What is happening, and why?

On October 7, 2023, the genocidal terrorist group Hamas launched a war against Israel by massacring 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. It was the single worst attack in Israeli history. Hamas’ invasion revealed a much bigger war between radical Islam, led by the Iranian regime, and the Jewish State, in which the goal is the total elimination of Israel. Israel is now engaged in a seven-front war with the Iranian regime’s proxy armies in the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and with Iran itself.

Hamas’ attack also opened up a front against Jews everywhere. Jews around the world continue to confront a campaign of hatred, abuse, vilification, and violence designed to exclude them from society as part of the effort to turn Israel into a pariah state.

This war is reshaping the Middle East, with implications for the whole world. Jew Oughta Know explains the various facets of this crisis, how they relate to one another, what is happening, and why.