I watched again last night Ronald S. Lauder’s address on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
In particular, the words he spoke about the rise in anti-Semitism that led to death camps like Auschwitz resonated. He spoke of how things began slowly and then rapidly escalated.
He mentioned the rising we see today in Europe, North America and even mentioned in Australia. More importantly, he stressed that what started in 1933 was started by those who hated Jews. But it was advanced by indifference by those who thought anti-Semitism it didn’t affect them because they were not Jewish. However, he pointed out that the death camps’ victims encompassed more than just Jews. He mentioned the 70,000 Polish Christians who were also killed at Auschwitz, along with many others.
He noted that once again we are seeing the attacks, the boycotts, and the exclusions, but they’re not just targeting Jews. They are attacking Judo-Christian beliefs, which is the bedrock of our western civilization. Robert Lauder stresses that today we have a generation lead by social media, indoctrinated by activist teachers and aided by a complacent population who don’t see it as their problem.
But it is these statistics that should alarm us all. In the US today 87% of Americans 30 years of age and over fully support Isreal’s right to exist. Every other country has similar numbers. But under 30 years of age, that number drops to 40%. Nearly half of the future leaders group doesn’t believe Israel has a right to exist.
This isn’t just isolated to America, it’s happening everywhere, and that has never been more clear than here in our own country, Australia. It’s not fundamentally Jews they hate, they hate western civilisation.
We can no longer be indifferent about this because, whilst Jews are being targeted, we are all being targeting and we are all playing the price. And we know where indifference and complacency can and has led and that escalation once it takes hold can be very rapid.
If you haven’t watched Robert Lauder’s address, here’s the link.
