToks. It’s especially necessary as we witness the blatant, open anti-semitism the likes of which we haven’t seen since the Holocaust. Because far too many now portray the Jews as the “bad guys” and the terrorists as the “victims.”

The terrorists, their funders and allies — and their useful idiots — have been orchestrating a shameless, purposeful, 24/7 marketing campaign of disinformation and rhetorical warfare.

The lies. Angry rants. Bigoted slogans. The sneers. The not-so-subtle references to “Jewish” money, power, and conspiracies. These fanatical terrorists are focused on winning over hearts and minds, especially on college campuses. K-12 students. Social media. Why? To turn generations against Israel, against Jews.

These facts are detailed because apparently some have forgotten. Perhaps some were too young to recall. There is an orchestrated campaign to rewrite history — not merely the ancient history of Israel, the Torah, and Old Testament, but the history of two or three years ago!

That plan is obvious: it’s the terrorists who want genocide.

They want Israel eliminated. Ideological rants that Israel has no right to exist, stole land, or has purposely caused suffering.

The terrorists’ ideology is based in hate and bigotry. Their ideology is based in ignorance — of ancient history, recent history, and morality.

Jews have lived in the land known as Israel for millennia. Based on historical and Bible writings, the only debate is whether they have been in that area since 1400 BC or “only” 600 BC. In an era where the Left is so focused on labeling their allies as “natives” or defending “stolen land,” they should recognize that the Jews have a claim to their land as strong as any culture in history.

As for its 2026 borders, Israel could actually be larger. In the years since World War II, Israel gave back land — some of which they won in wars. Wars where Israel was attacked. The Sinai Peninsula (1979). Parts of the West Bank (1994). Parts of southern Lebanon (2000). The Gaza Strip (2005).

Moreover, in many of those instances, Israel returned the land with a higher quality of life than when they captured it or supplied the residents with food, agriculture infrastructure, and modern water facilities.

These facts are recounted because they’re clearly absent from education. They don’t fit the purposeful narrative of Israel “the hateful aggressor.” Millions of current college students and recent graduates are not only unaware of the history and actions of Israel, but, even worse, millions have been led to believe the opposite of reality.

No nation is perfect, sinless. Every nation has had flawed leaders, flawed policies — and rogue soldiers. But there is a purposeful, orchestrated narrative that Israel is inherently immoral: living on stolen land, wantonly attacking its neighbors, focused on harming its neighbors, and that Israel is the reason its neighbors are impoverished.

What has been taught, reported in legacy media, posted on social media, that passes for thoughtful commentary, is so far removed from well-known ancient history, 20th-century history, and recent history, that it’s misinformation at best.

It’s actually gaslighting. It’s agenda driven. It creates, feeds, and encourages anti-semitism. One can reasonably believe that this is purposeful.

History — of the biblical period, the 19th and 20th century, and the recent past — shows us that there have been attacks. There has been hate. There have been attempts at genocide directed at Jews and Israel.

Hateful propaganda — misguided at best, intentional at worst — is being orchestrated while there are still Holocaust and WWII survivors alive, and while the memories of the butchery of October 7 are still causing pain in the hearts of so many. This is unbelievable and unacceptable — especially when we see that it has given cover to vile hatred against Jews.

Where is the collective pushback? Where are the leaders in academia? Legacy media? 

Where is the Democratic Party — but for Senator Fetterman? Supporting Israel and fighting against antisemitism was something that (almost) everyone supported.

It made sense for our national security. It made sense for the cause of liberty and democracy. It was morally necessary.

On this anniversary, the silent majority must not only say “never again,” we must say “no more.”

Guy Ciarrocchi

Guy Ciarrocchi writes for Broad + Liberty and RealClear Pennsylvania. Follow Guy at @PhilaFreedomGuy.