Today is October 7th. Yesterday was October 7th. Tomorrow will be October 7th.

For the past two years in Israel, every day has been October 7th. We are suspended in time until every hostage is returned and this war ends. Only then can we finally move on with our lives.

From here, it appears the world has either forgotten or chosen to dismiss the atrocities of that infamous day, perfectly exemplified by the BBC’s highest-paid presenter at the time, Gary Lineker, who once referred to October 7th as “the Hamas thing”.

Well, the “Hamas thing” is not a thing. It is the greatest disaster ever to befall the Jewish state. The largest and most savage slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust. Taken as a percentage of the population, it is also the biggest terror attack in modern history. To put that in perspective, in the UK it would equate to more than 8,000 dead, 30,000 injured and close to 2,000 kidnapped. Can you imagine such a thing happening, say, at Glastonbury and the surrounding area? What would Britain’s reaction be, I wonder.

open image in gallery Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip take part in a protest demanding their release from Hamas captivity and calling for an end to the war, in Jerusalem, Saturday, 4 October 2025 ( AP )

Today, as Israel is demonised and delegitimised and October 7th is paid little more than lip service. Truth and morality are inverted. False narratives and Jew-hatred are embraced. The brutal attack on a Manchester Synagogue was an inevitable consequence.

There is a profound lack of understanding, let alone empathy or sympathy, for what Israelis truly endured on October 7th and in its aftermath.