Have you ever been to Auschwitz? Look no further than Hamas’ actions in Israel

This article originally appeared in The Washington Times on October 10, 2023.

In September 2019, I visited Auschwitz in Poland with the vice president. The camps that make up this complex were a major site of the Nazis’ “Final Solution” in the extermination of Jews. More than 1 million men, women and children were murdered. The visit was emotionally devastating, a visit that ripped the heart.

After boarding Air Force Two, I told the vice president, “For the first time in my life, I doubt the existence of God.” He responded: “It was not God that caused this. It was man.”

Today, images of families slaughtered in their homes and young men, women and children bloodied and taken away by Hamas terrorists are chilling. With a death toll exceeding 800 and with more than 2,500 injured, today marks Israel’s deadliest day since the Yom Kippur War 50 years ago.

Read full op-ed in The Washington Times.