“It is not about Israelis, or Jews. Or Palestinians, or Muslims. It is about all of us.”
Rockets are fired toward Israel from the Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023., not just for the number of innocent civilians killed in a single day but also because it shocked the targeted nation and the entire world.Editorial pages, college presidents, thought leaders, journalists, educators, clergy, business leaders, politicians, philanthropists, anyone with a leadership role and a voice, needs to roundly condemn terrorism. Every. Single. Time.
And anyone who supports Israel’s right to exist and to defend itself, even those who may also criticize that nation’s governance and policies, is also seen as an enemy of Palestinians in particular and Muslims in general. This is misguided. Nothing that is going on in the Middle East today, or for the last 70 years, justifies a blanket condemnation of Jews, antisemitic hate speech or the violence that often follows.
Among the lessons of these horrible events for Americans is that a country divided cannot protect itself.remain vacant as members of the Senate block qualified presidential appointments. Our own Capitol was attacked and our democratic processes were interrupted on Jan. 6 by our own citizens. The loss of democracy in Gaza is also a factor here. Hamas was elected to govern the territory in 2006 and has not faced the voters since. It has no claim to be the legitimate governing party of that territory, and holds power only through intimidation and stoking hate for Israel.
That is, apparently, a goal for which Hamas was willing to cause the deaths, not only of many innocent Israelis and citizens of other nations who happened to be there, but an untold number of their own people.
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