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Jewish Israelis Face Deadly Anti-Semitism Every Day

(Forward) Ari Hoffman - The murder of Eli Kay in Jerusalem is a good reminder that the greatest threats to Israel are the intentions of its real-life foes. Israel has two major enemies - Palestinian terrorism and Iranian aggression - whose capacity for violence are connected not to what Israel does but what it is. Kay's death illuminates the toxicity of Palestinian ideology that Israel's existence is a crime. The link between Iran's designs and Palestinian terrorism is bound up in a politics deeply motivated by anti-Semitism, where the two entities actively wish Jews harm. The problem is that both Hamas and Iran have the means to make that wish come true. It is long past time to acknowledge that Israel's imperfections do nothing to excuse the deep guilt of its enemies. Israel is not its own worst enemy: its worst enemies are its worst enemies. The dangers it faces are not primarily of its own making: they are ones devised by those who relentlessly seek to do it harm.
2021-11-25 00:00:00
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