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By Michael Brown<\/span><\/a><\/span>, CP Op-Ed Contributor
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A member of the Israeli security forces stands close to a car hit by a rocket fired from Gaza, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, on October 9, 2023. Stunned by the unprecedented assault on its territory, a grieving Israel has counted over 900 dead and launched a withering barrage of strikes on Gaza that have raised the death toll there to 560, according to Palestinian officials. <\/span> | JACK GUEZ\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As if the news from Israel could not get any more shocking, an Oct. 10 headline announced<\/a>, \u201cBabies beheaded, 40 children shot dead in a single settlement, and families burnt alive by Hamas.\u201d This is an unfathomable level of evil, a report of barbarism that is almost incomprehensible. Yet in response to such demonic acts, Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said<\/a> in a televised speech, \u201cWe kiss the hands of those who planned the attack on the Zionist regime.\u201d<\/p>\n

How utterly despicable.<\/p>\n

The terrorists had blood on their hands. He has blood on his lips. (And, despite his denials of involvement in the massacre, he certainly has blood on his hands too.)<\/p>\n

But it is not just yet radical terrorist leaders like Khamenei who are celebrating these murderous, barbaric deeds. (I wish I had more adjectives to describe how wicked the actions of Hamas have been, but they are truly indescribable.)<\/p>\n

The Daily Wire reported<\/a> that, \u201cThe largest network of campus anti-Israel groups is organizing a \u2018Day of Resistance\u2019 on Thursday to rally support for the deadly Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, calling the murder of nearly 1,000 Israelis, including women and children, a \u2018historic win for the Palestinian resistance.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Babies beheaded by Hamas. A win! Little children slaughtered in front of their weeping mothers. A win! Ninety-year-old grandmothers shot in the head. A win! Women raped and abused. A win!<\/p>\n

And all this in the name of \u201cjustice,\u201d as indicated by the name of this network: Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).<\/p>\n

They stated, \u201cOur people choose resistance over negotiated cages on our homeland. Fearlessly, our people struggle for complete liberation and return.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Resistance? The willful, intentional, even gleeful butchering of whole families in cold blood is resistance? And it is \u201cfearless\u201d to murder hundreds of unarmed people pleading for their lives?<\/p>\n

To the SJP I say this: your position is evil and your hearts are evil. May God have mercy on your souls.<\/p>\n

You might say, \u201cBut you rejoice in the suffering of the Palestinians. Who are you to speak?\u201d<\/p>\n

To the contrary, I grieve over the suffering of the Palestinians, especially those in Gaza right now.<\/p>\n

As I posted<\/a> on Facebook on Monday, \u201cTragically, many innocent Palestinians will suffer terribly in the days to come, including women and children. That should matter to us as human beings, let alone as followers of Jesus.\u201d I mean that from the heart, and not a single supporter of Israel I know takes delight in the suffering of these innocent non-combatants.<\/p>\n

But, I added, \u201cwhereas Hamas targeted Israeli civilians and rejoiced in the butchering of the innocent, the IDF will do everything in its power to avoid civilian casualties. And when they do occur, I can assure you that Israeli soldiers will not be parading naked corpses of Palestinian women while shouting praises to God as the Israeli crowds cheer on. So, yes, the suffering of Palestinians is as grievous as the suffering of Israelis. Absolutely. But let us not make false moral equivalences now.\u201d<\/p>\n

We can discuss the grievances of the Palestinians, doing our best to separate myth from fact, but not today. Not now. We can review the recent history of the region, dating back to the late 1800s (or to biblical times) and analyze who has a right to what \u2014 but let that wait for another day.<\/p>\n

At this moment in history, the first thing that must be done is for all of us to stand together, Muslim and Christian and Jew (and people of other religions and non-religions), Israeli and Palestinian alike, and say, \u201cWhat Hamas did is outright, unjustifiable evil. Plain and simple. We denounce it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yet contrary sentiments abound.<\/p>\n

An editorial in the New York Post stated<\/a>, \u201cRemember: When leftists praise \u2018decolonization,\u2019 they are celebrating the murder of innocents like\u00a0Shani Louk<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0bloodthirsty Hamas killers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t believe us; take their word for it.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA speaker at the [New York pro-Palestinian] rally on Sunday shouted to the crowd \u2018as you might have seen, there was some sort of rave or desert party where they were having a great time until the resistance came in electrified hang gliders and took at least several dozen hipsters.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was greeted with whoops and laughter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cA Cal State-Long Beach student group held a \u2018Day of Resistance\u2019 (to celebrate Palestinian terrorism).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cProminent on the\u00a0event poster was a paraglider<\/a>\u00a0of the kind Hamas used to infiltrate Israel and attack a desert rave where Louk and dozens of others were either killed or taken hostage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThose same \u2018decolonizers\u2019 then paraded the likely dead Louk\u2019s body in the back of a pickup truck.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

So the heartless slaughter of young people in cold blood at a peaceful music festival \u2014 again, almost certainly not Bibi Netanyahu voters or rightwingers \u2014 is a cool thing. Actually, it\u2019s somewhat funny. Maybe the whoops and laughter would have been even louder if the crowd knew that it wasn\u2019t \u201cat least several dozen hipsters\u201d whom Hamas \u201ctook\u201d but more than 260. (Some of them were literally taken, as in taken hostage; the great majority were just slaughtered.)<\/p>\n

This, too, is evil.<\/p>\n

You say, \u201cWhat about Jewish or Israeli calls<\/a> to \u2018kill all Arabs\u2019 or to completely wipe out Gaza?\u201d<\/p>\n

I denounce those clearly and without equivocation. Full stop. And where they represent the sentiments of groups and not simply individuals, I denounce them all the more forcefully. Evil is evil, wherever you find it.<\/p>\n

But please tell me where organized Jewish gatherings are saying, \u201cLet\u2019s behead Palestinian babies! Let\u2019s butcher their moms!\u201d<\/p>\n

Please tell me where the nation of Israel has ever rejoiced \u2014 celebrating in the streets and praising God \u2014 at the news of Palestinian babies and children being killed.<\/p>\n

It is the Palestinians, both in the West Bank and Gaza, who name<\/a> children\u2019s schools after mass murderers of Israelis, dubbing them martyrs and heroes. The equivalent in Israel does not exist. (A September 2018 article noted that, \u201c76 Palestinian Authority schools named after terrorists and Nazi collaborators and honoring Martyrs and Martyrdom.\u201d And remember: the PA is considered moderate compared to Hamas.)<\/p>\n

It would be one thing if Hamas had led an attack against an Israeli military installation. I would still take issue with that, but I could understand pro-Palestinian supporters praising this bold act of \u201cresistance.\u201d But praising some of the most horrific acts of heartless cruelty we have ever seen is evil and inexcusable.<\/p>\n

In my last article, I referenced<\/a> the reluctance of many celebrities to stand with Israel, lest they appear insensitive and politically incorrect. While writing this article, I noticed a statement from Gigi Hadid, whose sister Bella is strongly anti-Israel and whose father is an outspoken Palestinian-American.<\/p>\n

I can appreciate her sentiments when she wrote<\/a> on Instagram, \u201cMy thoughts are with all those affected by the unjustifiable tragedy, and every day that innocent lives are taken by this conflict \u2014 too many of which are children. While I have hopes and dreams for Palestinians, none of them include the harm of a Jewish person.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cThe terrorizing of innocent people is not in alignment with & does not do any good for the ‘Free Palestine’ movement. The idea that it does has fueled a painful, decades-long cycle of back & forth retaliation.\u201d<\/p>\n

And this: \u201cNo innocent civilian, Palestinian or Israeli, deserves to be a victim\u201d of the bloodshed.<\/p>\n

Despite our political and ideological differences, I applaud Hadid\u2019s statement. Why can\u2019t others say the same?<\/p>\n

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Dr. Michael Brown(www.askdrbrown.org<\/a>) is the host of the nationally syndicated\u00a0Line of Fire<\/a>\u00a0radio program. His latest book isWhy So Many Christians Have Left the Faith<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0Connect with him on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0Twitter<\/a>, or\u00a0YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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