As the conflict with Hamas in Gaza, post-Oct. 7th has continued to rage on now almost two years to the day, I have found it necessary to address the Messianic Jewish community of Greater Cleveland and N.E. Ohio, and Tikvat Yisrael regarding the shifting political narratives that I see forming that cause confusion and error. I was recently contacted by two believers loosely connected to Tikvat who expressed their emotions over the suffering of Gazan citizens, the lack of food and resources there as a result of the conflict, and their frustrations and criticisms of Israel, and asked me for my response. So, this post is a public response to them and any believer/Christian whose support for Israel has ceased due to their perceptions of how Israel has conducted itself/its policies during this most recent conflict or even prior to this conflict with Hamas and Gaza.
Facts over Emotions
The Middle-East conflict is more than an ancient struggle over
ownership of the Holy Land between Jews and Arabs. It is even more than a
violent physical battle between these two ethnic groups. It is a struggle and a
battle over ideology and a religion-based “holy war.” It is a jihad of radical
Islamists whose purpose is to wage war against Israel’s right to exist. The
battle is fought with more than simply weapons of destruction. It is fought on
the battleground of ideology and propaganda. It is a struggle to control the
narrative, and often the strategy is a manipulation that preys upon the emotions
of the audience. Allow me to explain and prove the point…
When the attacks took place on Oct. 7th and the
days immediately following it, the world was in shock, and no one dared speak a
word of criticism against the Jews or Israel. The world witnessed it correctly;
the evidence was clear. It was a premeditated, organized, and calculated terror
attack against Israeli civilians, not IDF or military targets, but rather
innocent people who lived near the Gaza border many of whom were Israelis who
employed their Arab neighbors and advocated for open borders with Gaza and who
advocated for more peace concessions, including the additional land-for-peace
initiatives. These same peace-seeking, liberal leaning advocates were some of
the first to be slaughtered by the Hamas operatives who penetrated through and
flew over the security wall on Oct. 7th, shouting “allahu akbar.” During the Hamas-led attack on Israel, 251
people were taken hostage and brought into Gaza. This group included Israeli
civilians and soldiers, as well as foreign nationals from countries like
Thailand, Nepal, the U.S., and others.
At that time in October 2023, no one was vocally criticizing
the Jews. The world saw the videos and the images, and those who committed the
crimes made sure they documented their own actions using their cell phones, and
the world was able to see the bloodshed and the kidnapping taking place in
virtual real time. During those days, one could scarcely hear a sound coming
from Israel’s critics, and the world condemned the actions of these Hamas
terrorists, and rightfully so. What I, and what those who traditionally support
Israel and the Jewish community already knew was that the unified shock and
horror, along with the unchallenged evidence of the crimes against humanity committed
against Israeli civilian,s would all soon be “short-lived.” We all knew it would
happen sooner rather than later, that the narrative would eventually turn
against Israel and the Jewish people. The public and world opinion has a very
short memory, and they are easily swayed by their emotions.
Today, even believers in Yeshua, the Jewish Messiah have
begun to turn away from supporting Israel because of the images and media they
consume that have convinced them that Israel’s response has been
“disproportionate.”
In order to overcome these inaccurate and erroneous
perceptions we must first agree to focus on FACTS over EMOTIONS. In order to
remain on the right side of history and be able to cut through the propaganda,
we must stick to reality and facts. So, that is what I will do going further in
my response… I will present the facts.
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
It is important to understand what led up to the October 7th
attacks, how did this happen?
In 2005, Israel conducted a political and social experiment.
They decided to unilaterally withdraw all Israeli citizens and Jewish residents
from the Gaza strip and totally hand over sovereign control to the Palestinian
people to self-govern and have their “own state.” (NOTE: Gaza was an area that
Israel captured when they were attacked in the 6-Day War in 1967, which was a
DEFENSIVE war. So, understand, they didn’t go and “occupy it.” Had Israel not
been maliciously attacked in 1967, they never would’ve been in Gaza to begin
with.) But we must not regress…back to
the 2000’s.
Almost immediately after this occurred (Israel’s withdraw
from Gaza), in January 2006, a globally recognized terrorist organization known
as HAMAS, won a majority in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections,
defeating the long-dominant Fatah party. To be clear, the majority of
Palestinians voted and supported Hamas to be their own government. The
win shocked many observers, as Hamas ran on a platform of resistance to so-called
Israeli occupation. The name “Hamas” is an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya,
meaning “Islamic Resistance Movement.” In 2007, it violently ousted rival
faction Fatah from Gaza, taking full control of the territory. Since then, it
has governed Gaza independently from the Palestinian Authority, which controls Judea
and Samaria (commonly called: the West Bank).
To be clear, since 2005, Gaza was no longer “occupied” by
Israel and Palestinians had their own sovereign government and state that they
ran as they saw fit. Israel (giving the Palestinians what they thought they
wanted)…Israel thought by ceding Gaza completely over to the Palestinians that
they would finally achieve peace, giving them what the world thought they
wanted all along, their own state. This would prove to be fatally wrong. Israel
never saw the peace they thought would transpire from this withdrawal, in fact
the skirmishes and attacks continued to the point that Israel recognized a
“security wall/fence” was needed to prevent even further terrorist attacks that
continued to come from Gaza. Israel was condemned by the global community for
erecting this security wall/fence. However, after the wall/fence was erected,
Israeli deaths and attacks from Gaza dramatically decreased proving the
construction actually saved lives. Then came the worst attack against Jews
since the Holocaust, October 7, 2023 that killed 1,200 Israeli civilians. The
security wall was breached with terrorists flooding into Israel.
As of now, 50 hostages remain in captivity, with 49 of them
taken on October 7 and one captured earlier. Israeli intelligence estimates
that at least 27 of those remaining hostages are dead, leaving approximately 23
presumed alive. Released hostages have described conditions of systematic
starvation, isolation, and physical abuse in underground tunnels.
Since the attack, Israel’s response and strategy was made
clear, Hamas must be destroyed.
These are simple facts of all that has transpired and led up
to the terrorist attacks on October 7th.
Facts of the Aftermath
Israel has two simple goals in this conflict with Hamas. #1.
Recover all hostages taken, dead or alive. #2. Completely destroy Hamas.
Considering the history that led up to this unprovoked war, these goals are
reasonable for any sovereign nation that is defending itself. However, Israel
is and has been accused of war crimes, “genocide” against Gazan civilians. Let’s
examine the facts.
First, what is genocide? The Convention on the Prevention
and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, defines genocide as an “intention to
destroy, wholly or partially, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.”
In order for Israel to be guilty of genocide, there must be proof. One must consider
that during the British Mandate, there were 1.3 million Arabs in what is today
Israel. According to CIA estimates, the Palestinian population in the West Bank
and Gaza today is roughly 4.6 million (The World Factbook, CIA). If indeed
Israel has been conducting genocide against the Palestinians, how can one
explain the growth in the population? Now, one must also consider the
Israeli-Arab citizens, (these were Palestinians who did not flee Israel during
the War of Independence and stayed and became citizens in Israel), their population
of Israeli Arabs has grown from 156,000 in 1948 to more than two million today
– one-fifth of the population. Again, sticking to the facts, if it is true that
Israel is on a genocidal campaign against Palestinian Arabs, then one must
explain how both populations have been growing. How could this be? Unless
Israel is NOT committing genocide and the media is lying about it. Furthermore,
if Israelis wanted to eradicate the Palestinians, why did they agree to coexist
beside a Palestinian entity on at least nine different occasions from 1937
until 2020? Opportunities the Palestinians rejected.
You see, the facts prove that Israel has ALWAYS wanted and
desired to live peacefully with their Palestinian/Arab neighbors, and have
virtually done everything they could do short of exterminating themselves to
give the Palestinians what they want. The problem is knowing for certain
what it is they want. Most people think Palestinians want their own state.
That too is not true, considering they’ve had that in Gaza since 2005 and that
has proven to be a fatal dismal failure.
Now, my opponents may be saying: “But what about Israel’s
campaign in Gaza? Thousands of Palestinians have been killed or are starving
right now. Isn’t that evidence of “genocide?”
Starving Gaza?
The plight of civilians in any combat zone during any war
often are the ones who suffer the most. The question here is whether or not
Israel is purposely conducting war crimes against the Gazan civilians by
preventing them from accessing humanitarian aid? Again, we must remove emotions
and look at the facts. No Palestinians would be suffering today if Egypt opened
the gates of Rafah to allow them to leave and if the Biden administration did
not force them to remain in Gaza. They could receive all the required
humanitarian aid if allowed into Sinai or if any government was willing to take
them in. As a result of this, it is left to Israel (the victims of the terror
attack of Oct. 7th) to be the ones to bring aid to the civilians of
Gaza…
“According to data provided by the Coordinator of Government
Activities in the Territories Office, which is responsible for inspecting and
transferring aid, the following assistance has been delivered between October
7, 2023, and February 16, 2025:
- 46,854
trucks transporting 1,011,575 tons of food.
- 7,699
trucks transporting 105,117 tons of shelter.
- 2,701
trucks transporting 30,120 tons of medical supplies.
- 2,648
trucks transporting 53,640 tons of water.
- 27,661
tons of fuel and 31,683 tons of cooking gas.
- 1,020
trucks transporting 66,993 tons of other aid (COGAT, February 16,
2025).
These statistics contradict the claim that Israel is
impeding the supply of aid and causing a famine. As aid arrives, Hamas
stops convoys and steals the food, some to keep for themselves and some to sell
on the black market. Gazans who can’t afford to buy food from Hamas may have to
go without eating, though most are able to have at least one meal a day (Zvika
Klein, “Editor’s Notes: ‘There is no famine in Gaza’ – comment,” Jerusalem
Post, March 8, 2024).”
Here is a very informative short clip about the truth of
humanitarian aid being left to rot by the UN and other NGO agencies who fail to
deliver it to the civilians in Gaza.
Also, we must be careful who really are “innocent
civilians.” Here is a video of “innocent civilians” celebrating and rejoicing
in the streets on October 7, 2023 during the attacks on Israel that were taking
place:
Let’s be clear about the facts, ladies and gentlemen. The
citizens of Gaza voted for and supported and continued to support Hamas since 2006,
and even after the October 7th attacks, these same “innocent
civilians” took to the streets to further their support of the terrorist
massacre against Jewish people.
And now, we have Christians who want to criticize and
condemn the Jews and Israel for starting all of this? Really? These same
Christians say they lose sleep over starving civilians in Gaza, but at the
same time, the international community has shown no interest in pressuring
Hamas to give aid to the 58 remaining Israeli hostages. Hamas agreed as part of
the last ceasefire deal to allow medical supplies to be delivered to them;
however, not only is there no evidence any of it was given to the hostages, but
Israel found unopened boxes of medical supplies with hostages’ names on them
when it raided the Nasser Hospital (“Unopened medicine boxes bearing names of
Israeli hostages found in hospital raid,” i24 News, February 18, 2024).
Hostages released months ago revealed that they received little food, so it is
more likely that the Israelis held captive for more than five months are the
ones starving (Rachel Clarke, “Little food, a beating and lice: What freed
Israeli hostages are saying about being held by Hamas,” CNN, December 20,
2023).
So, why are these civilians not getting the aid that the
world expects them to receive?
Here are FACTS from sources that will help you understand
what is happening and why there are concerns about humanitarian aid…
Between May 19 and July 29, 87% of its Gaza food
convoys—2,010 trucks—were intercepted, either looted by armed groups or swarmed
by crowds. That’s 85% of food aid by tonnage diverted before reaching its
intended recipients, according to UNOPS monitoring data. This data reflects a
systemic failure of traditional aid channels and confirms long-standing
concerns about Hamas’s interference with humanitarian efforts. (@DavidMakovsky,
July 30, 2025).
Furthermore, USAID’s Office of Inspector General is
collecting evidence that Hamas systematically steals UN aid, from
commandeering trucks and planting operatives inside UN facilities to directly
siphoning supplies to its leadership. Whistleblowers and U.S. intelligence have
confirmed that a large portion of “UN aid” in Gaza is either self-distributed
by Hamas or stolen outright—sometimes with the cooperation of UN drivers
seeking a cut (Adam Kredo, “Federal Investigators Compile Evidence of
Systematic Hamas Aid Theft,” Washington Free Beacon, August 7, 2025).
On May 27, 2025, Israel and its allies launched the Gaza
Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a new aid mechanism designed to bypass the
corrupt, slow-moving, and politically compromised international aid system—and to
keep Hamas’s hands off desperately needed supplies. Within just two months,
GHF overcame an initially chaotic start to establish four secure distribution
sites that provided more than 105 million meals (Yonah Jeremy Bob, “GHF opens
third Gaza aid center, hands out up to 1.8 million meals,” Jerusalem Post, May
29, 2025; @FoxNewsSunday, August 3, 2025).
The GHF has been vilified for Israel’s logistical role, the
sidelining of ineffective and corrupt UN agencies, and the requirement for
orderly food distribution, which undermines Hamas’s ability to weaponize
hunger (Eitan Fischenberger, “Starvation by Feeding: The New ‘Genocide’
Narrative,” Fische Files, May 27, 2025). Its objective has been undermined by the
UN’s refusal to participate—not because food was unavailable, but because
it was reaching people through channels they did not create or control
(“Department Press Briefing – May 27, 2025,” U.S. Dept. of State, May 27,
2025).
Even more disturbingly, Hamas has threatened civilians
who accept the aid, erected roadblocks to block their access, and attacked
distribution centers to maintain its stranglehold on food supplies. U.S. State
Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce confirmed that Hamas’s efforts to block
deliveries have failed—and the food is getting through. But the cost has been
high: on June 11, at least eight Palestinian GHF aid workers were murdered in a
Hamas ambush while en route to a site near Khan Younis (Joe Truzman, “Hamas
kills at least 8 aid workers, GHF reports; source claims Hamas trying to
disrupt aid distribution,” FDD).”
These are the sad and unfortunate facts my friends, and if
you are one of these Christians who is losing sleep over the humanitarian
crisis, perhaps you should be losing sleep over the actions of Hamas and the
UN’s failures instead of always blaming Israel!
WHY CAN’T WE JUST ALL “GET ALONG?”
Now, I’m going to answer the ultimate question for those
sleep-deprived Christians who want to constantly blame Israel for all of these
conflicts. And I want to ask you a serious question…
Have you ever read Hamas’ charter document? It is called the
Covenant of the Islamic Resistance Movement established: August 18, 1988. If
you take the time to read the founding document and Hamas’ statements of
beliefs and purposes and their vision statement, you can easily see why achieving
peace with Hamas is impossible. It is simply because their founding documents
do not permit themselves to come to any agreement with their perceived enemy,
the Jews.
Again, let’s avoid emotion, and just look at the facts. Remember
at the beginning of this response I said the conflict is more than just physical,
it is about ideology. The Father of the Palestinian ideology during the British
Mandate was the Grand Mufti, Haj Amin al-Husseini. He was a Nazi collaborator
who famously met with Adolf Hitler in hopes of convincing
the Führer to direct his extermination campaign toward the Jews in Palestine.
The history of hatred of the Jews by Palestinians goes back to this one man. After
him came, Imam Hassan al-Banna (1906–1949) who was a pivotal figure in modern
Islamic history, best known as the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (al-Ikhwān
al-Muslimūn) in Egypt. His life and legacy shaped political Islam across the
Middle East and beyond.
In 1988, when the Covenant of the Islamic Resistance
Movement was created, it quoted Imam Hassan al-Banna, saying, “Israel will
exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it
obliterated others before it” (The Martyr, Imam Hassan alBanna, of
blessed memory).”[1]
These are the exact quotes of the Covenant of Hamas:
“Article One:
The Islamic Resistance Movement: The Movement's program
is Islam. From it, it draws its ideas, ways of thinking and
understanding of the universe, life and man. It resorts to it for judgement
in all its conduct, and it is inspired by it for guidance of its steps.
The Islamic Resistance Movement is one of the links in the
chain of the struggle against the Zionist invaders. It goes back to 1939, to the
emergence of the martyr Izz al-Din al Kissam and his brethren the fighters,
members of Muslim Brotherhood. It goes on to reach out and become one with
another chain that includes the struggle of the Palestinians and Muslim
Brotherhood in the 1948 war and the Jihad operations of the Muslim
Brotherhood in 1968 and after.”[2]
So here, right off the bat, in Article One, they admit their
struggle is one of “ideology” it is their worldview of Islam. It is a form of
“radical Islam.” That Islam demands “jihad,” which is a holy war, a religious
war. So, just as I said at the beginning, it is a war of ideology and a war based
on religious worldviews. Jews are the Zionist invaders and as such, there is no
“making peace with the enemy.” The purpose is total destruction of Jews, and
nothing less. More than any “state,” what Hamas wants is simply death to all
Jews. Don’t believe me? Keep reading…
The Covenant continues,
“The Day of Judgement will not come about until
Muslims fight the Jews. When the Jew will hide behind stones and trees,
the stones and trees will say, “O Muslims, O Abdulla, there is a Jew
behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree,
(evidently a certain kind of tree) would not do that because it is one of the
trees of the Jews.” (related by al-Bukhari and Muslim).
Now, let’s see what Hamas’ Covenant says about making peace,
and invitations to negotiations with their “enemy.”
Peaceful Solutions, Initiatives and International
Conferences:
Article Thirteen:
Initiatives, and so-called peaceful solutions and
international conferences, are in contradiction to the principles
of the Islamic Resistance Movement. Abusing any part of Palestine
is abuse directed against part of religion. Nationalism of the Islamic
Resistance Movement is part of its religion. Its members have
been fed on that. For the sake of hoisting the banner of Allah over their
homeland they fight. “Allah will be prominent, but most people do not know.”
Now and then the call goes out for the convening of an
international conference to look for ways of solving the (Palestinian) question.
Some accept, others reject the idea, for this or other reason, with one
stipulation or more for consent to convening the conference and participating
in it. Knowing the parties constituting the conference, their past and
present attitudes towards Muslim problems, the Islamic Resistance Movement does
not consider these conferences capable of realizing the demands, restoring the
rights or doing justice to the oppressed. These conferences are only ways of
setting the infidels in the land of the Muslims as arbitrators.
There
is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad.
Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time
and vain endeavors. The Palestinian people know better than to consent to
having their future, rights and fate toyed with.”[3]
The one nice thing about jihadis and Hamas, is when it comes
to them and their Covenant, what you see is what you get. At least they are
honest about it in their documents. You know who the real fools are? Those who
don’t believe Hamas and what there are saying in their Covenant. Those who
think that it is possible to make peace with these people who literally say in
their own “Charter” that there is no way other than “jihad” to have any
solution with the Jews. Any peace conference is just a charade for them. That
is why Yassar Arafat rejected every single offer for peace and even an offer
for Palestinian Statehood, because they really don’t want their own state. All
they want is the Jews dead and gone. How do you expect Israel to make peace
with such people?
Why is Israel demanded to concede to the demands of
bloodthirsty death worshipers who constantly call for the destruction of the
Jews? What other sovereign nation is pressured into such “peace deals” with an
enemy who is as relentless and ruthless as Hamas?
Yet this is what some Christians are demanding today, all
while labeling Israel as a rogue, arrogant, “apartheid state.” The truth is,
Israel is the ONLY democratic nation in the entire Middle East. It is the ONLY
nation where freedom of religion is protected as well as freedom of speech.
The Covenant now quotes Muhammad’s account of his “night
journey.”
“Praise be unto him who transported his servant by night,
from the sacred temple of Mecca to the farther temple of
Jerusalem, the circuit of which we have blessed, that we might show him some of
our signs; for Allah is he who heareth, and seeth.” (The Night Journey – verse
1).
Since this is the case, liberation of Palestine is then
an individual duty for every Muslim wherever he may be. On this basis, the
problem should be viewed. This should be realized by every Muslim.”[4]
Here, Hamas calls it the duty of each and every single
individual Muslim, no matter where he/she lives to answer the call to jihad
against the Jews. Here is the evidence from their charter…
“The Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine is an
Individual Duty:
Article Fifteen:
The day that enemies usurp part of Muslim land, Jihad becomes the individual
duty of every Muslim. In face of the Jews' usurpation of
Palestine, it is compulsory that the banner of Jihad be raised. To do this
requires the diffusion of Islamic consciousness among the masses, both on the
regional, Arab and Islamic levels. It is necessary to instill the spirit of
Jihad in the heart of the nation so that they would confront the enemies and
join the ranks of the fighters.
It is necessary that scientists, educators and teachers, information and media people,
as well as the educated masses, especially the youth and sheikhs of the Islamic
movements, should take part in the operation of awakening (the masses).
It is important that basic changes be made in the school curriculum, to cleanse it of the traces of
ideological invasion that affected it as a result of the
orientalists and missionaries who infiltrated the region following the defeat
of the Crusaders at the hands of Salah el-Din (Saladin).”[5]
This is clear and sobering rhetoric. When I said at the
beginning this is more than a physical struggle, it is a war of ideology, I was
not kidding, and neither is Hamas. They are serious about their propaganda and
that is exactly why their children are fed a steady diet of antisemitism at the
earliest age. This is what their Covenant calls for on the part of each
individual Muslim to confess…
“I swear by the holder of Mohammed's soul that
I would like to invade and be killed for the sake of Allah, then invade and be
killed, and then invade again and be killed.” (As related by al-Bukhari and
Muslim).”[6]
It is the strategy of Hamas to indoctrinate the children to
continue to feed the hate to the next generation and this is clearly spelled out
in their Covenant…
“The Education of the Generations:
Article Sixteen:
It is necessary to follow Islamic orientation in educating
the Islamic generations in our region by teaching the religious duties,
comprehensive study of the Koran, the study of the Prophet's Sunna (his sayings
and doings), and learning about Islamic history and heritage from their
authentic sources. This should be done by specialized and learned people, using
a curriculum that would healthily form the thoughts and faith of the Muslim
student.
Article Twenty-Eight:
The Zionist invasion is a vicious invasion. It does not
refrain from resorting to all methods, using all evil and contemptible ways to
achieve its end. It relies greatly in its infiltration and espionage operations
on the secret organizations it gave rise to, such as the Freemasons, The Rotary
and Lions clubs, and other sabotage groups. All these organizations, whether
secret or open, work in the interest of Zionism and according to its
instructions. They aim at undermining societies, destroying values,
corrupting consciences, deteriorating character and annihilating Islam. It is
behind the drug trade and alcoholism in all its kinds so as to facilitate its
control and expansion.” [7]
The Jews are blamed for every evil in the world, and the
children are taught at the earliest age the same ideology of hatred of Jews.
This is precisely why it is virtually impossible to speak
rationally with people who are indoctrinated to the point that they would
rather die a thousand deaths themselves before they would agree to allow Jews
to live in peace. Yet Israel is condemned for defending itself against such evil.
Hamas is and sustains a “culture of death.” Death is
celebrated, martyrdom is a value and children are mobilized and taught to aspire
to become a soldier of death and kill as many Jews as possible before they die
themselves.
See for yourself…
“Article Thirty:
Writers, intellectuals, media people, orators,
educators and teachers, and all the various sectors in the Arab and Islamic
world all of them are called upon to perform their role, and to
fulfill their duty, because of the ferocity of the Zionist offensive and the
Zionist influence in many countries exercised through financial and media
control, as well as the consequences that all this lead to in the greater part
of the world.
Jihad is not confined to the carrying of arms and the
confrontation of the enemy. The effective word, the good article, the useful
book, support and solidarity together with the presence of sincere purpose
for the hoisting of Allah's banner higher and higher all these are elements
of the Jihad for Allah's sake.
“Whosoever
mobilizes a fighter for the sake of Allah is himself a fighter. Whosoever
supports the relatives of a fighter, he himself is a fighter.”
(related by al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu-Dawood and al-Tarmadhi).”[8]
From the above quote of the Hamas Covenant, we learn why the
families of suicide bombers and terrorists are paid salaries by Hamas.
Those who call themselves Christians yet oppose Israel’s right
to defend itself and recover its hostages ought to take a moment and reflect
on reality. If you consume large amounts of American mainstream media or the
likes of Al Jazeera, you’re likely to become a sympathizer with Hamas and its
goals without ever taking the time to read what Hamas is truly all about. You
may be willing to check your brain out and follow your emotions, and pictures
of suffering, starving, so-called civilians, when some of these people are the
very same people who rejoiced at the news of their comrades in arms
slaughtering Jewish men, women, and children on October 7th.
Neither Israel, nor Jews, nor Messianic Jews, nor Christians
who support Israel asked for this war. If Hamas and its followers had not rehearsed
and executed the terror attacks on October 7th, we would not even be
talking about this today.
No one can argue that Hamas instigated this horror against
the Jewish people and against their own citizens in Gaza.
Now, you have to decide for yourself which position you are
going to take. Are you going to support a terrorist organization and regime
that calls for the destruction of all Jewish people worldwide, or are you
going to support Israel’s right to defend herself and recognize the truth of
Israel’s attempts to deliver humanitarian aid while at the same time recover
her own hostages?
There are two kinds of people who are suffering right now.
There are those who are suffering from the effects of this war because due to
their affinity with Hamas and their support of Hamas’ actions which triggered
this war and suffering. Is it sad and emotional to see them suffer? Of course
it is. There is also another group of people who suffer, those who did not
support this war, those who did not ask for this war, those who had their loved
ones murdered and kidnapped and thousands more who were displaced from their
homes due to the rocket attacks coming in from Gaza and Iran over the last 2
years.
Of those two groups of people suffering, one suffers at the
hands of their own leaders who brought on this humanitarian emergency and the
other who suffers for no reason other than being a Jew. Of these Yeshua the
Jewish Messiah said…
“Then they too will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see
You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not
care for You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Amen, I tell you, whatever
you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.’ These
shall go off to everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting
life.” (Matthew 25:44-46, TLV)
Hamas and those who support them are not Yeshua’s “brethren.”
Yeshua’s brethren are the Jews. The Jewish people today are Israel. Israel has
paid for her sins, and Yeshua has paid for her sins and the sins of the world
and all those who put their trust and truly follow Him. Islam rejects Him as
Lord, as God and as Savior. Hamas and its adherents and those who support Hamas
and vote for Hamas and those who dance in the streets while Jews are murdered
ARE NOT YESHUA’S BRETHREN.
Evil is evil. Period. Satan has tried to kill the Jews from
the very beginning when God called our father Abraham. Nation after nation has
tried to wipe out the Jews. Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, the Persians, the Greeks, the
Romans, the Nazis, and most recently, Islamic Jihad. Throughout history, any and
every nation or imperial power that has opposed the Jewish people has
eventually ceased to exist. Antisemites never learn from history. Yes, our
battle is not against flesh and blood, but that does not mean God demands pacifism, prohibiting Israel from defending herself. Antisemitism is Satanic, and it has
been around since the beginning. When Yeshua returns, he will deal with the
wicked; he will put an end to His enemies.
Never again means never again. Never again will the Jews
lie down and allow themselves to be exterminated. Hamas calls for Israel’s
extermination. It is clear and uncontested.
Christians today have a choice to make. Take a stand with
the people of God, the people God Himself has chosen to send His own Son to be
a sacrifice and provide atonement for the world through the Jewish people, or
side with those who call for the extermination of the Jews. It’s your choice.
Choose wisely so you don’t end up on the wrong side of history and of judgment.
Source Cited
Bard, Mitchell. “Hamas Covenant [Full
Text].” Yale Law School. 2025. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hamas-covenant-full-text#google_vignette.
