The Holocaust did not start with gas chambers. It started with accountants.

Lincoln understood that nations endure not through might but through meaning. Israel’s strength, too, must rest on moral conviction — that a Jewish and democratic state in the Holy Land is not an accident of history but a moral necessity.

As antisemitism rises again — and as figures who claim Catholic identity trivialize Hitler and vilify Jews — it is incumbent upon you to speak with moral thunder.

As Gen. Petraeus warned, “Half-measures in urban warfare do not save lives. They only postpone defeat.”

Yesterday, I visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. In this imagined essay, Anne Frank reflects on the Holocaust, the massacre of October 7, and why the State of Israel and a strong IDF are the only guarantee that “Never Again” is not an empty slogan.

To the American Jewish community: hold your communities safe, yes. But also hold them proud. Show your children that their identity is sacred—not something to be erased—but something to inspire.

Two ancient civilizations, united by shared trauma, must now unite in moral leadership.

The Carlson I see now is unrecognizable—a man who cloaks ignorance in faux patriotism and traffics in rhetoric that is unmistakably antisemitic.

With its staggering wealth derived from natural gas—the third-largest reserves on the planet—Qatar has used financial leverage as a cornerstone of its foreign policy.

The Jewish community is not asking for special protection. We are asking for the same basic security and freedom that every Australian deserves.