Article in The Times of Israel by Andy Blumenthal: The poem highlights the suffering inflicted by terrorism, the complicity of institutions and leaders, and the global forces seeking to destabilize and destroy. Ultimately, it urges a collective moral reckoning, calling on readers to stand for justice and resist the forces of destruction before it is too late.

1. THE BLOGS
Andy Blumenthal
Leadership With Heart
In The Nation’s Zero
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2. Months unfold in tumult, riots rage unchecked,
Chaos claims the streets as reason is wrecked.
Evil parades bold in the light of the day,
Innocents massacred—October’s cruel display.
Harassment, hate crimes, blood stains the lane,
Jews chased, children struck, justice in vain.
A young couple murdered at the museum’s door,
Fifteen souls burned—Molotovs roar.
Chants of racism echo, never to cease,
A world rid of Zionists—demons’ release.
Police stood silent, charges were lost,
Courts let them go, at what terrible cost.
Politicians watched idly, some with delight,
Campuses festered, poisoned by spite.
Professors and leaders preach hate as truth,
Fueling terror and lies, betraying our youth.
False claims of occupation, genocide, pain,
White colonialism, baby killers—insane.
UN and UNRWA, oil’s golden hand,
Blood libel cemented—a slander so grand.
Fifty-five Muslim nations, twenty-two Arab lands,
Yet one Jewish state—unthinkable demands.
Iran pulls the strings, its proxies arise—
From seven lands they strike, beneath shadowy skies.
Russia and Qatar, ambitions so grim,
Watch as our cities grow weak and dim.

3. They long for our nations to crumble, to burn—
As chaos and sorrow at every turn.
Twenty-six thousand rockets, missiles, and drones,
Three hundred fifty miles of tunnels—death’s hidden zones.
Twelve hundred massacred, mutilated, betrayed,
Two hundred fifty hostages, their families dismayed.
Yet the world condemns Israel, for defending its own,
For standing its ground, refusing to be overthrown.
Israel withdrew from Gaza, offered peace, self-rule—
Hamas took power, turned Gaza to a cruel tool.
Not for peace, but for terror, for Israel’s end,
Yet Israel must defend, its people to mend.
A right to self-defense, hostages to reclaim,
Sovereignty’s call, honor to maintain.
Now terror spreads, from New York to LA,
Pro-Hamas, Antifa—insurrectionists play.
Federal agents encircled, attacked and beset,
As law and order crumble—a nation in debt.
Mayors call for resistance, chaos resumes,
No one is safe as hatred consumes.
Some speak of secession, of civil war’s tide,
While others stand silent, their conscience denied.
In the heart of the storm, one choice remains clear—
Stand tall in the fire, or watch the world disappear.
First they came for the Zionists, then cops in the night,
Then they come for you—will you stand for what’s right?

4. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Andy Blumenthal is a dynamic, award-winning leader who writes frequently about Jewish life,
culture, and security. All opinions are his own.