{"product_id":"the-road-to-october-7-hamas-the-holocaust-and-the-eternal-war-against-the-jews-paperback-softback-9780827615748","title":"The Road to October 7; Hamas, the Holocaust, and the Eternal War Against the Jews (Paperback \/ softback) 9780827615748","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Road to October 7\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHamas, the Holocaust, and the Eternal War Against the Jews\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRafael Medoff (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780827615748\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Compelling reading for anyone who believes in the security of the State of Israel.”-Seymour D. Reich, former chair of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and past president of B’nai B’rith International\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“I cannot imagine a more important book for the Jewish community and indeed all human rights advocates than this brilliant volume.”-Neil J. Kressel, author of \u003ci\u003eMass Hate: The Global Rise of Genocide and Terror\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“A champion of Jewish memory and an expert on the Jews’ abandonment during the Holocaust, Rafael Medoff confronts the Hamas attack, the global explosion of antisemitism, and the historical lessons that can help guide the Jewish future.”-Walter Reich, former director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“Even politically hostile readers will have a hard time contesting the conclusions in Rafael Medoff’s extensively researched, methodical, data-driven, and accessible volume. It should be read by everyone who wants to understand October 7 in historical context.”-Eunice G. Pollack, coeditor of the \u003ci\u003eEncyclopedia of American Jewish History\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Road to October 7\u003c\/i\u003e examines what paved the way for the October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and its aftermath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 1, “The Present,” documents the Hamas invasion, the rise of Hamas, the education of Palestinian Arab children to hate and kill, the diplomatic decisions that helped enable the attack, and the propagation of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish libels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part 2, “The Past,” analyzes how in both method and ideology, the Hamas assault echoed the pogroms in medieval Europe, Czarist Russia, and Ukraine; the Holocaust; and a century of Palestinian Arab terrorism. It also examines select American universities’ cultivation of friendly relations with Nazi Germany in the 1930s (the same universities that tolerated pro-Hamas protests after October 7) and October 7 as a turning point in the long history of antisemitism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Readers will emerge with important insights on the Hamas attack, antisemitic education in Palestinian Arab society, pro-Hamas groups on U.S. campuses, the responses of women’s and human rights organizations to mass sexual violence, misconceptions and fabrications about Israel’s conduct in the ensuing war, and why October 7 needs to be viewed as one segment of both the century-long Palestinian Arab war and the centuries-old international war against the Jewish people.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part 1. The Present: Understanding October 7 and Its Aftermath\u003cbr\u003e 1. In the Cities of Slaughter \u003cdiv\u003e The Ideology behind October 7\u003cbr\u003e Attack on the Music Festival\u003cbr\u003e Devastation of Towns and Kibbutzim\u003cbr\u003e How They Died\u003cbr\u003e The Collaborators\u003cbr\u003e Sexual Violence\u003cbr\u003e Parading the Hostages\u003cbr\u003e Abuse of the Hostages\u003cbr\u003e “\u003cbr\u003eIn the City of Slaughter”\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e 2. The Rise and Strategy of Hamas \u003cdiv\u003e Jews and Muslims in Gaza\u003cbr\u003e Terror from Gaza, Then and Now\u003cbr\u003e Islam and the Jews\u003cbr\u003e The Birth of Palestinian Nationalism\u003cbr\u003e New Audiences for Mein Kampf\u003cbr\u003e The Birth of Hamas\u003cbr\u003e Hamas Terror\u003cbr\u003e Hamas in Power\u003cbr\u003e Military Challenges after October 7\u003cbr\u003e Terror Centers in Universities and Hospitals \u003c\/div\u003e 3. Killers Are Made, Not Born \u003cdiv\u003e Jihad Education in Schools\u003cbr\u003e UNRWA’\u003cbr\u003es Hate Education\u003cbr\u003e Matriculation and Martyrdom\u003cbr\u003e PA Responses to Curricula Criticism\u003cbr\u003e Schools Named after Killers\u003cbr\u003e Hateful TV and Video\u003cbr\u003e Extracurricular Activities Promoting Terrorism\u003cbr\u003e Martyr Games\u003cbr\u003e Summer Camps of Terror\u003cbr\u003e Terrorist Role Models for Girls\u003cbr\u003e Raising Martyrs\u003cbr\u003e Aspiring to Martyrdom \u003c\/div\u003e 4. The War on the Truth \u003cdiv\u003e Staged Disruptions\u003cbr\u003e October 7 Denial\u003cbr\u003e Blood Libels, Old and New\u003cbr\u003e The Gaza Genocide Blood Libel\u003cbr\u003e The Famine Lie\u003cbr\u003e Truth as Casualty: World War II Lessons\u003cbr\u003e Feminists Excusing Hamas Rapes\u003cbr\u003e Human Wrongs by Human Rights Advocates \u003c\/div\u003e 5. The War on Campus \u003cdiv\u003e Students for Justice in Palestine\u003cbr\u003e Jewish Students Assaulted\u003cbr\u003e How Universities Responded\u003cbr\u003e Harvard\u003cbr\u003e Columbia\u003cbr\u003e MIT\u003cbr\u003e Yale\u003cbr\u003e George Washington University\u003cbr\u003e University of Pennsylvania\u003cbr\u003e Showdown in Congress\u003cbr\u003e The Second Explosion\u003cbr\u003e Ignorant Protesters\u003cbr\u003e Tent Encampments and Student Demands\u003cbr\u003e Appeasing Extremism\u003cbr\u003e Fizzled Protests\u003cbr\u003e The First Anniversary\u003cbr\u003e Addressing the Problem \u003c\/div\u003e Part 2: The Past: Tracing the Echoes of History\u003cbr\u003e 6. Historical Parallels to October 7 \u003cdiv\u003e The Crusaders\u003cbr\u003e Medieval Blood Libels\u003cbr\u003e Glorification of Horror\u003cbr\u003e Cossack Massacres\u003cbr\u003e Terror in Russia\u003cbr\u003e Terror in Ukraine\u003cbr\u003e Arab Terror, Then and Now\u003cbr\u003e The Role of Antisemitic Ideology\u003cbr\u003e Civilian Collaborators\u003cbr\u003e Raising German Youth to Kill\u003cbr\u003e Genocide Trophies \u003c\/div\u003e 7. Universities and the Nazis \u003cdiv\u003e Harvard\u003cbr\u003e Columbia\u003cbr\u003e MIT\u003cbr\u003e Yale\u003cbr\u003e George Washington University\u003cbr\u003e Isolationism on Campus\u003cbr\u003e Other Troubling Echoes \u003c\/div\u003e 8. Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism \u003cdiv\u003e Emergence of Secular Antisemitism\u003cbr\u003e Antisemitism in America\u003cbr\u003e Anti-Zionism, Then and Now\u003cbr\u003e Postwar Changes in Antisemitism\u003cbr\u003e The U.S. Government vs. Antisemitism\u003cbr\u003e Defining Antisemitism\u003cbr\u003e Facing the New Antisemitism\u003cbr\u003e BDS and Antisemitism\u003cbr\u003e Biden and Harris Break New Ground \u003c\/div\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"The Jewish Publication Society","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670823923992,"sku":"9780827615748","price":18.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-road-to-october-7-hamas-the-holocaust-and-the-eternal-war-against-the-jews-paperback-softback-9780827615748","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}