After the Holocaust, the vast majority of the world stood together and declared, “Never Again.”
The evil perpetrated by Hitler, which included the genocidal and horrific murdering of over 6 million Jews, would never be allowed to happen again.
Never again would Jews around the world be subject to that evil, an evil so heinous that words on a page cannot truly nor accurately describe.
On October 7th, the terrorist group Hamas perpetrated a heinous attack on Israel, the worst mass murdering of Jews since the Holocaust.
American citizens were counted amongst the victims and are among the hostages.
The Tennessee Faith and Freedom Coalition is proud to stand with our Jewish brothers and sisters and we unequivocally support Israel’s right to exist and defend itself in the manner it chooses.
No nation nor group should dare interfere in Israel’s fight to simply exist.
Mind you, in spite of all the evil perpetrated on Israel and Jews as a people, the nation of Israel has been the kindest nation in the history of the world to the people trying to systematically destroy it.
Israel gives its enemies advance warning when it is about to conduct a military strike, hoping to minimize collateral civilian damage. Hamas uses civilians as human shields, not allowing them to leave those areas.
It is Hamas, as well as their terrorist sponsor Iran, that is the aggressor and the victimizer.
Sadly, the Biden Administration merely gives lip service to defending Israel and Jews, while they and the United Nations indirectly fund terrorism through a variety of means.
The last several weeks in Nashville, other parts of Tennessee, and all over the world have shown a disturbing amount of support for terrorist victimizers from sympathizers and Marxist groups.
A plurality of young people polled on college campuses support Hamas. This is highly concerning.
The time for good hearted people to declare Never Again is now, more than ever.
Even a sick and evil U.S. congresswoman, Rashida Tlaib, promoted and defended the usage of the chant, “from the river to the sea,” which is a universal call for the extermination of all Jewish life from the land of Israel.
Instances of antisemitism in the United States have risen at least 300 percent since October 7th, depending on the source of information.
In Tennessee, we are fortunate to have leaders like U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn, U.S. Senator Bill Hagerty, Governor Bill Lee, Congressman David Kustoff, Congressman Andy Ogles, State Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, State House Majority Leader William Lamberth, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, and other great conservative elected officials have been friends to Israel and the Jewish people.
The Speaker of the Tennessee Senate Randy McNally and House Speaker Cameron Sexton recently issued a proclamation of solidarity with Israel and a condemnation of Hamas. That proclamation was supported by the vast majority of the Tennessee General Assembly.
However, we need more groups and average citizens to condemn antisemitism from every corner of society.
We believe the time to loudly reaffirm Never Again is now.
Recently, a group of Jews, Christians, and allies conducted a somber march down Broadway in downtown Nashville to shed light on the hostage situation in Israel.
It is worth repeating that there are still Americans trapped in Gaza as well.
In contrast to the antisemites who were in Centennial Park this past weekend and the other Anti-Israel demonstrations that have occurred recently, the mood of the marchers was quiet determination, with no hatred in the air. They were just a group of people determined to see Israel (and the Jewish people) survive and hopeful for others to understand their plight.
We were proud to march with our Jewish brothers and sisters.
Our Jewish brethren have been the most hunted people in the history of the world, even prior to the Holocaust. Mere words, again, do not do this justice, but our observation is that the October 7th attacks and blatant antisemitism on display in far too many corners of the world seems to have brought out the somber melancholy of a people who are not far removed from the Holocaust.
Our Jewish brothers and sisters need our loud support. It is not only our Christian duty, but we believe it is the duty of all human beings.
We’ll never apologize for our support of Israel and our Jewish brothers & sisters around the world.
To our Jewish friends, we declare that we are with you. We declare that Never Again is now and we call on everyone to join us in the pledge, with words and deeds.
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Written by The Tennessee Faith and Freedom Coalition.
Photo “Nashville Pro-Palestine March” by ANSWER Coalition.
