‘The War Room’ Arose Overnight to Handle Crisis in Jerusalem

As soon as he woke up on Oct. 7, Adir Schwarz knew he had to do something. By noon, the Jerusalem city councilman had helped launch an organization, the Jerusalem Civilian Command Center. By nightfall, it had 100 volunteers and some office space. They would soon grow to 7,000 volunteers and take over the entire building, a new and half-empty building with safe rooms loaned to them by Jerusalem’s Nissan Nativ Acting School. Informally calling themselves Hamal, or The War Room, they jumped in to address many concerns the government couldn’t handle fast enough, Mr. Schwarz told The Epoch Times in a March interview....