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Source: https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-883405
"Morality" Includes Your Moral Obligation to Defend Yourself and Your People
(Jerusalem Post) Prof. Gil Troy - Too many critics preach at Israel about "morality." Such long-distance hectoring is arrogant, especially coming from critics who have never been shot at. "Morality" includes your moral obligations to defend yourself, your family, your state, your people, your civilization. Loyalty, solidarity, and supporting your people are also moral imperatives, especially after they were viciously attacked on Oct. 7, were bombed mercilessly by Houthis, Hizbullah, and Iranians, and were libeled worldwide as mass-murderers. We want our soldiers passing the mirror test, seeing in their reflection the most moral and successful soldiers they can be, despite searing conditions. But if we are forced to choose between winning this war, which ultimately freed 160 hostages and saved Israel, or being popular, we'd rather be alive than well-liked - especially because we kept asking "what's the alternative...how would you fight this multi-front war against genocidal jihadists cowering behind civilians?" The writer, a Distinguished Scholar of North American History at McGill University, is a Senior Fellow in Zionist Thought at the Jewish People Policy Institute.