Upon learning that Winston Churchill had died, University of Chicago professor Leo Strauss told his students, “The contrast between the indomitable and magnanimous statesman and the insane tyrant—this spectacle in its clear simplicity was one of the greatest lessons which men can learn, at any time.” Last October 7, there was another simple spectacle: the twisted insanity of anti-Semitism in all its horror, and an indomitable Jewish people fighting back.
That morning, nearly 4,000 Hamas fighters overwhelmed the 600 Israeli soldiers stationed along the border and broke into southern Israel. As Hamas overran military bases and cut off communications, the Israeli military struggled to respond. For one day, the Arab-Israeli conflict became a people’s war.
The most famous image of October 7 is of Noa Argamani reaching out to her boyfriend as terrorists dragged her into Gaza. There, in a few seconds of video, is the world’s oldest…
