Opinion
By Elise Cooper, Military Press
10/06/25
This October 7th will be two years since that horrific day that some have called the 21st Century Holocaust. On that day Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel, murdering 1,200 and taking 250 hostages. Israeli homes were set on fire, and people were subjected to the horrors of abduction, annihilation, rape, and unfathomable variations of torture where Israelis were mutilated, raped, brutally killed, and had babies, children, women, and men kidnapped. What is also horrific is this is still happening today with 20 living hostages remaining under Hamas control.
Alan Dershowtiz noted, “On October 8th things changed again when the extreme Progressive Woke Left used these massacres as an excuse to turn on Israel. This was even before Israel fired a single shot or sent a single troop into Gaza. 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.”
All interviewed want to remind people that if Israel’s enemies laid down their arms and released the hostages there would be peace. If Israel laid down their arms there would be actual genocide.
Two filmmakers had the courage and tenacity to speak out, Wendy Sachs and Eytan Schwartz. To gain a full picture of what has happened on October 7th and its aftermath people must watch their films. The films, “October 8” (https://www.october8film.com/)
and “Screams Before Silence,” (https://www.screamsbeforesilence.com)
can be viewed on most streaming platforms.
Wendy Sachs, who directed, produced, and wrote “October 8 stated, “There was no Israeli occupation of Gaza on October 6th, not one Israeli soldier in Gaza then. People forget that. Yet, on October 7th Hamas and the Palestinians brutally attacked Israel and they responded. The film shows that even before Israel responded there were protests for Hamas, cheers, jubilation, and support for Hamas.”
Eytan Schwartz produced “Screams Before Silence” and said that the film was made “after Israel told of the sexual crimes, and the claims were denied or questioned by many in the academia establishment and media.”
Both filmmakers are stunned and dismayed by the double standard and bias of those in academia, the media, and by world leaders. Eytan commented, “Women’s organizations operate by the assumption that we must always believe the victims, yet suddenly, they doubt testimonies and ask to see forensic evidence – it’s nothing less than shocking. We want viewers to see that rape and sexual crime not only happened but was a widespread plan as part of a strategy to inflict pain, horror, and humiliation, not only on the victims and their families but for the entire people of Israel.”
Read the full article here: https://www.militarypress.com/remembering-october-7th/
About the Author
Elise Cooper lives in Los Angeles and has written numerous national security articles supporting Israel. She writes book reviews and Q and A’s for many different outlets including the Military Press. She has had the pleasure to interview bestselling authors from many different genres.
Elise Cooper
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