Anti-Israel groups rally across US on October 7 anniversary, chanting 'long live the intifada'
Summary
Fox News reports demonstrations in New York, California and other states marking the third anniversary of Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Protesters reportedly chanted slogans including “globalize the intifada,” celebrated the attack, and called it “Al-Aqsa Flood,” while others rallied around Palestinian causes. The article highlights events involving NYU, Columbia, UCLA and UC Davis groups, as well as alleged financial support from Neville Singham’s nonprofit network. Singham’s finances are reportedly under federal grand-jury investigation, although he has not been charged.
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Biblical Context
The article’s subject is biblically relevant because it involves the killing of civilians, hostility toward Jewish people and Israel, public celebration of violence, and disputes over responsibility for suffering. Scripture directly condemns murder and the celebration or justification of violent wrongdoing. Exodus 20:13 establishes the prohibition against murder, which applies to the Hamas attack and to any other deliberate killing of civilians. Proverbs 24:17-18 warns against rejoicing when an enemy falls, providing a relevant moral contrast to reported celebrations of the October 7 attack.\n\nRomans 11:28 describes Israel as beloved in relation to God’s purposes and the patriarchs; this supports treating hostility toward Israel and Jewish people as a matter with theological significance, while not endorsing every action of the Israeli government. Romans 12:9 and 12:21 further provide general principles against evil and vengeance, relevant to rhetoric that glorifies violence. These passages establish biblical relevance but do not identify the reported demonstrations as fulfillment of a specific prophecy. No strong prophetic connection is established by the supplied facts.
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Scripture references supporting the biblical context above.
The command against murder directly applies to the reported killing of Israeli civilians and to the broader moral issue of celebrating deliberate violence.
These verses warn against rejoicing over an enemy’s downfall, providing a direct moral contrast to reported celebrations of the October 7 attack.
Paul describes Israel as beloved in relation to the patriarchs, supporting the article’s biblical relevance concerning hostility toward Jewish people and Israel without equating that relevance with approval of every government policy.
This passage calls believers to reject evil, avoid vengeance, and overcome evil with good, providing a relevant biblical framework for evaluating rhetoric that glorifies political violence.
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