I saw children through the fence playing with an empty tear gas canister. I wonder what my life would have been like if I’d been born on the other side.
It is your dream, Mr. Katz, not theirs. And until it is -- if ever -- there will always be a need for good to stand its ground against evil and to make Never Again a reality for the Jewish people.
I’m sorry to say this, but what did you think being a frontline solider was? Dressing up like a GI Joe? The fact that Jews and Israelis are hyper-sensitive to misconduct by the IDF reveals a willingness to see everyone else as our victims--an internalization of antisemitic double standards.
Last week we found out what it'd be like if Hamas patrolled the border fence and innocent Israelis lived on the other side. But, you know, at least they spared us the tear gas.
Maybe - just maybe - if they stopped rioting and demonstrating and milling about, and started working and acting like normal, decent human beings, they could be happy and successful and not in a perpetual state of war with a nation that wants only to live in peace.
Kol Hakavod Jacob. Until the Arabs stop educating their children to hate and kill Jews we will need brave soldiers to guard our borders. I lost a son who fought in Gaza in 2014.
"I wondered what my life would have been like if I had been born on the other side of the fence. Would I have agreed with those who told me to wish for the death of another people?"
The answer is most definitely yes, Jacob. In fact, no one would need tell you to wish for the death of Israel and every Israeli. Just as in the case of Nazi Germany's Hitlerjugend, you would have been inculcated from infancy to strive for it, through exposure to Palestinian Authority children's television shows (for merely one example see the clip at https://www.memri.org/tv/hamas-childrens-show-criminal-jews-plotting-replace-aqsa-with-temple-defend-until-last-drop-of-blood), and through government schools, much of it paid for by the largess of the EU, the UN, and even the U.S.
It is your dream, Mr. Katz, not theirs. And until it is -- if ever -- there will always be a need for good to stand its ground against evil and to make Never Again a reality for the Jewish people.
Im so confused about history
Where else has it ever happened in world events that those that lose a war they start get to dictate the terms afterwards?
The arabs were a mixed population living in a territory jews living there called land of israel
British / french created different counties from the area ( jordan, syria, lebanon)
Jews were given a sliver for themselves. Arabs went crazy over that because they hate jews in their space
Tooo bad
Thank you.
I’m sorry to say this, but what did you think being a frontline solider was? Dressing up like a GI Joe? The fact that Jews and Israelis are hyper-sensitive to misconduct by the IDF reveals a willingness to see everyone else as our victims--an internalization of antisemitic double standards.
Last week we found out what it'd be like if Hamas patrolled the border fence and innocent Israelis lived on the other side. But, you know, at least they spared us the tear gas.
Beautifully and humanely written. Thank you.
Oh yes, everything about the invasion and slaughter of Israelis says: "Let me have freedom. Trust me."
It is your dream. The dreams of those 8 year olds were to kill you and every other Jew in Israel. And that's why things are as they are.
Thank you for your honest writing. It is a terrible situation. You are doing what you can.
At 13 or 14 those children have likely been brainwashed.
Maybe - just maybe - if they stopped rioting and demonstrating and milling about, and started working and acting like normal, decent human beings, they could be happy and successful and not in a perpetual state of war with a nation that wants only to live in peace.
Jacob - you are doing G-d’s work. May he bless you and protect you as go back to Israel. Am Yisroel Chai!
Kol Hakavod Jacob. Until the Arabs stop educating their children to hate and kill Jews we will need brave soldiers to guard our borders. I lost a son who fought in Gaza in 2014.
"I wondered what my life would have been like if I had been born on the other side of the fence. Would I have agreed with those who told me to wish for the death of another people?"
The answer is most definitely yes, Jacob. In fact, no one would need tell you to wish for the death of Israel and every Israeli. Just as in the case of Nazi Germany's Hitlerjugend, you would have been inculcated from infancy to strive for it, through exposure to Palestinian Authority children's television shows (for merely one example see the clip at https://www.memri.org/tv/hamas-childrens-show-criminal-jews-plotting-replace-aqsa-with-temple-defend-until-last-drop-of-blood), and through government schools, much of it paid for by the largess of the EU, the UN, and even the U.S.
Powerful words, “Today, they’re probably 13 or 14. How long does it take for those who were used as pawns to become the people moving the pieces?”
Very moving essay.
good luck