Understanding October 7th
We Jews have a secret weapon in our struggle with the Arabs; we have no place to go.
-Golda Meir
If a white man goes into a black church and shoots and kills people, we condemn the disgusting, racist ideas that led to him murdering innocents. We condemn the hate and the violence and say there’s no place in our society for people who have sympathy for a person who thinks or acts that way.
When a brown man kills and rapes Jews and calls his parents to brag about the innocent Jews he killed, we say look at the historical context. We say it’s not what the brown man tells us; it’s another reason. Is there any other scenario where we so blatantly infantilize the people committing vile crimes? In what other scenario do we assume completely different intentions than the ones they clearly state?
Terrorists state their intentions over and over and over again. It’s not about land. It’s not about freedom, a border, or false claims about colonization or oppression. It’s about jihad.
Attention
Let’s zoom out and look at some recent conflicts in the region.
Assad has killed hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Syria. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims were killed in Yemen. Pakistan is currently deporting 1.6 million Afghans.
Fucks given on social media: zero.
For those posting Free Palestine— 99% of you didn’t post about ANY of these atrocities. Not one. Few posted about the Uighurs being tortured and killed in camps in China. Yet now you post about Israel. You don’t care about Muslims or peace. Either you’re a useful idiot follower, or you hate Jews.
October 7
The entire Arab world shunned Palestinians, while Israel helped. Over a million Palestinians live healthy and happy lives in the one-functioning democracy in the region– the only country that accepts them. Israel.
Most of the Israeli civilians killed were peace-loving hippies. They lived in communes (kibbutzim) and hired Palestinian refugees. They brought refugees into their homes and communities and provided jobs. Gazan refugees took pleasure in raping and murdering their Israeli benefactors.
Upon hearing this, a Westerner will immediately push back and attempt to both sides the argument. “They must have had a reason.” “It’s about land or their treatment. They’ve been oppressed.” This is projecting your framework of views. You’re thinking, if you were them, what would drive you to commit these actions? Let’s go down that route– what would push you to rape, torture, and murder innocent civilians?
Assume the worst atrocities Israel is falsely accused of were true. Say you were forced to live in an open-air prison– would you put babies in ovens, torture civilians to death, rape and kill innocent women with gusto, then brag to your friends and family about your actions? Please try to justify the actions with your oppressor, oppressee framework. You can’t. Because it’s the wrong framework.
Take the worst atrocities of the last hundred years. Even in the Rape of Nanjing, the Japanese didn’t document it. The Japanese didn’t brag to their families about their atrocities and sadistic torture. They denied it. They know it’s despicable to treat even animals that way. So what kind of worldview does one have who videotapes, shares, and calls their family about murdering innocents?
What would lead someone to do these actions? An ideology. A religion.
Not Christianity, not Buddhism, not Hinduism, not Judaism. Islam. A form of radical Islam best described as Jihadism.
The jihadists were practicing their religion as they raped and murdered women and children– defiling the infidels. Jihadism is not a religion of despair. It’s a religious belief anyone is susceptible to. Gazan civilians joined in on the October 7 attacks. They committed equally horrific crimes. We need to acknowledge this.
At the very minimum, there were 50,000 jihadist terrorist attacks in the last 40 years. This is orders of magnitude more than Christian terrorist attacks or any other religion adjusting for population.
The past Christian extremists who blew up abortion clinics are seen as pariahs of the faith, condemned by all. The Islamic extremists should be seen as the same by their own community. Unfortunately, they’re not.
Ethnic Cleansing
The Arab world’s sympathy for jihadists explains the ethnic cleansing of Jews in the Arab world.
A few countries that ethnically cleansed Jews.
Meanwhile, Jews are being accused of ethnically cleansing Palestinians.
Civilized people have to combat Jihadism. The Muslim world needs to combat Jihadism. Those who support or justify the culture that allows for radical jihad are aiding and abetting evil.
Jihadism explains all the actions of Hamas. It has nothing to do with oppression– nothing to do with land disputes. The only group oppressing the people of Gaza are their Muslim brothers. Not their Jewish cousins.
Hamas and jihadists take sadistic pleasure in murdering “infidels,” whereas Israel is forced to kill to defend themselves.
Ceasefire
Imagine if, after Pearl Harbor, a movement formed in the US saying to think of the innocent Japanese and Germans. Don’t fight because of Japan and Germany’s humanitarian needs!
When you call for a ceasefire, you’re on the same side as North Korea, Iran, Russia, and China. There are still hostages in Gaza. Think of how insane that is. Imagine if your parents, siblings, or children were taken hostage. Imagine what they’re doing to the hostages.
Calling for a ceasefire recognizes the humanity of barbarians over those defending against genocidal lunatics. It’s sanctimoniously rallying against humankind. Those who support a ceasefire and understand what they’re saying have no place in Western society. It’s advocating for barbarism.
If all the Jews in Israel converted to Islam tomorrow, then there would be no bloodshed. There would also be no Jews. Advocate for humanity.