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(JNS) Jonathan S. Tobin - Since the Hamas-led Palestinian Arab terrorist attacks on Israeli communities on Oct. 7, 2023, the strategic situation in the Middle East has been substantially altered in favor of the Jewish state. Although Israel has become extremely unpopular around the globe and even lost favor with many Americans as a result of the war with Hamas in Gaza post-Oct. 7, most Israelis value their security over the opinions of spectators. Israelis prefer to be live pariahs rather than a fondly remembered people to be memorialized. The choice facing Israel and the Jewish people is clear: If they refuse to let themselves be slaughtered and their state demolished, then they're going to be mightily judged by a double standard applied to no other nation or people on the planet. Somehow, Israelis are portrayed as heartless people because they support removing existential threats in the form of genocidal Islamist terrorist movements such as Hamas, Hizbullah, the Houthis and their Iranian paymasters. If Israelis are indifferent to international opinion, it's because they know they've taken risks for peace and paid for them not only in bad press clippings but in oceans of blood. Israelis and Jews understand what it means to be faced not only with fanatics who seek their deaths but the very real possibility that they may succeed. The mass murder, torture, rape, kidnapping and wanton destruction that took place on Oct. 7 was just the trailer for what the Palestinian Arabs intend for the rest of Israel. Anyone who thinks Israelis should choose policies that put their lives at risk to avoid being falsely accused of genocide knows nothing of Jewish history or the reality of the Middle East. The Jews need a state and the ability to defend themselves far more than the good opinion of the multitudes that didn't wait until the bodies of the Oct. 7 victims were buried to start sympathizing with the murderers. 2025-07-10 00:00:00Full Article
Most Israelis Value Their Security over the Opinions of Spectators
(JNS) Jonathan S. Tobin - Since the Hamas-led Palestinian Arab terrorist attacks on Israeli communities on Oct. 7, 2023, the strategic situation in the Middle East has been substantially altered in favor of the Jewish state. Although Israel has become extremely unpopular around the globe and even lost favor with many Americans as a result of the war with Hamas in Gaza post-Oct. 7, most Israelis value their security over the opinions of spectators. Israelis prefer to be live pariahs rather than a fondly remembered people to be memorialized. The choice facing Israel and the Jewish people is clear: If they refuse to let themselves be slaughtered and their state demolished, then they're going to be mightily judged by a double standard applied to no other nation or people on the planet. Somehow, Israelis are portrayed as heartless people because they support removing existential threats in the form of genocidal Islamist terrorist movements such as Hamas, Hizbullah, the Houthis and their Iranian paymasters. If Israelis are indifferent to international opinion, it's because they know they've taken risks for peace and paid for them not only in bad press clippings but in oceans of blood. Israelis and Jews understand what it means to be faced not only with fanatics who seek their deaths but the very real possibility that they may succeed. The mass murder, torture, rape, kidnapping and wanton destruction that took place on Oct. 7 was just the trailer for what the Palestinian Arabs intend for the rest of Israel. Anyone who thinks Israelis should choose policies that put their lives at risk to avoid being falsely accused of genocide knows nothing of Jewish history or the reality of the Middle East. The Jews need a state and the ability to defend themselves far more than the good opinion of the multitudes that didn't wait until the bodies of the Oct. 7 victims were buried to start sympathizing with the murderers. 2025-07-10 00:00:00Full Article
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