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Source: http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=11920
Bearing Witness at The Hague
(Los Angeles Jewish Journal) Rabbi Avi Weiss Sixty years ago, the world was silent as defenseless Jews were taken to their slaughter, while today, with the Jewish people finally able to protect itself, the world is trying to deny Israel the right to self-defense. Today we are all vulnerable to terrorism. And if Israel's fence is taken down, terrorism will increase not only in Israel but around the world. There was a larger sense of common purpose among all of us who had come from so many places to gather in The Hague - a rare moment of Jewish unity that brought together Jews of the left and of the right, Jews who were religious and Jews who were secular. We formed an extraordinary rainbow, sharing a sense of sacred mission. Also gratifying was the 1,200 Christians who marched in solidarity with Israel, holding up pictures of all the Israeli terror victims.