The wheat is growing again: The message to take from the October 7 massacre

Ido Tauber writes that three years after October 7, alongside memory and mourning, the view of the Gaza envelope fields and the growing wheat alongside military power prove that there is hope and the ability for deep change that will lead to a great victory. He compares the war to the Yom Kippur War, which ended in a great Israeli victory, and asserts that this time too we knew how to make the mental shift and take action against all our enemies.

Ido Tauber, a columnist for Channel 14, publishes a monologue marking three years since the October 7 massacre. He notes that Israel marks three years since 'the day of disaster, the day of hidden face' in which about 1,200 Israelis were murdered and fell, following the security failure and the concept that allowed Hamas to infiltrate the settlements. Alongside memorial rallies that will honor the heroes, the fallen, and the massacred, Tauber looks toward the fields of the Gaza envelope, where 'the wheat continues to grow.' He compares the situation to the Yom Kippur War, which had 2,800 casualties but ended with Israel turning the tables and winning, reaching 100 kilometers from Cairo and 40 kilometers from Damascus. Tauber asserts that 'in this campaign too we knew how to make the change, we knew how to make the mental shift and also the great activity against all our enemies in all arenas.' The central message: the wheat is growing again, and this will be the great victory. The column combines memory, consolation, and national hope, using an agricultural metaphor and a historical parallel.