Ben Shapiro: "I Am a Jew" (2023-10-10). Excerpt from "The Face of Absolute Evil" (2023-10-09), about the 7 October attacks. Also published in Jewish World Review, Jewish Press and The Daily Times.
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"I am a Jew." Those have been the words of the Jewish people for three millennia. Those were the words of the men, women and children of Masada. Those were the words of the followers of Bar Kokhba. Those were the words of Jews in Granada in 1066, and the Rhineland in 1096, and Khmelnytsky from 1648 to 1657, and Kishinev in 1903, in Hebron in 1929. Those were the words of Jews in Auschwitz and Treblinka. Those were the last words of Daniel Pearl. And those are my words, too.

— Ben Shapiro on Persecution of Jews

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About Ben Shapiro

Benjamin Aaron "Ben" Shapiro (born 15 January 1984, is an American conservative political commentator, nationally syndicated columnist, author, radio talk show host, and attorney.