On Oct 7, Christians must remember and stand with Israel
I have spent years helping American leaders understand the realities of the Middle East.I have worked with policymakers, pastors, diplomats and families.
On this anniversary of the brutal Oct.7 massacre, we must all remember that day without moral confusion or political convenience.On Oct.
7, 2023, Hamas, other armed groups and many Gaza civilians crossed into Israel and carried out a coordinated assault on innocent people living their lives.Nearly 1,200 people were killed and 252 were abducted.
Men, women, children and the elderly were hunted, murdered, tortured and kidnapped.Any honest discussion of the war that followed must begin there.Israel responded as any sovereign nation must when its people are slaughtered and taken hostage.
Governments have a primary duty to protect their citizens.That duty requires us to distinguish between a democracy defending its people and terrorists that made civilians their prey.DANNY DANON: FROM OCT 7 TO FLIGHT 1073: THE RESILIENCE THAT KEEPS ISRAEL STANDINGA woman reacts as the community of Kibbutz Kfar Aza commemorates their members who were killed, taken hostage and who died in captivity, following the deadly Oct.
7, 2023, attack by Hamas terrorists, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Oct.16, 2025.
(Hannah McKay/Reuters)ISRAELI MEDICAL WORKERS WHO TREATED OCT 7 WOUNDED RELIVE DAY TERROR HIT HOMEAmerican leaders need to continue to visit the region in order to understand the threats Israel faces from Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and their allies with the understanding that Israel’s enemies also attack American targets.And, they need to continue to recall the history.The Middle East won’t be understood by removing the Jewish people from their roots.
Judea, Samaria, Hebron, Shiloh and Jerusalem are places woven into the biblical record and the ageless memory of the nation of Israel.That story still pulses through the hills of Judea and Samaria.The Jewish communities there, too often described only through accusations of "...