“The people in this room say that this resolution is about Gaza…but we know that’s not true. They’re trying to make life harder for Jews here in America. And they’re succeeding.” 14-year-old Phoebe Wolf is experiencing first-hand the horrific rise in antisemitism in the U.S. since October 7th in her own classroom in Durham, North Carolina. She describes to the City Council how Jewish kids are scared to wear Jewish stars or kippahs, and are already seeing glimpses into Nazi Germany, 1939. “The goal of Hamas was not just to kill Israeli families but to make every Jew alive fearful and feel pain,” Phoebe says, demonstrating just how passing a ceasefire resolution would aid in both goals, and saying that she doesn't “know what’s scarier. Watching pure evil terrorize your people or seeing so much of the world support it." The world is playing right into the Hamas’ hands because it is easier to side with the terrorist organization than to support Jews. Let that sink in.