The real problem is the Western World's Woke Press.
They are the audience for this.
Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah know this for a fact so they keep putting their own children in danger on purpose.
Menwhile they are free to send missiles and cluster bombs to Israel willy nilly into Jerusalem, Tel Aviv condos, houses, apartment buildings.
How many Israeli Naval Vessels have been sunk - Zero
How many Israeli Air Forces bases and planes have been struck - Zero
How many IDF base hit - Zero
Those are not Iran's targets.
Finally, the only good Jew is a dead one according to the Sunnah (Sira, Koran, Hadiths etc) , so whether it is an IDF soldier or 6 year little Jewish boy in school, both deaths are equally celebrated, and The Western Woke Press?
This is not woke? Jewish kids are off limits but nobody else's kids are? Israel has the most moral army in the world and it has just crushed and smashed Gaza morally. Israel has invaded Lebanon but it's its moral duty to do so and any kid murdered was murdered morally. Complete fucking delusion and also the first woke which seeks to gaslight everyone everywhere.
Hey idiot, Israel is NOT trying to kill kids while its enemies DELIBERATELY target Jewish kids. Why is this so hard to distinguish? When kids are killed on the other side it's because the terrorists DELIBERATELY embed themselves and their infrastructure within the civilian populations. Did you actually read the article or choose to ignore the points it is making? It's hard to believe you and others of your ilk do not understand this. But you feign ignorance in order to demonize Israel and pretend there's moral equivalence. What a jerk.
Israelis are probably the most propagandized people in the world. As I said to someone today I don't think that it's a country but rather a military camp. That's why the Israeli government is currently looking at the Greek Islands to decamp to (which is already Cyprus's role). It's ironic really as the Penteteuch is a Hellenic work and Samos is where the much lauded tunnel and wall really are.
Lucy has now blocked me. I find that a lot. Whether progressive, reform, orthodox or chabad there is no debate! (that should be recognisable enough for anybody who has been picked on by woke in the last 10 years)
This article is BEYOND OUTSTANDING! I am sending it to everyone I know. Congratulations for writing something...so clear, so obvious, so understated and so often ignored and denied. Every human being who believes in life and the lies the media uses to distort the truth should have this article at their fingertips and ready to share. Great Job!
"Any serious moral framework, in war or in law, must return to first principles." The Islamic crazies ARE at first principles which are first, last, and only that Israel must die no matter what tactic is used. If it means allowing their women and children to be slaughtered due to embedding the terrorists within then go for it. Personally, and I know this will be controversial, we have too many women worldwide forcing their phony empathy on men which is leading to civilizational degradation.
What strikes me is how obvious the double standard has become. Once the moral verdict is decided — Israel the villain, Jews the aggressor — the rest of the story is simply arranged to fit that conclusion.
I’m not a psychologist, so I don’t claim to know all the reasons. But historically Jews have often been an easy scapegoat: a small minority, often relatively successful, and in the diaspora largely non-violent and law-abiding. That combination can make a community look like an easy target for blame and hostility.
In the end, all one can really do is keep stating the facts and hope that enough people still care about truth and moral clarity.
Under the Confucian Law of dynastic China, this problem would be resolved by clan extermination of the perpetrator, and thus it was unlikely to occur because of family responsibility. AFAIK, this approach has never been mooted in Western societies as a method of stopping the familiar outrage of terrorists escalating their atrocities to get free publicity from the media.
This is really a terrific article Lucy applying moral philosophy into a world of all too simplistic ahistorical binaries and wild accusations, like the Israeli project in Gaza is/was genocide. This article is the perfect empirically informed and dispassionate argument against such crude accusations: Gaza strikes me as an almost sui generis form of highly sophisticated urban warfare that looked to deeply embed the military within the civilian in a ruthless and cruel manner that resulted in tragic consequences for innocent people irrespective of their political orientations. Too many lose sight of the IDF goal, to destroy Hamas as a military force whatever it takes, not many offer alternative strategies to achieve that goal.
There has one proven way to do that from all the research I have ever seen: Showing clearly to the Muslim that Islam utterly lacks morality. Once he's made aware of Islam's lack of morality you stand a good chance (around 50%) of changing the Muslim's mind.
Our fake disgusting media is entirely complicit with hamas, hezbollah and the Tehran regime for making the strategy of using human shields, especially children, a successful one. The western media, government officials and organizations have blood on their hands every time they wrongly, duplicitously and spitefully blame America or Israel for civilian deaths.
Brilliant article Lucy. It is breathtaking in it's clarity and clear thinking.
The real problem is the Western World's Woke Press.
They are the audience for this.
Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah know this for a fact so they keep putting their own children in danger on purpose.
Menwhile they are free to send missiles and cluster bombs to Israel willy nilly into Jerusalem, Tel Aviv condos, houses, apartment buildings.
How many Israeli Naval Vessels have been sunk - Zero
How many Israeli Air Forces bases and planes have been struck - Zero
How many IDF base hit - Zero
Those are not Iran's targets.
Finally, the only good Jew is a dead one according to the Sunnah (Sira, Koran, Hadiths etc) , so whether it is an IDF soldier or 6 year little Jewish boy in school, both deaths are equally celebrated, and The Western Woke Press?
Well, that is not a worthy story so Not a Word.
This is not woke? Jewish kids are off limits but nobody else's kids are? Israel has the most moral army in the world and it has just crushed and smashed Gaza morally. Israel has invaded Lebanon but it's its moral duty to do so and any kid murdered was murdered morally. Complete fucking delusion and also the first woke which seeks to gaslight everyone everywhere.
Your inversion of this article is overwhelming and only shows your implacable ignorance and anti Jewish bias.
LOL. Really. Take a critique without defaulting to ad hominem. Come on you can do it.
Hey idiot, Israel is NOT trying to kill kids while its enemies DELIBERATELY target Jewish kids. Why is this so hard to distinguish? When kids are killed on the other side it's because the terrorists DELIBERATELY embed themselves and their infrastructure within the civilian populations. Did you actually read the article or choose to ignore the points it is making? It's hard to believe you and others of your ilk do not understand this. But you feign ignorance in order to demonize Israel and pretend there's moral equivalence. What a jerk.
Yes I read the article. It is atrocious. I'll give you a little taste of that.
"was reportedly struck"
Wasn't really struck
"Early casualty reports fluctuated wildly, from single digits to well over a hundred"
It was only one or two kids. No big deal.
etc etc
Israelis are probably the most propagandized people in the world. As I said to someone today I don't think that it's a country but rather a military camp. That's why the Israeli government is currently looking at the Greek Islands to decamp to (which is already Cyprus's role). It's ironic really as the Penteteuch is a Hellenic work and Samos is where the much lauded tunnel and wall really are.
Because of its genocidal enemies, Israel is forced to be heavily armed, you jerk.
Ah genocide. Might be a word to keep away from for an Israeli or Israeli supporter right now no?
How did Tucker Carlson get on here with the name Richard Seager?
Due to your argumentum ad hominem.
Oh and I forgot, we in the West are nice but naive. Or maybe Israel is not a country but a military base.
Lucy has now blocked me. I find that a lot. Whether progressive, reform, orthodox or chabad there is no debate! (that should be recognisable enough for anybody who has been picked on by woke in the last 10 years)
No need to block you.
Everyone needs to read what uninformed people write.
You sound like the Volkisher Beobachter were it still around today.
I'd suggest that you stop projecting. Nobody is fooled.
This article is BEYOND OUTSTANDING! I am sending it to everyone I know. Congratulations for writing something...so clear, so obvious, so understated and so often ignored and denied. Every human being who believes in life and the lies the media uses to distort the truth should have this article at their fingertips and ready to share. Great Job!
"Any serious moral framework, in war or in law, must return to first principles." The Islamic crazies ARE at first principles which are first, last, and only that Israel must die no matter what tactic is used. If it means allowing their women and children to be slaughtered due to embedding the terrorists within then go for it. Personally, and I know this will be controversial, we have too many women worldwide forcing their phony empathy on men which is leading to civilizational degradation.
What strikes me is how obvious the double standard has become. Once the moral verdict is decided — Israel the villain, Jews the aggressor — the rest of the story is simply arranged to fit that conclusion.
I’m not a psychologist, so I don’t claim to know all the reasons. But historically Jews have often been an easy scapegoat: a small minority, often relatively successful, and in the diaspora largely non-violent and law-abiding. That combination can make a community look like an easy target for blame and hostility.
In the end, all one can really do is keep stating the facts and hope that enough people still care about truth and moral clarity.
Under the Confucian Law of dynastic China, this problem would be resolved by clan extermination of the perpetrator, and thus it was unlikely to occur because of family responsibility. AFAIK, this approach has never been mooted in Western societies as a method of stopping the familiar outrage of terrorists escalating their atrocities to get free publicity from the media.
Great essay, Lucy. Well written.
This is really a terrific article Lucy applying moral philosophy into a world of all too simplistic ahistorical binaries and wild accusations, like the Israeli project in Gaza is/was genocide. This article is the perfect empirically informed and dispassionate argument against such crude accusations: Gaza strikes me as an almost sui generis form of highly sophisticated urban warfare that looked to deeply embed the military within the civilian in a ruthless and cruel manner that resulted in tragic consequences for innocent people irrespective of their political orientations. Too many lose sight of the IDF goal, to destroy Hamas as a military force whatever it takes, not many offer alternative strategies to achieve that goal.
Converting a Muslim
There has one proven way to do that from all the research I have ever seen: Showing clearly to the Muslim that Islam utterly lacks morality. Once he's made aware of Islam's lack of morality you stand a good chance (around 50%) of changing the Muslim's mind.
This article does that.
Thank You
Our fake disgusting media is entirely complicit with hamas, hezbollah and the Tehran regime for making the strategy of using human shields, especially children, a successful one. The western media, government officials and organizations have blood on their hands every time they wrongly, duplicitously and spitefully blame America or Israel for civilian deaths.