Just a few weeks ago, the streets of the world’s major capitals were filled with a familiar, chilling sight: thousands marching under banners of hate, casting Israel as the “modern-day Haman.” The narrative of our isolation seemed set in stone.

But in the blink of an eye—the time it takes for a tyrant to fall—the world has turned upside down. We are witnessing a v’nahafoch hu (reversal) so powerful it feels pulled directly from the parchment of Megillat Esther.

As news broke of the regime’s collapse in Iran, the celebrations didn’t just happen in Jerusalem. They erupted in the heart of Tehran, Shiraz, and Isfahan. But the “reversal” has gone global. In Athens, where anti-Israel rhetoric has often been loud, crowds gathered in a strange, hopeful solidarity. In Amsterdam, the Dam Square—a place that has recently felt the sting of rising antisemitism—became a sea of “Lion and Sun” flags flying alongside the Blue and White.

They weren’t just celebrating the fall of a dictator; they were celebrating the success of the Jewish State in........

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