Wherever you are, stand up and fight

On October 7, 2023, the world was shocked by the massacre of Israeli children, youth, and adults at the hands of radical Islamic terrorists from Hamas.

As time has passed, we have come to recognize the extensive groundwork that Islamic fundamentalism has laid globally to infiltrate Western society. Radical Islamic imams have interpreted the Quran to instruct their followers to persuade non-believers to convert to Islam, with the alternative being that they must be killed.

As a Jewish, democratic state with Western values, located geographically amidst the Arab world, Israel represents the greatest obstacle to radical Islamic Muslims seeking to establish a global caliphate under the rigid and oppressive principles of Sharia law.

Considering this context, we can understand why the massacre and abduction of civilians in Israel are part of an orchestrated sequence of events designed as part of a master plan to conquer the West.

Hundreds of thousands of people have protested in favor of Hamas: in England, where over 3.8 million Muslims live; in France, home to more than 3.3 million Muslims; and in the United States, where many universities have hundreds of openly antisemitic professors. This is not a coincidence.

In Europe and the United States, there are currently several communities living under Sharia law. Women are required to wear burqas, their rights are severely restricted, and Western education and customs are prohibited.

We can no longer think, “This is Israel’s problem,” “The United States and the European Union will fix it,” or “The UN won’t allow it.” Today, the post-World War II balance of power has changed, and the socio-political DNA of the developed Western world is infiltrated; we have reached the point where the Permanent Committee on Human Rights is led by Iran.

Hidden under the concept of Dawah, the Muslim world has built hundreds of mosques, health centers, and schools in regions like Africa and Latin America. The vast majority of these were established with good intentions. However, we have seen in Gaza how radical Islamic terrorists seize these sites to use them as fronts for their headquarters to launch bloody and ruthless attacks, as well as to radicalize their members.

The large global migration flows unknowingly transport radical Islamic terrorists to developed countries. Some of these individuals are positioning themselves along the way to penetrate the populations of the countries they pass through, both militarily and ideologically.

In many developed countries, the sale of personal defense weapons has significantly increased, especially in Europe and the United States, where people fear for their safety and that of their families.

Today, democracy, freedom, and the values of the Western world are at stake. To quote anthropologist and writer Francisco Gil White: “Today, it’s not just the Jews who are threatened. If you are a believer living in a society with Western values, wherever you are, stand up and fight.”

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Note: The author originally published this article in Spanish in Prensa Libre, Guatemala, on November 9, 2023. As with much of Jewish history, threats to Jews in Israel and around the world persist. Therefore, it is now being published in English in TOI for a broader audience.