Hamas murders 6 more hostages. Have we learned nothing from history about antisemitism?

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****** murders 6 more hostages. Have we learned nothing from history about antisemitism?

The 2023 film “

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” tells the true story of

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, who became the housekeeper for a ******* army major in World War II. She manages to

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to save them from extermination in the ****** camps.

An innkeeper she meets encourages Irena to keep a low profile to survive. When he realizes she’s hiding Jews,

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: “I don’t want to know anything.”

No one in America or anywhere else in 2024 can say they do not know about the rampant antisemitism percolating in elite ********* universities, around the globe and at the hands of ****** terrorists.

But have times really changed? Have we learned anything from history about how antisemitism infects and spreads?

******** army recovers bodies of 6 hostages

On Saturday, ******* Defense Forces

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, including

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, 23, an ******** *********, from a tunnel in Gaza, where they had been held captive by ******.

****** insinuated Monday that the captives 

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 because ******** forces were about to rescue them. The ********** group also

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if ******* attempts to free them.

****** has released

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of the murdered hostages, including Eden Yerushalmi, 24. In the video, she said she missed her family, did not think she would make it out of Gaza alive and blamed ******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of abandoning her and other hostages.

****** also ******* hostages Ori Danino, 25; Alex Lobanov, 32; Carmel Gat, 40; and Almog Sarusi, 27.

Fate of hostages changes each second: US and world leaders must help bring them home

The captives were among more than 200 hostages taken Oct. 7, when ****** invaded ******* and murdered

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, most of whom were civilians. ****** continues to hold at least 101 hostages, including

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.

The ******-controlled health ministry in Gaza says

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have been ******* since the war began last fall.

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Protesters gather on Sept. 1, 2024, in Tel Aviv, *******, to demand a Gaza hostages deal.

The ******* of hostages has exacerbated a fraught political environment in *******. As many as

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to protest the hostages’ deaths and the way ******** Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has handled negotiations for a cease-***** and the release of hostages.

Even

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that Netanyahu has not done enough to aid the hostages’ release.

Yet, it’s not clear how Biden could pin any part of these murders on Netanyahu. After all, an ********* ******** was ******* and more Americans remain in captivity. Is Biden also not doing enough to secure the hostages’ release?

From the parents of a US ********: For five months, we thought our son was alive. Release ****** hostages and spare others our pain.

The fact is that Netanyahu and the ******** government have tried to secure a cease-***** resolution, even though it was ******* that was forced to defend itself after ******’ Oct. 7 *******.

In

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agreed to the Biden-Harris administration’s cease-***** deal, but

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. And U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in June that

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an earlier U.S.-backed agreement to end the war.

On Tuesday,

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 six 

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on ******* for charges that include *********** to ***** U.S. citizens, *********** to support a ********** organization and *********** to use ****** and weapons of mass destruction.

Harris, Trump must vow to protect ******* Americans

As the war in Gaza rages on, Jews in the ******* States and around the world continue to face blatant antisemitism. Whether on elite university campuses or on the

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, antisemitism in any form must be rejected.

Both presidential nominees Kamala Harris and Donald Trump must make clear that no matter the election outcome in November, the new administration will do everything in its power to protect ******* people in America and elsewhere.

Opinion newsletter: Sign up for our newsletter on ************* values, family and religion from columnist Nicole Russell.

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On Monday,

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gathered for his ******** in Jerusalem. Only 23, he was kidnapped and held captive for nearly 11 months in Gaza, for no other reason than the fact that he was a ******* man attending a music festival in ******* on the day that his murderers invaded.

We can never say we don’t want to know what ****** is doing to Jews. We cannot feign ignorance for the sake of peace.

“

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,” Jon Polin said at his son’s ********.

A revolution is necessary. May it come now.

Nicole Russell is an opinion columnist with USA TODAY. She lives in Texas with her four kids. 

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