The horrific Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, in which some 1,400 civilians were massacred, with babies being decapitated, women raped, parents murdered in front of their children (and vice versa), and grandmothers and toddlers kidnapped, initially elicited a wave of sympathy and support for Israel, and indignation against Arab terrorists, throughout much of the civilized world. Although Jews have been persecuted throughout their history, there was nothing to rival the barbarity of the Hamas