by David Virtue on Substsack
Accusing Israel of Genocide when she is a victim of Genocide is the definition of insanity
If there is one historical group that understands the ontological nature of evil; it is the Jews.
They have been bullied, persecuted, incarcerated, shot, murdered, and sent packing from country to country. Through it all they have survived.
In the Middle East they have built a democracy surrounded by nations run by oil rich oligarchs, so called Republics run by strong men, manipulators and murderers.
Today Israel sits isolated, a democracy that includes two million Arab Israelis who enjoy all the benefits of a free state.
What other nation on earth would take a jailed murderer in the person of Yahya Sinwar, give him free brain surgery, then release him, only to find that he and his brother are the brains behind the worst massacre since the Holocaust and then get world attention focused on a sliver of land that puts Israel at risk for international opprobrium.
It beggars belief. One can only marvel that countries like UK, France, Germany and the ICJ should beat up on Israel, even as Israel faces imminent threat from a nation enriching its nuclear capability with the single purpose of destroying it. 31 countries still don’t recognize Israel.
Liberals of all geopolitical stripes refuse to understand or believe in the nature and depth of evil. Jews will always have the Holocaust as a permanent reminder of what the face of evil looks like. The gas chambers, the gaunt faces of women and children, hands held high, surrendering to jack-booted men whose only will is their destruction. These images will never be erased from their minds. Not all the Holocaust museums in the world can capture the depth of evil visited upon a single people and nation.
Now Israel finds itself demonized by the world and its very existence threatened by a neighbor whose “death to Israel” mantra is the only reason for its existence.