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What ‘never again’ actually requires

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Long, M. (2026, November 1). What ‘never again’ actually requires. Washington Examiner. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/4779992/flags-of-fellowship-christian-support-israel/

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The author describes attending a memorial event at Banias Church in northern Israel on September 15, where 1,200 Israeli flags were displayed to honor the memory of people killed on October 7, 2023. The writer reflects on how each flag represents an individual with family and a community affected by their loss. Highlighting a moment of interfaith solidarity, the author notes that Christians at the church honored Jewish losses, emphasizing shared grief and support across religious lines.

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Story summary

On September 15, 2026, Max Long, a Jewish person and an Israel Defense Forces reservist, attended a memorial event at Banias Church in northern Israel. The ceremony honored the victims of the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, with 1,200 Israeli flags representing each individual life lost. Each flag symbolized someone murdered during that incident, emphasizing the human impact behind the numerical death toll. At this interfaith gathering, Christian attendees showed solidarity by displaying Jewish symbols like the Star of David openly, highlighting a shared sense of loss and mutual support between different faith communities in Israel.

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I stood on a hilltop at Banias Church in northern Israel, surrounded by 1,200 Israeli flags. Each represented someone murdered on Oct. 7, 2023.

right emphasizes the loss of life and support for Israel
People of another faith had made space for our loss in their own community.

right highlights interfaith solidarity with Jewish communities

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Leaning: leans right for article 121558 (medium confidence, 2 verified quotes) · logged 2026-11-01

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Who wrote this

Max Long

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Topics

Christians Israel Israel Defense Forces Israeli Jewish

Subjects

Christians NORP · 1× Israel GPE · 1× Israel Defense Forces ORG · 1× Israeli NORP · 1× Jewish NORP · 1× Jews NORP · 1×

Narrative

As a Jewish person and an Israel Defense Forces reservist, I looked across those flags and saw Christians remembering people from my country whom we had lost.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-01

2026-11-01 · Washington Examiner

What ‘never again’ actually requires · assertive framing

Claims (8 extracted, 0 hedged)

On Sept. 15, I stood on a hilltop at Banias Church in northern Israel, surrounded by 1,200 Israeli flags. asserted

I → stand → flags

Each represented someone murdered on Oct. 7, 2023. asserted

Each → represent → Oct.

I thought about how easily a number can hide the people behind it. asserted

number → think → it

Every person had a family, a future, and a place in someone else’s life. asserted

person → have → life

As a Jewish person and an Israel Defense Forces reservist, I looked across those flags and saw Christians remembering people from my country whom we had lost. asserted

we → look → whom

The Star of David, which Jews have been targeted for wearing, stood openly on church grounds. asserted

Jews → target → grounds

People of another faith had made space for our loss in their own community. asserted

People → make → community

Those flags told me that our grief mattered to them, and that we did not have to carry it alone. asserted

we → tell → it