Zev Stub is the Times of Israel's Diaspora Affairs correspondent.
Flags planted as part of the Flags of Fellowship campaign in honor of the second anniversary of the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023. (IFCJ)
More than 1.5 million Israeli flags are being planted around the United States to mark the second anniversary of the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023.
Under the second annual Flags of Fellowship campaign by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ), more than 1,300 churches, synagogues and universities across all 50 states are each displaying 1,200 flags in honor of the 1,200 people killed that day.
The campaign, which runs October 2-8, kicked off with a ceremony at Kibbutz Nir Oz, one of the most affected communities in the Gaza envelope, where nearly a quarter of the community’s residents were killed or taken captive by Hamas. The ceremony saw the placement of the first 1,200 flags in commemoration of the 1,200 people murdered during the October 7th massacre.
The international campaign launched with a gathering on October 5th at the World Outreach Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, with its congregation of 10,000 pro-Israel activists.
“Every one of these flags carries a simple and sacred truth: Am Yisrael is not alone,” said IFCJ President Yael Eckstein, using a Hebrew term for the Jewish people.
Flags planted as part of the Flags of Fellowship campaign in honor of the second anniversary of the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023. (IFCJ)
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