'October 8' is a mirror of the hate festering below the surface

(JNS) - On Oct. 7, 2023, the world witnessed what Hamas terrorists are capable of, as armed Gazans gleefully bragged about their ability to torture, murder, mutilate, burn alive, rape and kidnap unarmed civilian children, women and men.

And the world saw the unthinkable murderous scenes and reacted. And the reaction was wicked.

On Oct. 8, 2023, the truth began to come out loud and clear. The central truth was that anti-Jewish, anti-Israel, global antisemitism was lying so close to the surface, that it was ready to erupt if it had a reason.

The Oct. 7 massacre of Jews in their homeland gave hat...