"No Justification"

If you try to justify what happened on October 7 to Israel and the Jewish people, you are not a moral person but a person who has Evil and Hatred in your heart.

(John 3:20: "For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.”)

"As a Soldier, a Lawful Combatant, and a Human Being who has been to War many times, you must NEVER condone the killing of innocent men, women, and children – nor should you EVER condone the rape, torture, and indiscriminate killing of entire families, especially the mutilation of women and babies." - Mathew Lehnig.

Let's be clear: Hamas is designated as a terrorist organization by Israel, the United States, the European Union, Canada, Egypt, and Japan.

Hamas was founded in 1987 during the first Palestinian Intifada or uprising. Shi'ite Iran backs them and shares the Muslim Brotherhood's Islamist ideology, which was established in Egypt in the 1920s. The Gaza Strip has been run by Hamas (self-elected) since 2007, after a brief civil war led by President Mahmoud Abbas, who also heads the Palestine Liberation Organization. Since then, there have been a multitude of conflicts with the state of Israel - Hamas rocket attacks from Gaza and Israeli airstrikes against Gaza.

Additionally, Hamas does not recognize the state of Israel, and their 1988 founding charter calls for the destruction of Israel and all Jews. They oppose the Oslo peace accords negotiated between the PLO and Israel in the mid-1990s and have alliances with Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah. This alliance opposes any U.S. policies between the Middle East and Israel.

While Hamas is based in Gaza, they have support across Palestinian territories, and their leaders are spread across Middle Eastern countries. They are a terrorist organization that is brutal and unforgiven in its relentless pursuit of the destruction of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.

Many worldwide are blind to what happened in Israel on October 7, 2023, even after the borage of missile strikes from Hamas into Israel, with the primary focus of infiltrating Israel's defenses and borders to commit inconceivable and horrific acts of violence on the Jewish people.

If you have been listening to the news media, scrolling social media, have anti-Israel or antisemitic friends and professors, or listened to antisemitic organizations or propagandists, I would ask that you do a personal deep-dive and reflect on what happened that day and the atrocities committed to the Jewish people and come to your own conclusions - WAKE UP!

Here is a Timeline:

Israel was coming to the end of the seven-day-long Jewish festival of Sukkot. Just before dawn on Saturday morning, sirens begin to echo across the country. The Israeli people understood and realized this was a serious situation, not a false alarm. Hamas, a terrorist organization, was pushing forward with a mufti-laired attack from the sea, air, and land.

6:30 a.m., on October 7

The Air raid sirens began sounding across Jerusalem, warning citizens to take cover. Thousands of missiles fired from Gaza streaked through the sky and started raining down indiscriminately throughout Israel, reducing buildings to rubble, and leaving bodies in the streets. Hamas claimed that 5,000 rockets were fired into southern and central Israel. However, the IDF estimated 2,200 missiles were fired into the areas, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

At the same time, hundreds of armed fighters from the terrorist group engaged in multi-laired ambush, including motorboats from the sea, paragliders from the ski, and bulldozers on land that breached fences separating Israel from Gaza. Hamas then charged into cities and towns, opening fire on homes and killing Israeli citizens indiscriminately and without remorse. These terrorists burst into houses without regard for life, shooting everyone, even those begging for their lives. They raped women and young girls and murdered entire families – including babies, while taking others -- including women, children, and the elderly (holocaust survivors) – hostage, driving them back into Gaza to continue torturing, raping, and using them as political pawns.

Additionally, during a music festival where hundreds of young people danced, it suddenly became a gruesome and horrific site as Hamas terrorists arrived in vans with their guns blazing, mowing down 260 partygoers and taking more hostage.

Shortly after the attack began, on October 7

The Commander and Chief of the Hamas military Army Al Qassam Brigades, Mohammed Deif, released a video statement claiming responsibility for this hennas attack.

10:30 a.m., on October 7

Israeli jet fighters launched retaliatory strikes in Gaza.

11:30 a.m., on October 7

Netanyahu declares: "ISRAEL IS AT WAR!" to the people of Israel and the World. "This is not a so-called military operation, not another round of fighting, but war,"

The terrorist group Hamas committed this horrific act to incite a reactive response. They fully instigated this WAR with a multi-faceted attack from the sea, air, and land, committed horrible and unforgivable atrocities on the men, women, and children of Israel, and then, when Israel declared war and defended itself, many around the world cheered for Hamas and their brutal onslaught and accused Israel of starting this war and then had the audacity to ask Israel to declare a seize fire in the region – Response – "We will protect the people Israel from any attack."

Additionally, before any airstrike in Gaza, Israel has always ensured innocent people in the region were warned and given time to leave the area. There has never been such a warning for the people of Israel during any rocket attack from Hamas.

Hamas is, and will always be, a terrorist organization that must be dealt with swiftly and held accountable for the atrocities they have committed during this unforgivable attack on the Jewish State of Israel and its people.