(JNS) Fiamma Nirenstein - The aspiration to live in peace in a free society are words we're hearing constantly these days about Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Meanwhile, Israelis have been killed in the thousands because we are Jewish and democratic. During the Second Intifada, 1,137 Israelis were killed and 8,341 were wounded. The latest wave of Palestinian terror has seen 14 deaths in Israel across 10 days. Palestinian terror has nothing to do with a "Palestinian state" that never existed, and continues to be offered and refused countless times. It has nothing to do with the pretense of Jewish colonialism. The Arabs know very well that Jerusalem belonged to the Jewish people long before the Arabs were here. The Jews never brought war. They only defended themselves. The terrorism of recent weeks has to do only with the ideological and religious determination to eradicate the Jews and destroy Israel. After attacks on Jews, sweets are distributed in Arab towns as symbols of joy and celebration. The writer, former vice president of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
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