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What If October 7 Had Happened Here? Israel’s Courage Stands as a Beacon

What If October 7 Had Happened Here? Israel’s Courage Stands as a Beacon
A soldier mourns near a photo of a deceased relative at the Nova music festival site in Re'im, Israel, on Jan. 5, 2024. Amir Levy/Getty Images
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Canadians could scarcely imagine living beside people who wish them wiped off the face of the Earth. Yet that is Israel’s daily reality—and the only possible way to understand the barbaric Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023. The slaughter of 1,405 innocents, including 370 young people at a music festival, was not a “conflict.” It was an eruption of pure hatred against the world’s only Jewish state.

Gwyn Morgan
Gwyn Morgan
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Gwyn Morgan devoted three decades to building North America’s leading oil and gas company. When he stepped down as founding CEO in 2006, EnCana Corporation had an enterprise value of approximately $60 billion. Gwyn has served as a director of five global corporations including HSBC. He was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2011.