Again, the only question I pose is this: what course of action will secure Israel's future? Or, at the very least, contribute to securing Israel's future?
I've previously referred to a book called 'Terror and Consent,' by Philip Bobbitt. Bobbitt makes clear that our adversaries (Hamas, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah, etc.) simply do not respond in the same manner as previous adversaries (Germany, Japan, etc.). Israel can bomb Hamas in the 'tit-for-tat' kind of method they've used over the years...but Hamas has no compunction about sending every single man, woman and child to their death. This makes it very difficult to 'win' a war in sense familiar to the Western World.
By the way, I urge you to check out the writings of Rabbi Donnel Hartman, co-director of the Shalom Hartman Institute. One voice, yes, but an important voice.
Meanwhile, Italy is the first EU country to pull out of Durban II. This is very good news and we can only hope that every other civilized country will follow the lead of Italy, Canada and the United States. Durban II will be an antisemitic debacle.
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Were an torahs, or ha torahs hurt?
ReplyDeleteNo, thankfully, there was no significant damage to anything.
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