Senator Ted Cruz delivered a passionate address this week, declaring that the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 attacks has drawn a stark moral line between civilization and barbarism. In a fiery speech, Cruz praised Israel’s military campaign to eradicate Hamas as “unambiguously good” and condemned what he called the growing antisemitism festering within America’s universities and radical left movements.

“The world saw unspeakable evil on October 7,” Cruz said. “Israel’s mission to destroy Hamas is not just justified — it’s a moral necessity. This is a battle of civilization versus barbarism.”

Cruz went on to accuse segments of the American left of moral blindness, arguing that campus protests and political silence in the face of terror reveal a dangerous ideological decay. “The antisemitism we’re seeing in academia and among progressive activists is shameful,” he said. “It shows how deeply the rot of moral relativism has spread.”

The Texas senator’s remarks come as Israel continues its military operations in Gaza, following Hamas’s deadly assault that killed over a thousand civilians and sparked global outrage. Cruz positioned the conflict not only as a defense of Israel’s sovereignty, but as a broader defense of Western values, moral clarity, and human dignity.

“Evil must be confronted,” Cruz concluded. “And standing with Israel means standing with civilization itself.”