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The Prevention of a Second Holocaust

That in itself is justification for Operation Epic Fury.

Jeffrey Folks | March 4, 2026

According to early reports, Operation Epic Fury has killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, perhaps along with much of the leadership of Iran.  Hopefully, Epic Fury will eliminate the most imminent threat to the existence of Israel as well as threats to American bases and other allies in the region.

What takes Khamenei's place remains to be seen, but the removal of a state leader who spoke ceaselessly of the destruction of the Jewish people is cause for celebration.  Driven by a hatred that is hard to comprehend, Khamenei sought nothing less than a second Holocaust or worse: the death of all 7.76 million Jewish residents of Israel and of Jews around the world.

One man in particular dedicated his entire life to the remembrance of the Holocaust and warning of the possibility of a repetition.  This year marks the tenth anniversary of the death of that man, Elie Wiesel.  In some fifty books — not all of them directly about the Holocaust, but all of them  marked by his experience of it — Wiesel served as what he called an “observer” of the most devastating period in human history.

One of Wiesel’s important concerns was that there still existed antisemitism in every country — certainly in Iran, but also in Western Europe and America.  In this respect, he was prophetic, for since his death, there has been a noticeable rise in antisemitism in the West.  Wiesel could never explain how fascism arose in a country as educated and accomplished as Germany.  Nor could he understand how antisemitism continued to exist in the United States, a country that professes to be the home of liberty, regardless of race, religion, or national origin.

To many of us, it is puzzling that antisemitism has found a........

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