Three years ago today, Hamas terrorists murdered innocent men, women, and children, and dragged hundreds more into captivity. It was the deadliest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust.
I'm the son of Syrians who fled a brutal dictatorship. I've spent my adult life fighting the Islamist ideology that fuels Hamas, Hezbollah, and the regime in Iran that bankrolls them, from inside my own faith community, at real personal cost. These terrorists do not speak for Islam. They are enemies of freedom, of Muslims, and of America.
Israel is our closest ally in the Middle East and is the frontline democracy fighting the same evil we face. We stand with Israel in remembrance of those tragic losses.