New York, NY, November 7, 2023 – The cruelty and depravity that Hamas terrorists deployed in the massacre on Oct. 7, 2023, must not leave any doubt that Israel today is fighting a war on behalf of all peaceful nations, in the region and the world. 
 
It is Israel today. It could be another country tomorrow. 
 
No state can allow a terror group to cross a border, on a religious holiday, kidnap people from their homes, execute hundreds in the cruelest way possible, kill children and the elderly, and proudly film and display this as a victory for a cause.
 
Hamas terror organization – and its backers in Iran’s Khomeinist regime – have been emboldened. Israel, neighboring Arab and Muslim states, Europe, and the world face more terror acts and the normalization of the depravity of Oct. 7 if Hamas is not stopped today. This is why Israel’s war on Hamas is the first line of defense of civilization against barbarity. 
 
Oct. 7, 2023, is a day that will live in infamy; when a terrorist group massacred innocent Israelis, imposed war on innocent Gazans & spread hate in the world.
 
We stand in solidarity with Israel, with the innocent Gazans who seek liberation from Hamas, and with the families of Israeli civilian hostages held today in Hamas bunkers. 
 
Never forget.

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