Anti-Semitism renders irrelevant the justice of Israel’s war in Gaza.
by Sara Yoheved Rigler for aish.com
Joan
Rivers was stopped by an impromptu interviewer and asked about the war
in Gaza. She answered that if New Jersey were shooting rockets at New
York, “we’d wipe out Jersey.” The interviewer continued to pry her with
questions about Gaza’s civilian casualties. Joan, incredulous, erupted,
“They started it. You’re all insane. They started it!!”In the eyes of Israel’s advocates, the necessity for the war against Hamas is as indisputable as a mathematical equation. Support for the ground invasion of Gaza spans Israel’s political spectrum. According to a poll taken last week, 91% of Israeli Jews support Israel’s military campaign (the first time in anyone’s historical memory that 91% of Israeli Jews agreed on anything!). To us in Israel it is simple and clear: Hamas, committed to the destruction of Israel in its Charter and in its actions, poses an existential threat to our lives and the lives of our children.
Yet, no matter how clearly Israel’s advocates state their case, diplomats around the world, leading news outlets, the UN, and even the American administration, all people who are certifiably sane and even smart, don’t seem to get it. In Israel it feels like we’ve fallen down a rabbit hole where everything is topsy-turvy, and nothing makes sense.
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