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Source: https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/3000-years-of-solitude-a-response-to-the-economist-cover/
Israel Teaches the World about Good and Evil
(Israel Hayom) Dror Eydar - Our people have a role in the world that is still ongoing. This time, we are called upon to awaken the world from its slumber and fight evil. Western civilization, especially Europe, is tired of war, as are the U.S. and other countries. The initial instinct is to expel the factor that is seen as causing all the problems - namely, Israel. The human tendency is to deny and blame the other - the Jews or their state. Israel's war against Hamas is not merely a localized affair. It is the war of the entire Free World against tyranny that seeks to enslave the world in the name of faith in a pagan death cult. The moral perception of the nations that preach to us not to enter Rafah and finish the job stems from a confusion between private morality and political morality. We are not fighting individuals, but a nation whose unifying core is the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews wherever they may be. As far as they are concerned, the Jews are the spearhead of all Western (Judeo-Christian) civilization. For them, Israel is only the outpost of this civilization; our enemies believe (and they have stated thousands of times) that we are the gateway to the collapse of the entire West. Therefore, it is incumbent upon the West not to leave Israel alone, but to strengthen it and hasten reinforcements. Is Israel isolated? Perhaps. There is nothing new in that. As always, we will survive and win. The God of Israel did not bring us back to Zion after thousands of years in exile in order to toy with us. The question is, will the West understand that its long-term existence lies in the balance? The writer is a former Israeli Ambassador to Italy.