Israelis woke up on October 7, 2023. I don't mean they woke up to the horror unfolding on their south-western border - the murders, the rapes, the mutilations, the kidnapping. I mean, they woke up once again to the grim reality that their enemies mean what they say. And they woke up with a new determination to believe them.

Since before Israel's 1948 re-establishment, Israel's enemies have declared their intention to destroy Israel. To "wipe Israel off the map". To "drive the Jews into the sea".

They didn't just declare their intentions; they tried to carry them out. First it was the Arab states surrounding Israel. In the 1970s, these largely gave up, but were replaced with sub-state Islamist actors like Hezbollah and, later, Hamas, most backed by the murderous Iranian regime.

Israel re

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