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Martin Sinkoff's avatar

So well informed, interesting and useful. Josh, you must become a rabbi and we, your readers, will quickly join your congregation. Thank you always for your insights and for your encouragement! 🙏🏻⭐🙏🏻⭐🙏🏻⭐

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Robbin Close's avatar

Yes, Joshua is always brilliant in his analysis. He helps us to understand the situation and calms us down from our worries. ❤️🇮🇱🇺🇸

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Katherine Augustson's avatar

Your explanation is pure and truth! I say Israel has a God given right and responsibility to take back what God gave the “Children of Israel” thousands of years ago through His Devine Land Grant! And to rid Israel of the still alive Philistines to this very day! My prayers for today’s ISRAELI WARRIORS IS THAT GOD WILL GIVE THEM HIS WISDOM, VISION, STRENGTH AND DISCERNMENT TO SEE!

Shalom🙏

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MICHAEL BELL's avatar

This is the moment to secure Israel’s future and peace for the Israeli people. Public opinion be damned.

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Jillene Moore's avatar

Brilliantly researched and articulately stated. Thank you!

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Jesse Samuels's avatar

Everyone, especially Jews crying about how bad Israel is in this war (that Israel did not seek,) should read this and pass it along to those who don't subscribe to the Future of Jewish. Try to get those who just don't understand the mind-set and motivations of Israel's Arab neighbors. Neighbors who could gain so much from coexistence with Israel. Israel's doubters have to realize that they cannot think about those Palestinians who want us dead through our own cultural vales. Thank you, again, Josh!

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Elisabeth de Wit de Waard's avatar

Rabbi Yochanan Ben Zakkai certainly had this wisdom from Torah: B’Midbar 20:19

Thank you for sharing this clarification. Much appreciate this

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Elisabeth de Wit de Waard's avatar

Especially the vast evidence of truth in the Scriptures

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Helen Rauch-Elnekave's avatar

Wonderful!! Thank you.

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George Shay's avatar

The wisdom of the Torah is awe inspiring.

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Richard Hacker's avatar

Great advice. Get after it already and press it to a successful conclusion.

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Mike Perceval's avatar

Amen!!! May God give Israel’s leaders within every realm wisdom, courage, and unity in resolve to finish this necessary work of war.

May He turn the hearts of the people to seek Him, and commit their lives wholly to Him, according to His Word, and not be of two minds, or trust in the fragile reeds of man, or any other idol of supposed power and wisdom. In so doing, may He unite His imperfect people to support, strengthen, and follow their imperfect leaders, praying that His Spirit will guide and work through their imperfections, to protect them from their own folly, and bring about His perfect will.

May He continue to restrain and expose those within Israel and the Diaspora whose actions are self-serving, or who, knowingly or unknowingly, further the schemes of Israel’s many enemies - and bring their scheming to naught.

May He give her warriors great courage, strength, wisdom, skill, and protection against the schemes of their enemies, turning their evil back upon themselves.

And may He move upon the hearts and minds of those people who seek to know and honor Him throughout the world, giving them eyes to see, and ears to hear, what is of Him versus Satan and his minions, that they might heed and obey His voice of warning and instruction.

These things I pray, in the name of Yeshua HaMashiach; Jesus, the Jewish Messiah, who died for the sins of all human beings, across all ages, and whom I love, serve, and seek to honor.

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Ronda Wells MD's avatar

“Ashkelon will see it and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony and Ekron, too, for her hope will wither. Gaza shall lose its king and Ashkelon will be deserted.” Zechariah 9:5

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Richard Friedman's avatar

Jewish maxims are fine until they run into current realities. Conquering Gaza City makes no sense. The Jews can’t rule it and trying to get Arabs unaffiliated with Hamas to do so is a pipe dream. The residents should be told they have 24 hours to get out and then Israel should flatten it. Where will the residents go? Wherever they can. And stop feeding enemies. It only prolongs the war and wins no points. And the 20 living hostages can’t continue to be the tail wagging the dog. Harsh? Not in the long run.

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edward green's avatar

you are absolutely right. the solution is a population transfer. Move the arabs to Algeria, Iraq and Libya where there is vast oil wealth to support the arabs and vast empty land for them to settle on. Don't defund the police. Defund the UN.

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Anonymous's avatar

I agree with everything but conquering Gaza City. It must happen and be emptied of all Arabs. The world be damned. They are not the friends of the Jews.

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blackdog1955's avatar

The issue of saving the hostages v. destroying Hamas has plagued us since October 7. Ending the war may bring some (it will never be all) home, but capitulation has always ended with eventually more hostages and more hostages and more. So I say to the families of the hostages, you're suffering is unimaginable, and I grieve and cry with you, but in order to end the fighting today and bring your loved one home, first choose the children of the next generation that will eventually take their place.

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8hEdited

The essential spectrum for understanding toward action. So well presented!!!

Note: Jews need to be more Jewish.

Well done!!

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Paul B's avatar

Surely, if you can just kill enough everything will work out. 🙄

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ryan's avatar

I admit I'm questioning the Israeli cabinet's decision.....fearing more IDF soldiers 's deaths at age 19 and 20....and for dubious goal.

I read Book of Joshua in astonishment at the ruthlessness and the call for destruction by HaShem that can't sit well with today's woke post Jewish Jews. The ones wearing the Pal table cloth.

By the time, Maimonides fled Spain for N. Africa and Land of Israel, Jews had long since had a fighting army to defend us. Every time I read about Jews in German occupied Europe I am reminded of our helplessness against our enemies. Today's Germany is halting arms to Israel! Ms Zyklon B is rowing a boat to Gaza....effing......b.......ch......My fear for getting back the Auschwitz prisoners of 2025 ALIVE.....anyhow.....another good one Joshua. I'm learning as I read.

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