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October 7: The Most Terrible Day of the 21st Century

(Telegraph-UK) Charles Moore - The Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel was possibly the most terrible day of the 21st century so far. Its most obvious rival is the attacks on the U.S. on Sep. 11, 2001. I would say that there was something peculiarly low and disgusting about Oct. 7 - because it slaughtered whole families, because it also involved rape, because 200 people were kidnapped, some tortured, some murdered, some held (dead or alive) to this day, and because it specifically targeted Jews. And the great majority of those who committed the Oct. 7 atrocities returned to a heroes' welcome. Some might complain, "Why labor these points? We know how dreadful it was." The trouble is, I don't think we do. I think we have half-forgotten. This is because the deeds of that day have been deliberately effaced and, in a sly manner, excused. Even before Israel retaliated, numerous Hamas apologists attacked it for retaliation. Some claimed atrocity footage had been faked. Have you noticed how the use of the hostages as pawns in negotiation is now reported with complete neutrality, as if this were a perfectly acceptable tactic? Tory leader Kemi Badenoch on Sunday described the pro-Gaza marches as "carnivals of hatred" and explained how a slogan such as "globalizing the intifada" means, in practice, "targeting Jewish people for violence." Thus does what is probably our best-integrated, most patriotic and law-abiding ethnic minority become the main target in the land which Jews trusted to give them refuge. My support for Israel is based on the absolute necessity of defending a democratic and secure homeland of a people whom human wickedness constantly tries to persecute. The writer, a member of the House of Lords, is a former editor of the Daily Telegraph, Spectator, and Sunday Telegraph.
2025-10-09 00:00:00
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