The funeral of Marcel Frielich, one of the seven victims from Kibbutz Beeri, following a deadly infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters/Rami Amichay

I am currently in Israel, and I recently visited some of the sites of the October 7 massacre.

I walked through an army base where IDF soldiers were slaughtered, burnt, shot, and mutilated. I smelt and saw what Hamas burned. I saw fresh blood, and other things that I don’t wish to speak of.  These things are beyond the pale of one’s imagination.

I visited Kibbutz Beeri, and saw other horrors there. I saw the homes that toddlers were kidnapped from. I will never ever forget what I saw. Do we still say “Never Again”? It happened again. My grandparents were Holocaust survivors, and we lost many family members there.

This is the most brutal war and threat that Israel has ever faced. Just like the Nazis, we are facing a genocidal enemy that wants to see us all murdered.

But this is about more than Israel.

October 7, 2023, marked the start of a war of civilization. This war began with an attack on sleeping people, on young people dancing at a festival, on the State of Israel simply because we are Jewish. Now a month later, it continues worldwide with rallies against us in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere. The Jews are the first to be targeted. But we will not be the last.

You cannot support terrorism, rape, and intentional massacres of civilians in Israel, and oppose them anywhere else.

Evil has happened in Israel, but there has also been incredible hope, strength, and courage to come out of the Jewish state.

Am Israel Chai. The battle between Israel and Hamas is a battle of good vs. evil, and a battle that is necessary for the future of Western civilization. And we will win.

Ronn Torossian is a public relations executive.