December 11, 2023

Two books have been recently published highlighting recent atrocities against the Jews. The first, a novel, The Paris Housekeeper by Renee Ryan, and the other a non-fiction, War Against the Jews by Alan Dershowitz. These books are very relevant to the atrocities committed on October 7th by Hamas against Israeli civilians. But they also show the similarities between what happened to the Jews during the Nazi reign and the October 7th massacre.

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How apropos that Hanukkah, the miracle of resistance, started on December 7th, the “Day of Infamy,” when America was the victim of an unprovoked brutal attack. As Jews around the world celebrate this festival, they are reminded that October 7th was, quoting an Israeli official, “Israel’s Pearl Harbor.”

Below is an interview with both authors about their books and the relevance to today.

Alan Dershowitz wrote the book out of outrage. “As soon as I heard about the events of October 7th, I dropped everything and called my publisher and said I must write a book about this because it changes everything. It makes it clear why Israel does everything in its power to destroy Hamas, a genocidal organization. If they had the opportunity to go further than the Kibbutz they would have beheaded, burned, raped, and murdered every Jew in Israel. This is a game changer, and the world must realize it.”

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Renee Ryan wrote the book a year ago, having no idea how relevant it would be today. “I thought I was writing these quotes about what happened fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty years ago during the Nazi reign. I cannot comprehend that these quotes can be applied to October 7th. Quotes such as this by my Jewish character, Rachel, ‘This enemy, these new Germans are hardened, angrier, and more ruthless. Hate lives in their heart. Hate for people like us.’ It is so heartbreaking. Have we not learned anything. October 7th is very similar to what happened. It is even the same rhetoric, the exact same things said in the 1930s, 1940s.”

Mr. Dershowitz believes Hamas wants a Final Solution. “’Never Again’ has not meant anything since the day it was uttered. Never Again tragically just became a slogan. Now on college campuses, students and faculty feel free to call for genocide against the Jews. Everyone should read the Hamas Charter, which in some ways is worse than Mein Kompf because it is more specific.”

Women were viciously gang raped, had their pelvises broken, children were raped, babies were burned in ovens, people were brutally tortured and killed. Yet, many either demonstrate against Israel or just look the other way. Dershowitz refers to the congressional testimony by the college presidents of Penn State, Harvard, and MIT. He wonders, where are the feminist groups? People love to utter the words “Fascist” and “Nazi” against Donald Trump but refuse to say a word against Hamas.

Ryan noted, “History is repeating itself. People are saying it is a two-sided conversation and this is so untrue. It is a one-sided conversation. Everyone should be supporting our Jewish allies and our Jewish people in this country. We should not allow genocide to happen again. We should not be looking away. It is about people who are our friends, colleagues, and I wonder why we are not standing next to them shoulder to shoulder. The quote in my book can be used today, Rachel’s father says, ‘We are French citizens,’ and she responds, ‘No papa. We are Jews.’”

It seems there are some who do not want to apply the rules of decency and morality to the Jews. Briahna Joy Gray, Bernie Sanders’ National Press Secretary, tweeted “Believe all women was always an absurd overreach: woman should be heard, claims should be investigated, but evidence is required. The same is true of the allegations out of Israel. But also, this isn’t a believe women scenario because no female victims have offered testimony.” This boggles the minds of both Ryan and Dershowitz. It is hard to offer testimony when you are dead.

Just with many Jews today, Dershowitz, feels “the biggest disappointment has been groups Jews supported over the years including some African Americans, feminists, and gays. They have aligned themselves with Hamas. This is remarkable since Hamas would kill or take their freedom away. These are people who hate Jews even more than they like themselves. It is so hypocritical, but typical of the progressive Left. It is worse with the hard Left organizations. Take groups like Doctors Without Borders that has become a spokesperson for Hamas. They refuse to accept Israeli doctors, do not have very many Jewish doctors. The point is that all these groups just lie, lie, lie about what is going on in Gaza. They present a narrative that Hamas wants them to present.”