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Silence encompasses the night as people heartily sleep off the troubles and work of the day. Children sleep in their beds, some with tongues sucking the nails of soggy pinkies, some sleeping with a small, fluffy teddy bear protecting them from the “monsters” of the night. Their parents also sleep after a day of constant worrying for the safety of their kids. The slumber continues till the ringing of alarm bells informs the family that their day ahead has arrived. The kids in star-striped pajamas lazily get out of bed, and brush their teeth with bear-themed toothbrushes. They spit out the remaining toothpaste, leave the restroom, and get dressed in baggy pants and ketchup-stained shirts which causes much aggregation for their mothers. They snatch their knapsacks and board the school bus for a day of learning and friends.
Simultaneously, the parents get out of bed, ensuring their kids are up and ready to go, albeit groggily. They rush down the stairs half-dressed, to flip a few pancakes, and to quickly put lunch in their respective boxes. They give each kid a hug and a kiss before they leave for the day; the kids go, and again the silence returns, but this time, it’s the day. The parents get their briefcases ready for work, still filled with motherly worry that the kids, for the next 10 hours are in the hands of other adults. Reluctantly, they leave the house to work; the day goes by, and the family is reunited again. The mother prepares dinner, the kids scream about homework, and the dad takes his daily nap on the couch after a long day in the office.
After the nightly arraignments are completed, the kids are returned to bed in their cuddly pajamas, blankets, and teddy’s. Their parents close the lights, and blow a kiss; the mother and father stare into the darkness thinking about the children they love. They subsequently fall into their beds, and close the lights. The silence of the night returns; tick tock tick tock. The hour-hand moves as the night passes. After the dark leaves this family, the daily alarm clock rings, but out of the ordinary, the silence stays. The hustle and bustle refuses to commence; it rings again, but no one gets up. Instead, the floor is stained with the blood of the family, with the eyes of each member staring into the silence of death.
This is the story of 1200 innocent women, men, and children on October 7th. Each of them was part of a family; each one had a story to tell, but on that fateful day, they all shared the same story. They went to sleep, were woken up by animals and savages, who beat them, raped them, and burned them with no mercy. When their alarm clocks ran, the terrorists laughed about their “victory” against “The Jew”. Their small, cuddly children with their teddy bears, lay dead on their beds, scattered with scratches and blood; the women dead on their beds, after being severely violated; and the men dead in bed, after being tortured for defending the family. The horrors engraved in the blood-soaked soil will remain for an eternity. The unspeakable crimes committed on October 7th were not an accident or a fluke in history, it was done with willful intent to exterminate the Jewish people, religious or not; Hamas doesn’t discriminate; all Jews are treated equally.
October 8th was the day when the Jewish people rose against their enemies with a fearless army. Brave in their solid army green uniforms, enwrapped with their double-lipped-shaped hats, Jewish men and women, with lives ahead of them, put everything on pause to defend their people. Hundreds since have lost their lives; the soul in them blown out, the dreams they had are destroyed, and their family, forever scarred from the missing chair that weighs heavily on them at their kitchen tables. Many around the world expressed their shock and disbelief at what the enemies of Israel and the Jewish people have been announcing to the world for years; but now, it was a reality, not just rhetoric.
The UN and US expressed their “thoughts and prayers”, with statements such as their full “support for Israel and innocent civilians in harm’s way”. The IDF fired its missiles to rid the Holy Land of the evil barbarous sub-humans. The next tweet from the UN wasn’t a further condemnation of Hamas, it was instead a condemnation of the victim; the scarred, Jewish people. “Innocent civilians in Gaza must be protected,” “Israel must protect civilians,” “the situation must be de-escalated now!” “PM Bibi Netanyahu must protect Gaza”, the world said in a monotone voice.
Their “thoughts and prayers” really were a signal to Hamas that they did right; Israel is the occupier; the Jews are the root of all the problems in the world; now Israel and “The Jew” must willingly accept their fate of death and terror. But the Jewish people loudly shouted back, “Hell no! We will fight back with every fiber of our being!” The world is not used to the Jew who fights back, they are used to the Jew who submits to the terrorist. The Jew who fights back is the worst type of Jew because he is a Jew who survives and lives. What could be worse, the UN pondered.
The world since October 7th, has been hashing out different slogans blaming Israel for defending itself. One of the recent slogans is “the plan in Gaza for ‘the day after’”. This cliche, repeated by self-hating Jew, Anthony Blinken, is that Israel needs to give the terrorists-ridden, Palestinian Authority, control over Gaza the “day after” the war.
One wonders, why are world “leaders” so focused on the “day after”; how about the “current day”?! Is talk about the “day after” relevant to the present war, or is it just another excuse to force Israel to negotiate with third-party “peacemakers” to allow Hamas to live another day? Israel is fighting not against an enemy that is a little more aggressive than usual, it is fighting an enemy dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish people for eternity! The “day after” should have no bearing on what Israel does today! If a criminal tried to murder someone, should this individual first contemplate tomorrow, before defending himself today?! If you said yes to that, you deserve what will happen to you.
The story of October 7th is tragic and horrific. The correct response has always been to fight this evil. War is generally not divided between bad vs. good, as the gray area defines the two sides, but there are exceptions and Israel vs. Hamas is one where good vs. bad can be applied. The 1200 victims of October 7th and the hundreds of brave soldiers who have been killed should not be in vain. Their deaths shouldn’t be represented by the “day after” in Gaza, their bravery, courage, and proud Jewish identity should represent it. That’s the only response that “The Jew” should tolerate, anything else, is meaningless. The silence of death can only be contextualized with meaning, not with the political agendas of Joe Biden and Anthony Blinken.
