Israeli soldiers work to secure residential areas following a mass-infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, southern Israel, Oct. 7, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

I’m a proud Jew. A Zionist. Proud to hold Israeli citizenship. I stand with my country. This is our 9-11 moment. Hundreds of dead. Thousands of wounded.

Missing Americans. Our kids were kidnapped, our women assaulted. Innocent children were murdered in cold blood. Men, women and children are missing. There is no nuance. One can stand with Israel, or one can stand with indiscriminate terror and violence.

Everyone has missing family members and friends. All of the horrors of war were perpetrated. We are scared. We will win.

This was a pogrom. Period. Murders. Executions. Sexual assault. We are at war — now. We will never again be silent. Never again. Hundreds of our people were slaughtered. And unlike during the Holocaust, we have an army and we will fight.  The free world — everyone — has a chance to stand with us or with everything they should stand against.

Israel does not want a ceasefire. There can be no peace until there is another side that wants peace — not massacres, murders, and desecration.

Never ever again will we be silent as Jews are murdered in the streets. Never ever again. We will fight. We will hear criticism. We will live, and we will thrive.

Anyone who has ever said “Never Again” — now is that time. Stand with Israel or stand with the enemy. Speak up. It is democracy and the West, or radical Islam and ISIS. Stand with Israel. And if you don’t, we’ll be OK too.

Am Israel Chai. The Jewish people live.

Ronn Torossian is the grandson of a Holocaust survivor.