1 year since the Simchat Torah massacre

We’re now only days away from the Hebrew anniversary of the October 7th massacre, which brought our world crashing down on last Simchat Torah.

I will always remember that day. I was enjoying a quiet morning in the park with my kids when I heard people around me talking in worried voices. Rumors were flying. Apparently, a war had broken out, but I didn’t grasp the full extent of the disaster until the evening, when the holiday was over and I could turn on the phone and get updates.

We were instantly plunged into a nightmare of shock, grief, terror, and anxiety. The war is still ongoing, but I feel an immense sense of peace and pride in my country knowing we’ve now eliminated Mohammed Deif, Ismail Haniyeh, Hassan Nasrallah, and Yahya Sinwar – the four greatest evil leaders plaguing our borders.

To all those who said, “We must grant safe passage to Sinwar and other Hamas chiefs to secure a hostage deal” – no, nope, absolutely not. This level of evil needs to be burned down, not appeased or negotiated with. The world needs to know that every enemy of Israel and the Jewish people will get their comeuppance.

Of course, this isn’t over yet. I know that these trolls were Iranian proxies. But I hope and pray that we’ll see the axis of evil broken at last.

Happy Sukkot to all Jews around the world!