The events of October 7 have had a profound impact on Israel, with Prime Minister Netanyahu seeking to capitalize on the nation's trauma and anger for electoral gain. Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt visited Kibbutz Be’eri and Kfar Azza to witness the atrocities committed by Hamas on that day. The war's horrors, including evidence of sexual violence and the Palestinian death toll, have prompted reflection and debate, likened to the impact of 9/11 on America.
"Just as 9/11’s terrible toll changed America, so too is the terrible toll of Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack changing Israel," @HughHewitt writes. https://t.co/hxOPBepdoL
In @nytopinion "The horrors of this war do not have to be either/or. One can both face the mountain of evidence of sexual violence on Oct. 7 and confront the staggering Palestinian death toll," Jill Filipovic writes in a guest essay. https://t.co/bujBA6AfVn
Just as 9/11 altered America, so has Oct. 7 altered Israel, @HughHewitt writes. https://t.co/W8yJUd5Q4G
Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt visited Kibbutz Be’eri and Kfar Azza to bear witness to the horrors perpetrated by Hamas on Oct 7. https://t.co/5eGih7ODE0
Trailing heavily in the polls and in the midst of a bloody conflict with Hamas in Gaza, Netanyahu is hoping to take Israelis' trauma and anger in the wake of October 7 and mold it to his electoral needs, writes @AnshelPfeffer https://t.co/nGWUljZts0