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Mrs. Chaya Yonah
Dec 1, 2025
Rome is a ruin. Israel is alive. The irony they missed while waving their flags.
The Image: Over the weekend, masses of anti-Israel protesters filled the streets of Rome, waving flags and chanting for the end of the Jewish State. The backdrop for their rage? The crumbling ruins of the Colosseum.
The History: You cannot make this up. The Colosseum was funded by the stolen treasures of the Second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, destroyed by Titus in 70 AD. It was built by the sweat and blood of tens of thousands of Jewish slaves dragged into exile. It was meant to be the eternal monument to Rome's final victory over the God of Israel and His people.
The Irony: Two thousand years later, look at the picture. Rome is a ruin. The Empire of Edom that sought to erase us is a tourist attraction for crumbling stone.
Yet, the people they thought they destroyed are back in their land, speaking Hebrew in Jerusalem. The descendants of the destroyers are now standing in front of their own wreckage, protesting the life of the nation that outlived them.
They stand in the shadow of death to protest life. They don't realize that the very stones behind them testify that the God of Israel keeps His promises. Rome falls. Zion rises. Am Yisrael Chai.