For 730 days, I’ve watched the world reach for simple answers to something that defies explanation. Two years have passed since Hamas terrorists murdered 1,195 people and took 251 more as hostages.

The October 7 attack tore open a wound that runs deep in the Jewish heart, shaped by generations who have known persecution and fear. That dark day set off a wave of loss and destruction that continues to consume lives in Israel, Gaza, and across the Middle East. To speak of the October 7 attack and of Hamas only in passing, as if they were incidental to the tragedy that followed, is to turn away from the hard truth of what began that day and the vast suffering it set in motion.

Those of us who care about peace have an obligation to speak with honesty and humility. We must engage openly with e

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