Aviva Klompas

The mob mentality that has turned free speech into a free-for-all at Columbia University and other colleges is telegraphing a message far beyond any single campus and well beyond the United States.

The evidence of UNRWA's failure is overwhelming.

Just two days after the Saturday massacre, before all the bodies were collected or the full number of hostages known, protesters gathered outside the Sydney Opera House and chanted, "Gas the Jews."

While Jews were often prominent in early socialist movements, the attitude of the Kremlin under Stalin and then Khrushchev was one of suspicion and contempt.

Etched into the psyche of the Jewish people is a dread born from centuries of helplessness when enemies would tear Jews from their homes and decide who would live and who would die.

The drumbeat from the West for Israel to back down in its war to destroy Hamas is getting louder.

In the days and weeks to come, as the shock and fog of war recedes and the full repercussions become clear, this may be a turning point in the West's fight against terror.