{"id":2097180,"date":"2023-11-13T11:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-hamas-the-final-solution-does-not-stop-with-israel\/"},"modified":"2023-11-13T12:02:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T17:02:08","slug":"for-hamas-the-final-solution-does-not-stop-with-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-hamas-the-final-solution-does-not-stop-with-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"For Hamas, The Final Solution Does Not Stop With Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffor-hamas-the-final-solution-does-not-stop-with-israel%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2097180&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In 2011, \u200ba Life-Changing Visit to the Holocaust Museum<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2011, \u200bmy then \u206310-year-old\u200b son Jonah and I embarked on a journey that would forever \u2062change our lives. We\u2062 visited the Holocaust Museum\u2062 in Washington, DC, and what we experienced there was\u2062 both heartbreaking and eye-opening.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>A Glimpse into a Lost World<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As we entered the two-story room, \u2063a wall of photos immediately caught our attention. The images of hundreds of families\u200b from a small Lithuanian town, once home\u2064 to 4,000 Jews, brought tears to my eyes. These people, frozen in \u2062time,\u2062 looked so familiar. They\u2064 resembled my own \u2062relatives, my uncle, my cousin, and even \u2064my\u200b son Jonah. It \u2062was a haunting reminder of the \u2063lives lost in just two days, wiping away nine centuries of history and tradition.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jewish history \u200bis filled with senseless\u2062 and gut-wrenching massacres like this. For centuries, Jews have been targeted simply because of their \u2062religion, customs, and traditions. The Nazis, in \u2063their\u200b horrific scale, \u200dcontinued this dark legacy of pogroms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After\u2064 World War II, a miracle happened \u2013 the\u2064 Jews finally had their \u200down \u2064state,\u2063 Israel. However, this\u2063 newfound homeland was \u2064surrounded \u200bby 20 Arab countries that wanted \u2062nothing more than to see Israel destroyed. Israel, a nation of musicians and scientists,\u200c had\u2062 to put down their violins and pens to defend their country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leaving the Holocaust\u2064 Museum, I felt a mix\u2062 of sadness \u2064and relief. The \u200cwords \u200b&#8221;never again&#8221; \u200dheld a\u2064 special meaning for Jews, promising that such horrors would never be\u200c repeated.\u2064 But then, in October 7th, Hamas unleashed a\u200c sadistic massacre, slaughtering 1,500 Jewish civilians in just a few hours. The \u2062brutality of this act \u2064forced Israel to respond, \u200ceven though they did\u200d not want \u200dto send their sons and daughters\u200b to\u200c die \u2063in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The United States\u200d lost\u200d 2,977\u200c people\u2062 in the\u200c 9\/11\u200d terrorist attack, and we responded\u200c with\u2064 full force. Israel, with a population\u200c of only 9.3 million, suffered \u200dthe equivalent of losing \u200b45,000 \u200dpeople\u200c in a\u200c terrorist attack. Yet, the world seems to \u200cturn a blind eye to Israel&#8217;s plight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Imagine if Mexico had been \u200blaunching rockets into American cities for \u2064over a decade. The response would be swift and decisive. But for\u200d Israel, this\u2064 has become a grim reality. They <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/for-hamas-the-final-solution-does-not-stop-with-israel\/\" title=\"For Hamas, The Final Solution Does Not Stop With Israel\">face constant \u2064rocket attacks<\/a>, with\u200c Hamas using \u200dhospitals and schools as launching\u2062 sites, and hiding in tunnels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hamas, the elected\u200d government of Gaza, cares little for the Palestinians they claim to \u200brepresent. They use them as human shields, restrict fuel to \u200btheir own \u2064hospitals, and steal humanitarian funds. Israel finds itself fighting two wars \u2013\u2062 one against Islamic jihadists and \u2062one against public opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University campuses have become breeding \u2063grounds for anti-Semitism,\u200b with Jewish students facing bullying and threats. It is a painful reminder of the \u2064anti-Semitism I\u200c experienced in the Soviet Union. University administrators \u2062should protect \u2063all students from \u200cracism and discrimination.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Remembering\u2064 the Pastor&#8217;s Words<\/h3>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First they came for the socialists, and I \u2064did\u2062 not speak out\u2063 \u2014 because I was not a socialist.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then \u200cthey came for the \u2063trade unionists, and I did not speak \u200cout \u2014 because I was not a trade \u200bunionist.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then they came\u200c for the Jews, and I did not speak out \u2014 because I was not a Jew.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then they came for me \u2014 and there was no one left to\u2062 speak for me.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We must\u200b not\u2063 be fooled by the version of \u200bIslam \u2064propagated by Hamas and ISIS.\u200d It is a \u200breligion of hatred \u2064and intolerance, seeking to destroy not\u200d only\u200d Israel but also the values of the Western \u200dworld. We must stand up against this darkness and remember the pastor&#8217;s words: &#8220;And there was no one left to \u200bspeak for me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vitaliy Katsenelson is the CEO of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/imausa.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">IMA<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. He is \u200bthe author of \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Soul in the Game \u2013 The Art of\u2064 a Meaningful Life\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  (Harriman House). His essays\u200c can be read on \u200c <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/investor.fm\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">investor.fm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed\u200d in this piece are those of the author and\u2063 do not necessarily \u200drepresent those of The \u200bDaily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How\u200c does the visit to\u2064 the \u200dHolocaust Museum in 2011 shed light on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinas-new-home-prices-fall-for-first-time-this-year\/\" title=\"China's home prices drop for the first time in 2021.\">ongoing struggles faced<\/a> by\u2064 the Jewish people?<\/h2>\n<p><span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The visit\u2062 to the \u2063Holocaust Museum in 2011 \u200cnot only provided us with a glimpse into the lost world of millions of \u2063Jews, but \u200bit also served\u200b as a\u2063 stark reminder of \u200cthe ongoing struggles faced by the \u2064Jewish\u2063 people. The\u200c atrocities committed during the Holocaust were not isolated incidents; they were part of a long-standing history of discrimination\u200c and persecution against Jews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Jewish people \u200dhave endured countless massacres and pogroms throughout history, solely based on their religion, customs, and traditions. The Nazis, with their\u200c systematic and brutal extermination of millions,\u2064 only continued this dark legacy. However, after World War \u2062II,\u2064 the Jewish people were able to establish their own homeland, Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Israel, a \u2063nation \u200cthat emerged from\u2062 the ashes\u2064 of the Holocaust, was surrounded by Arab nations that \u200bsought nothing less than \u200dits destruction. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boris-johnson-announces-resignation-as-u-k-prime-minister\/\" title=\"Boris Johnson Announces Resignation as U.K. Prime Minister\">facing immense challenges<\/a>, Israel thrived, \u200bbecoming a hub of culture, innovation, \u2063and progress. \u2062However, the threat to\u2062 its existence\u2062 has never ceased.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leaving\u200d the Holocaust Museum, \u200cthe juxtaposition of sadness and relief \u2064was overwhelming. The phrase &#8220;never again&#8221; held\u200d a new and profound meaning for Jews, \u200bpromising that such horrors would never\u2062 be repeated. Sadly, this \u2064promise was shattered when Hamas unleashed a sadistic massacre, brutally \u200ctaking the lives of 1,500 Jewish civilians. This act of brutality forced Israel \u200cto respond,\u200c even\u2062 though they did not\u200b wish to send their\u2064 sons and daughters \u2064to die in Gaza.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is disheartening that the world seems to turn a blind \u200deye to Israel&#8217;s plight. The United States, with a\u200c population of \u2063over 300 \u200bmillion, lost 2,977 people in the 9\/11 terrorist attack and responded with full force.\u2062 In comparison, Israel, with a population of only 9.3 \u200dmillion, \u200csuffered the equivalent of losing 45,000 people in a terrorist attack. Despite\u200b this, the world fails to acknowledge \u2064the severity of Israel&#8217;s situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If any other \u200bcountry\u200d were subjected to a decade-long barrage of rockets\u2062 launched from its neighboring country, the response would be immediate\u2064 and definitive.\u2064 Yet, for Israel,\u2064 this has become a grim \u2064reality. They\u200c face \u2064constant rocket \u200cattacks, with Hamas using hospitals and schools as launching sites and \u2062hiding in tunnels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It \u2063is crucial to recognize that Hamas, the elected government of Gaza, cares little \u200bfor the Palestinians they claim\u200b to represent. They\u2064 use innocent Palestinians as human shields, restrict fuel to their hospitals, \u2064and\u200c divert humanitarian \u200cfunds. Israel finds itself fighting two wars \u2013 one\u200d against Islamic jihadists and \u2062the\u200c other against public opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In conclusion, a visit to the\u2062 Holocaust Museum\u200c in\u2062 2011 \u200bopened our eyes to the unending struggles faced by the Jewish people. It emphasized the importance of remembering the\u2063 atrocities of the past while\u2064 also \u200dacknowledging the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-progress-stalls-as-republicans-appear-to-walk-back-stopgap-spending-deal\/\" title=\"House progress stalls as Republicans backtrack on stopgap spending deal.\">current challenges faced<\/a> by Israel.\u2064 It \u200cis our \u200dduty to stand\u200b against discrimination, support the protection\u200c of human rights, and strive for a world where such horrific\u2064 events\u200c are never repeated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2011, my then 10-year-old son Jonah and I visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. The two-story room with the wall of photos brought tears to my eyes. Hundreds of family pictures and portraits from a small Lithuanian town that was home to 4,000 Jews for nine centuries. 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