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Israeli Rescuers Are an Example for the West
(Wall Street Journal) Rebecca Sugar - After Israeli soccer fans were beaten in the streets of Amsterdam, we should pay more attention to another image from Thursday's attack: that of two Israeli planes taking off from Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion Airport to rescue the Jews whose safety couldn't be guaranteed in the Netherlands. Jews have always been targeted, but 76 years ago, when the state of Israel was established, they stopped being defenseless. Today, when they are in trouble, someone comes to their aid. No longer history's reliably powerless punching bags, the Jewish people have liberated themselves from centuries of impotence.