I wipe my son’s nose and wonder: is someone wiping Kfir’s? I change my son’s diaper and wonder: are there diapers in tunnels in Gaza? I make my baby laugh and I wonder: Is Shiri with Kfir? Is she still able to make him laugh?
I am an assistant professor at Columbia Business School. I am a father, a husband, an uncle, and a son. I am a forty-year-old man, and last week I found myself crying in front of a group of complete strangers.
A terror attack on the level people have never seen before was committed against Israel on October 7th.
The reaction since?
Hundreds of thousands marching against Israel.
Antisemitic attacks worldwide.
A sad, sobering two weeks for Jews.
Our response?
Prayer, charity, and trying to improve as people.
And continuing to speak out - as it gets much harder to do so.
Here's a picture of Jihad Mishrawi, a @BBCNews reporter holding his dead son Omar in Gaza in 2012.
There were numerous reports, especially from the @BBC, saying Omar died from an Israeli airstrike.
But months later the UN (and other sources) admitted that the baby was killed by a Hamas rocket that fell short.
https://t.co/XHdt09TanM
Omar is far from the only child that has been killed by Gaza terrorist rockets aimed at Israel over the years. In one day in 2021 Hamas rockets - in three separate incidents - killed 16 Gazans, including 8 children.
https://t.co/SIC1eVR02O
Given that Hamas is now shooting record numbers of rockets into Israel, dwarfing the number shot in the earlier conflicts, almost certainly there are more rockets falling short - and killing civilians.
But the only source for information on the dead is... Hamas. Who always blame Israel no matter what. Even though they appear to be setting off IEDs against their own people now:
https://t.co/NLriJEc4au
It's a bit crazy to assume that Hamas, which now denies targeting women and children last weekend, is telling the truth about deaths in Gaza toay.
People, I’m being mass reported by our enemies and X is limited my tweets. Can’t be pinned. Can’t be shared. Someone help me here get this on @elonmusk’s radar. I am not sharing any hateful content that should be reported. This is online bullying. Can anyone help here somehow?
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