What October 7 Told Us About the West, MCC Brussels Podcast

The events of October 7 last year should have shocked the world. A barbaric attack on Jews, carried out by Hamas terrorists and other Islamist militants, resulted in perhaps the worst act of Jewkilling since the Holocaust. Yet in the days, weeks, and months after that fateful day, we have witnessed a shocking series of equivocations, denials and outright apology for the unprecedented violence of Hamas militants. On top of this, as Israel has sought to destroy the terrorists who killed, butchered and raped Jews, seemingly for fun, a network of politicians, NGOs and identity groups have mounted an unrelenting campaign against the Jewish state. The accusations, libels, and doublestandards heaped on Israel have sought to delegitimise any action Israel has taken to defend itself. But perhaps most shocking of all has been the resurgence of antiSemitism in Western societies. Attacks on Jews have intensified, protests celebrating Hamas became a fixture of many capital cities, and a casual attitude