I am neither Israeli nor Jewish. In fact, I am Irish and unsure about any religious beliefs I might have (or not). Sadly, the world cares about neither the Israelis nor the Jews. It seems all too many people and countries are happy to align themselves with Hamas in the name of Palestinian "freedom". I say, at this point, let them. There is no point in trying to get them to change their minds. Hamas will do that for them and they'll soon discover that in the mindset of Islamist terrorism American lives, French lives, South African lives, Irish lives... don't matter either. I stand with Israel and urge her to carry the fight until the end, regardless of what the world says. To borrow some words of Churchill's (no lover of the Jews) Hamas must be beaten, must know they are beaten, must feel they are beaten. There is no other option. Only an utterly defeated Hamas will pave the way for peace. Long live Israel!
Friends we are the the world that excuses, defends, supports, picks sides, holds fear closer than the Teddy Bear and much much much closer than Torah. Barbarism is rooted in fear. Love is not. We will blame one another for being all too human pointing a finger but rarely celebrate acts of loving kindness. The great change in the world has to be love.
Why isn’t the world beseeching Hamas to stop sending missiles into Israel civilian areas (a war crime), stop embedding yourselves among civilians who you use as human shields (a war crime), stop stealing humanitarian aid (a war crime), stop presenting Gazans from leaving (a war crime), and stop holding the hostages (a war crime). Instead, critics, including “keyboard warriors” here”, are impugning Israel’s self-defense strategies without suggesting any alternative ways to eliminate the existential threat of Hamas.
I agree with everything you say. It is nonsensical, yet it is the truth. An inexplicable desire to side with the permanent aggressor who pretends to be the victim. Israel, as always will have to fight its own corner. It is an unbelievable task but many of us believe in you and will speak for you.
"In 2019, for instance, antisemitic terrorists killed three people at a kosher market in New Jersey. ...[details of explosives] ... 'The ‘context’ provided by local news outlets after this attack was breathtaking in its cruelty,'"
Some context would indeed be welcome here, and relevant to the purpose of the article (in my opinion) so I'll try to provide it. After the attack, Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Hamas supporter) tweeted her condemnation of the "white supremacist" killings in the Kosher supermarket in Greenville, Jersey City. She soon had to withdraw the tweet, and then fell silent on the matter.
Why was that? The news emerged that the attack had actually been carried out by two "Black Hebrew Israelites" - in prior social media posts, they repeated the standard BHI teachings that present-day Jews are "Khazar" "imposters" who "stole the birthright" of the real "black Hebrew Israelites", and that the "fascist" police are "controlled by Jews".
As for the "breathtaking cruelty" Dara Horn reports, this came from a local trustee of the Jersey City Board of Education, Joan Terrell-Paige, who posted on Facebook (after the murders) that her fellow black residents were "threatened, intimidated and harassed" by "brutes of the jewish community", whose rabbis are "selling body parts", and asked whether the public was "brave enough" to listen to the BHI perpetrators' message. The state governor requested her resignation, but she said that she was "unrepentant".
The way the murders were described here, the reader would have no idea that Rashida Tlaib's version was false. It was designed to serve her own political ends, hence her lack of interest when she found that the truth ran counter to her political ends - that was where her sympathy for the "dead Jews" ran out. It is therefore surely worth distancing the account from Rashida Tlaib's version, which has the same source as her support for the October 7 massacres and atrocities, and her continued support for the "resistance" of Hamas against Israeli "colonizers".
The most recent US-wide opinion poll, carried out last month, showed that US opinion was 58% in favor of Israel; the compilers of the poll questions seemed to have difficulty over the naming of an opposing entity, and settled on the PA (rather than Hamas, or Palestinians in general), so for what it's worth, US public support for the PA was down to 18%. Since the mainstream media outlets have almost unanimously and uncritically repeated Hamas propaganda and silenced or shown scepticism towards Israel's responses, this statistic is surely impressive - the majority of the US public is solidly enough behind Israel to distrust over four month's of heavily biased reporting. Even the responses in favor of the PA relied largely upon the 18-34 age group, which is the most indoctrinated and least experienced part of the population.
So no, there isn't some general cloud of antisemitism over the US, but there is a dangerous minority nexus linking Rashida Tlaib, many (but not all) Muslim immigrants, young leftists and followers of the Black Hebrew Israelites, the Nation of Islam and similar groups.
Oy. So sad, so true. Of course there are exceptions, and thank G-d for them, but the vast majority of non-Jews throughout the world are busy recreating the mentality of Nazi Germany. The price to be paid will eventually come due for them as well as for us Jews.
I think in the heat of the moment, immediately after the pogrom, Bibi could have released all the Palestinian prisoners in exchange for all the hostages. After that had been completed, Israel should simply have bombed Gaza flat without any exceptions. No food, power or water should have been allowed in to the region
I am neither Israeli nor Jewish. In fact, I am Irish and unsure about any religious beliefs I might have (or not). Sadly, the world cares about neither the Israelis nor the Jews. It seems all too many people and countries are happy to align themselves with Hamas in the name of Palestinian "freedom". I say, at this point, let them. There is no point in trying to get them to change their minds. Hamas will do that for them and they'll soon discover that in the mindset of Islamist terrorism American lives, French lives, South African lives, Irish lives... don't matter either. I stand with Israel and urge her to carry the fight until the end, regardless of what the world says. To borrow some words of Churchill's (no lover of the Jews) Hamas must be beaten, must know they are beaten, must feel they are beaten. There is no other option. Only an utterly defeated Hamas will pave the way for peace. Long live Israel!
Very well said! 🙏
God bless you Sean! There are not many like you out there- thank you from one grateful Jew.
Hi I think you are wrong to say no one else cares a small minority of reasonable intelligent individuals do care and are not fooled by hamas.
Friends we are the the world that excuses, defends, supports, picks sides, holds fear closer than the Teddy Bear and much much much closer than Torah. Barbarism is rooted in fear. Love is not. We will blame one another for being all too human pointing a finger but rarely celebrate acts of loving kindness. The great change in the world has to be love.
Why isn’t the world beseeching Hamas to stop sending missiles into Israel civilian areas (a war crime), stop embedding yourselves among civilians who you use as human shields (a war crime), stop stealing humanitarian aid (a war crime), stop presenting Gazans from leaving (a war crime), and stop holding the hostages (a war crime). Instead, critics, including “keyboard warriors” here”, are impugning Israel’s self-defense strategies without suggesting any alternative ways to eliminate the existential threat of Hamas.
Just wow.
I agree with everything you say. It is nonsensical, yet it is the truth. An inexplicable desire to side with the permanent aggressor who pretends to be the victim. Israel, as always will have to fight its own corner. It is an unbelievable task but many of us believe in you and will speak for you.
"In 2019, for instance, antisemitic terrorists killed three people at a kosher market in New Jersey. ...[details of explosives] ... 'The ‘context’ provided by local news outlets after this attack was breathtaking in its cruelty,'"
Some context would indeed be welcome here, and relevant to the purpose of the article (in my opinion) so I'll try to provide it. After the attack, Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib (Hamas supporter) tweeted her condemnation of the "white supremacist" killings in the Kosher supermarket in Greenville, Jersey City. She soon had to withdraw the tweet, and then fell silent on the matter.
Why was that? The news emerged that the attack had actually been carried out by two "Black Hebrew Israelites" - in prior social media posts, they repeated the standard BHI teachings that present-day Jews are "Khazar" "imposters" who "stole the birthright" of the real "black Hebrew Israelites", and that the "fascist" police are "controlled by Jews".
As for the "breathtaking cruelty" Dara Horn reports, this came from a local trustee of the Jersey City Board of Education, Joan Terrell-Paige, who posted on Facebook (after the murders) that her fellow black residents were "threatened, intimidated and harassed" by "brutes of the jewish community", whose rabbis are "selling body parts", and asked whether the public was "brave enough" to listen to the BHI perpetrators' message. The state governor requested her resignation, but she said that she was "unrepentant".
The way the murders were described here, the reader would have no idea that Rashida Tlaib's version was false. It was designed to serve her own political ends, hence her lack of interest when she found that the truth ran counter to her political ends - that was where her sympathy for the "dead Jews" ran out. It is therefore surely worth distancing the account from Rashida Tlaib's version, which has the same source as her support for the October 7 massacres and atrocities, and her continued support for the "resistance" of Hamas against Israeli "colonizers".
The most recent US-wide opinion poll, carried out last month, showed that US opinion was 58% in favor of Israel; the compilers of the poll questions seemed to have difficulty over the naming of an opposing entity, and settled on the PA (rather than Hamas, or Palestinians in general), so for what it's worth, US public support for the PA was down to 18%. Since the mainstream media outlets have almost unanimously and uncritically repeated Hamas propaganda and silenced or shown scepticism towards Israel's responses, this statistic is surely impressive - the majority of the US public is solidly enough behind Israel to distrust over four month's of heavily biased reporting. Even the responses in favor of the PA relied largely upon the 18-34 age group, which is the most indoctrinated and least experienced part of the population.
So no, there isn't some general cloud of antisemitism over the US, but there is a dangerous minority nexus linking Rashida Tlaib, many (but not all) Muslim immigrants, young leftists and followers of the Black Hebrew Israelites, the Nation of Islam and similar groups.
Oy. So sad, so true. Of course there are exceptions, and thank G-d for them, but the vast majority of non-Jews throughout the world are busy recreating the mentality of Nazi Germany. The price to be paid will eventually come due for them as well as for us Jews.
I think in the heat of the moment, immediately after the pogrom, Bibi could have released all the Palestinian prisoners in exchange for all the hostages. After that had been completed, Israel should simply have bombed Gaza flat without any exceptions. No food, power or water should have been allowed in to the region
That is a hurtful truth