How Israel tries to protect Gaza's civilians
Despite general media malevolence, the truth sometimes emerges
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Israeli tanks protecting Gazan evacuees against Hamas attack
The BBC News website is running a story today by Alice Cuddy that describes how the Israelis rang a Gazan civilian at dawn to tell him to warn the inhabitants of three apartment blocks to evacuate because they were about to be bombed.
Mahmoud Shaheen, a dentist living in the al-Zahra neighbourhood in the north of Gaza, told the BBC that on October 19 he was called on his mobile phone by a man speaking flawless Arabic who said he was from Israeli intelligence and told him not to hang up. Shaheen said:
“He told me he wanted to bomb three towers… and ordered me to evacuate the surrounding area.”
Anxious lest this was a hoax call, Shaheen asked for warning shots to prove the caller was genuine. These duly occurred.
Now that Mahmoud knew it was real he tried to stall, asking the man to be patient. “I told him: ‘Don't betray us and bomb while people are still evacuating.’” The man said he would give Mahmoud time — he said he did not want anyone to die, the dentist recalls. Mahmoud responded that he didn't want anyone to even be injured. He kept the call going as he rushed around the neighbourhood, urging people to evacuate…
One neighbour remembers the dentist “just shouting”, then others joined in. Mahmoud could not understand why his neighbourhood had become a target. “I tried my best to stop him. I asked, 'Why do you want to bomb?’” He said, ‘There are some things that we see that you don’t see.’” The man did not explain what he meant. “It is an order from people bigger than me and you, and we have an order to bomb,” the voice added, according to Mahmoud.
When the areas around the buildings were clear the man informed Mahmoud that the bombing would begin. Mahmoud panicked — what if they bombed the wrong building by mistake? “Wait a bit,” the man told him, he says. An Israeli aircraft circled overhead. Mahmoud stared at the three towers that neighboured his own apartment block. Then one of them was bombed. “This is the tower that we want, stay away,”the man on the phone said as the building fell, according to Mahmoud. The two other blocks were then destroyed...When the bombing stopped, Mahmoud remembers the voice telling him: “We’ve finished… you can go back.” ‘
Later that day, Shaheen was called again by a different Israeli who gave his name as Daoud. Shaheen was unnerved by the level of detail the man had about his life, addressing him in a familiar way and referring to his son’s name.
Daoud tried to explain what was happening in Gaza by referring to the slaughter of Israelis by Hamas, the details of which atrocities Shaheen apparently refused to believe. Daoud told him more buildings would be destroyed that night and that Shaheen needed to order more residents to evacuate. As Daoud subsequently informed him of more and more buildings that were targets, Shaheen ran from block to block evacuating the residents.
Then there is this telling passage:
Despite the panic, Mahmoud stayed on the phone the whole time, trying his best to delay the bombing. The voice on the other end of the phone continued, without emotion.“He even told me, ‘Take your time. I won’t bomb unless you give me permission.’ “I said ‘No, it’s not my permission. I don't want you to bomb anything. If you want me to evacuate, I will evacuate for the safety of the people, but if you want to bomb, don’t tell me you need my permission. It’s not Mahmoud Shaheen who will bomb al-Zahra.’”
Note the fact that while the Israeli was telling Shaheen that these buildings wouldn’t be bombed until he gave the all-clear that the residents were safely evacuated, Shaheen interpreted this remarkable display of military restraint merely as some kind of insulting implication of collaboration with the bombing — the point of which, of course, he was unable to comprehend.
The BBC’s story reveals the remarkably precise and detailed intelligence that Israel possesses on what’s going on in Gaza. It also illustrates the extraordinary lengths to which the Israeli Defence Forces go to spare the lives of Gaza’s civilians. As any dispassionate person who has followed Israel’s wars knows very well, the IDF try everything they can to get enemy civilians out of harm’s way — by leafleting, “knock on the roof” warning shots, phone calls and other means of communication.
No other army in the world has ever done this. When coalition forces bombed Afghanistan or when US forces flattened Mosul, no-one even bothered to mention the civilians who must have been killed there. Yet Israel’s wars repeatedly engulf it in international outrage with accusations that it kills enemy civilians wantonly or deliberately. This is not just a malevolent lie; it could not be a more grotesque inversion of the truth.
The lie is nevertheless perpetrated day in, day out by western media. While the Israelis say they have killed “thousands of Hamas terrorists” in this current war, western media outlets publish Hamas claims that 10,000 “civilians” have been killed — with no attempt whatever to acknowledge that any of these were Hamas operatives and referring only to women and children among the dead.
Sadly, many civilians will unavoidably be killed in Gaza, as in any war. But the wicked distortion that turns the Israelis from scrupulous adherents to the international law requirement to try to avoid civilian deaths into war criminals turns these media outlets into Hamas accomplices.
While the BBC is a principal and habitual offender, it is to its credit that it has published the story related by Mahmoud Shaheen. It says it contacted him after many al-Zahra residents identified him as the man who had received the warning call.
Elsewhere, further evidence of Israel’s concern for Gaza’s civilians has been venomously distorted.
Yesterday, a remarkable video surfaced showing a long line of people streaming from the north of Gaza to the south. The Israelis have repeatedly warned that residents of the north should move to the south for their own safety since the north was about to become Israel’s principal focus for attack.
Some 800,000 Gazans did so, but Hamas tried to stop more joining them by firing on them, in order to keep them in place as human shields. The reason for yesterday’s large line moving south was that, with the IDF now having moved into Gaza City, its tanks could protect the evacuating civilians from Hamas attack. The video, which you can see here, shows this clearly. Yet this is how the Guardian chose to report it:
Waving white flags and holding their hands above their heads, Palestinian families fled past tanks waiting to storm Gaza City in the next stage of the war that the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has said will give Israel “indefinite” control over the besieged territory.
Israel’s military gave civilians inside the encircled city a four-hour window to leave on Tuesday, as its forces prepared to retake the biggest city in the strip. Men, women and children, some carrying their belongings on donkeys, fled their homes past Israeli troops out of the city.
Posting online, one resident, Adam Fayez Zeyara, said the walk on Tuesday was the most dangerous of his life. “We saw the tanks from point blank. We saw decomposed body parts. We saw death.”
In other words, the Guardian portrayed the Gazans who were being protected by Israeli troops as fleeing from Israeli troops.
By such malevolent misrepresentation, of the kind that the media has habitually promulgated against Israel for decades, the western mind has been poisoned and fatally subverted to endorse evil against its victims.
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Radicals Funding Radical Universities
American universities are being funded by radical authoritarians in the Middle East and no one is talking about it. Normally, I only send these pieces to my paid subscribers but wanted you to see this because it’s so important. If you want more exclusive content like this, consider becoming a paid subscriber with this 25% off coupon. It’s our biggest sale of the year.
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By Erick Erickson
If any good were to come out of the horrific acts of October 7th, it would undoubtedly be the national recognition that US colleges and universities are breeding grounds for hate. Previously, the criticism leveled at higher education strictly came from right-of-center sources and rarely penetrated corporate boardrooms or the mainstream media
Now, armed with an unending list of anti-Semitic examples to pull from, a growing number of corporate executives like Marc Rowan of Apollo Capitol or billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, are demanding their respective colleges and universities implement change. However, we’re now learning that the problem is significantly worse than any of us imaged.
Bari Weiss at The Free Press published a must-read story highlighting research from the Network Contagion Research Institute. The NCRI reports that authoritarian Middle Eastern regimes fund hundreds of American universities to the tune of billions of dollars. In turn, these same institutions attempted to conceal the source of their funding to avoid further scrutiny.
Unsurprisingly, the NCRI found a direct correlation purporting that universities that accepted these funds also experienced increased cases of anti-Semitism compared to other schools. Here’s the summary from The Free Press:
From 2015–2020, institutions that accepted money from Middle Eastern donors had, on average, 300 percent more anti-Semitic incidents than those institutions that did not.
From 2015–2020, institutions that accepted undisclosed funds from authoritarian donors had, on average, 250 percent more anti-Semitic incidents than those institutions that did not.
At least 200 American colleges and universities illegally withheld information on approximately $13 billion in undocumented contributions from foreign regimes, many of which are authoritarian.
Campuses that accept undisclosed money are on average ~85 percent more likely to see campaigns “targeting academic scholars for sanction, including campaigns to investigate, censor, demote, suspend, or terminate.”
The issues playing out on elite college campuses stem from decades of deeply progressive tenured professors preaching woke ideology in the classrooms. When everything is taught through the lens of intersectionality, justifying the actions of Hamas as an oppressed people group is a plausible explanation.
But where does this end? In the same way, the left (incorrectly) claims that the Israelis took land that originally belonged to Palestinians, how long until violent acts against the United States are justified for taking land that belonged to the native Americans? I’ll give you a hint, it’s happening right now.
These progressives indoctrinating your children have blood on their hands but don’t really care. They are only interested in the color of your skin and the degree to which you are a victim. It’s about time that more people than just conservatives call for change on college campuses. However, it’s heartbreaking that it took October 7th for this to happen.
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THE SHOW NOTES: What Happened To Republicans Last Night?Also By Erick EricksonBUSTED: New York City public defender resigns after being caught tearing down Israel-Hamas war hostage posters - Fox News DATA: A third of Americans earning $150,000 a year or more say they're living paycheck to paycheck. - Twitter NEW: Credit card balances spiked in the third quarter to a $1.08 trillion record. - CNBC The Show Notes is my blueprint for radio but is only for subscribers. You can subscribe and listen here. Election NightConservative were handed multiple high-profile losses across the country in last night’s off-year election. Here’s my take. Here’s what happened: Kentucky: Daniel Cameron lost to incumbent Andy Beshear in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race by a resounding five-point margin. While Beshear led Cameron through much of the race, the decisive results were surprising as recent polling suggested the two were statistically tied. Don’t Blame McConnell: Trump supporters have quickly blasted Mitch McConnell for Daniel Cameron’s loss. On Saturday, Trump sent out a message that Daniel Cameron was not McConnell’s guy. Today, Trump said Cameron lost because he was too identified with McConnell. BUT… Jonathan Shell won statewide for Agriculture Commissioner against a well-funded Democrat. Who is Shell? Mitch McConnell’s Campaign Chairman and long-time aide. So probably Cameron’s loss was not about McConnell. Virginia: Democrats in Virginia retained control of the State Senate and flipped control of the House of Delegates after Republicans were unable to match Democrats’ enthusiasm over Trump and abortion. Despite Younkin’s deep involvement in the race, the surprising results may serve as a high water mark for the popular governor’s effectiveness in the state. Ohio: Ohio voters successfully passed a constitutional amendment that protects statewide access to abortion. The massive 13-point margin of victory makes Ohio the seventh state to successfully pass a similar citizen-sponsored measure and sets the stage for Arizona and Missouri to do the same. While much was made of the staggering victory in the increasingly Republican state, the pro-abortion side outspent pro-lifers by $12 million and benefited from no statewide races. Censoring Rashida Tlaib22 Democrats joined all but four House Republicans to pass a measure censuring Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib for repeatedly using anti-semitic rhetoric on the House floor. Context: The measure introduced by Georgia Rep. Rich McCormick was expedited after McCormick’s district office in Cumming, Georgia faced a “serious threat of violence.” McCormick’s team has indefinitely closed the office. IsraelJust one day after Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would handle the security of Gaza “for an indefinite period”, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Gaza should be unified with the West Bank under Palestinian authority. Why this matters: Blinken’s quick response highlights a Biden administration that is increasingly emboldened to push back against Israel’s role in Gaza. Hamas: While residents of Gaza continue to live in poverty, the three top leaders of Hamas are worth an astounding $11 billion and live a life of luxury in Qatar. From exclusive clubs to extensive private jet travel, the trio enjoys a playboy lifestyle that relies on sympathetic governments like Qatar and Turkey. Related: Israeli forces in Gaza turn their focus to Hamas’ infamous tunnel system - CNBC Share of Debt Held by US Consumers Younger Than 50 Rises by Most on Record
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Uncomfortable Truths: Speaking Honestly as Life Turns Upside Down (Part 2) - The Jewish Link
Ze’ev Jabotinsky once described a conversation he had with Dr. Max Nordau, Herzl’s partner in launching the Zionist movement. Frustrated by the passivity of the Jewish people at a time when Jewish action was desperately needed to attain their homeland, he asked Nordau how it was possible for the Jews to do nothing. Nordau explained: “The Jew learns not by way of reason but from catastrophes. He won’t buy an umbrella merely because he sees clouds in the sky; he waits until he is drenched and catches pneumonia – then he makes up his mind.”
We are, for better and for worse, a stiff-necked people. Our stubbornness is the source of our strength and key to our survival. But at the same time, it means we are often slow learners who cling to ideologies and illusions that were long ago shattered by the ugly realities of this still unredeemed world.
Religious Jews are no exception. “Who is blind but My servant, and deaf as My messenger whom I will send? He who was blind is as the one who received his payment, and he who was blind is as the servant of Hashem” (Isaiah 42:19).
Even after October 7 revealed the sickening evil of our enemies and their genocide loving supporters throughout the world, too many of us refuse to draw logical and necessary conclusions. But now, as the shadow of war hangs over all of us, we can no longer afford the luxury of “respectability” or “balance.” Now is the time to speak truth. We must begin saying out loud what we know, in our hearts, to be true.
The Imaginary “Innocent Palestinians”
A few weeks before October 7, a well meaning friend of mine – let’s call him Daniel – who lives in the 5 Towns wrote to me by WhatsApp:
“I don’t blame the Palestinians generally, it’s more their leadership and other ‘allies’ that have left them in a position where there isn’t much else to root for beyond terrorism… What is the average Palestinian’s alternative to believe in for their kids?… The leaders are garbage and the terrorists are garbage but there are plenty of people who just want a better life for their kids, and the only option they see as possible is armed resistance. Not that different from how we saw it not so long ago. That doesn’t make it right, it’s just normal and we should try to provide a better alternative because no one else is…”
Since October 7, Daniel has doubled down on his view that most Palestinians are good people who just want a better life for their families. As my family ran to our bomb shelter, I read more texts from him asserting that only Hamas and the other terrorist groups are to blame.
I understand the desire to believe this. I’ve had Arab workers in my home, and at least a few of them seemed friendly. We want to believe, and I am no exception, that Palestinians are a good people ruled by evil terrorists. If only we could free them from their leadership!
To consider the alternative – that the people themselves are guilty – is both terrifying and difficult for good Jews to absorb. Jews are raised to be kind and merciful; it’s hard for us to believe that average Palestinian mothers and fathers raise their children to hate and murder Jews, simply because they are Jews. We are accustomed to looking inwards, to blaming ourselves. And so Daniel has convinced himself of a comforting narrative, that most Palestinians are innocent.
But this is not a time for wishful thinking. Our very lives depend on seeing the world clearly and looking evil in the eye. When you live in Efrat, surrounded by hundreds of thousands of Arabs, this is no exaggeration. And these days, as mass crowds of Palestinians and their supporters call for Jewish genocide all over America, delusional perspectives like Daniel’s are putting the lives of American Jews at risk as well.
Who are these “innocent” Palestinians, really?
Hamas terrorists don’t fall from the sky. Hamas terrorists – and the reports say over 40,000 of them are hiding in tunnels in Gaza – were raised and educated in a society of men, women and children that is obsessively focused on murdering Jews and erasing Israel from the map.
What kind of culture produces thousands of men who proudly video themselves raping teen girls before executing them? What kind of society glorifies as heroes baby killers who burn the bodies of their infant victims? Terrorists are not a guilty minority terrorizing an innocent majority. They are not “lone actors,” but rather the “shlichim,” the messengers and representatives of their people – just as you and I are representatives and messengers of the Jewish people.
In 2006, in a democratic election, Hamas – a terrorist group whose charter openly calls for the genocide of Jews and the eradication of Israel – won a majority 74 of 132 seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council. As recently as this past July, polling by the Washington Institute shows that 57% of Palestinians in Gaza expressed a positive view of Hamas, despite the destruction they have brought upon the Gaza Strip. Hamas is unquestionably the chosen and preferred leadership of the people of Gaza.
A large majority of Palestinians support terrorism and the murder of Jews, a fact repeatedly proven through surveys. After the murder of Jewish brothers Hallel and Yagel Yaniv in Huwara this year, a survey by the Palestinian Center for Research on Policy and Investigations (PCPSR) showed that 71% of Palestinians said they supported the murders. Another poll from PCPSR shows that, by a margin of 58 percent to 20 percent, Palestinians would prefer a renewal of the intifada. ”From the river to the sea” is not a Hamas slogan. It is a Palestinian slogan. These are the “innocent” Palestinians we constantly hear about in the media!
But if numbers don’t move you, consider the following: Since October 7, Israeli authorities have detained and interrogated over 4,000 Gazan Arabs who had work visas in Israel and worked in the communities where Hamas terrorists committed their inhuman atrocities. These “average Palestinians” are the people that provided the necessary intelligence to Hamas. There are reports of former workers mapping out the communities which they raided, identifying homes of security personnel, which families had dogs and even how many children lived in each home.
The Washington Free Beacon reported on the mob of ordinary Palestinians who spontaneously joined in the murder, rape and kidnapping of innocent Jews on October 7. Thousands of Gazan civilians rushed into Israeli towns to assist Hamas, decapitating Jewish children and raping Jewish women. This is a fact, confirmed by IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus.
Gadi Yarkoni, who was elected mayor of the Eshkol Regional Council under the center-left Blue and White party, lost his legs in a mortar attack during the 2014 Gaza war. His idealism has been shattered: “The second wave of Arabs who came into the country were just as cruel as the terrorists of the first wave. We saw that it was not only Hamas who came to slaughter us. It was all the residents of Gaza, including people who worked in our kibbutzim.”
On Israel’s Channel 12 news, Yarkoni responded to the TV anchor’s claim that most Palestinians are innocent, saying: “I have changed. I don’t talk like you. I don’t know what’s going on with our hostages and missing people. Their families are crying out, and the people of Gaza, who we once thought were good, are responsible. It’s not just Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Ordinary people from Gaza took [our citizens].”
The “poor mothers” of Gaza are not innocent. Journalist Jotam Confino reported on a Hamas terrorist who called his mother on the day of the attack. “I killed 10 Jews with my own hands. I’m using the dead Jewish woman’s phone to call you now.” His mother replied, “May God protect you.”
Though ignored by the media, Arabs in Judea and Samaria have made it clear that they side with Hamas. The Arab villages adjacent to Karmei Tzur in Gush Etzion have repeatedly sounded sirens over loudspeakers at a high volume to terrify their Jewish neighbors. The muezzins of their local mosques are openly blasting calls for revenge and the murder of Jews.
In Shlomo Ne’eman’s words: “The Arabs of Judea and Samaria have chosen to side with the most despicable murderers that walk the earth today.”
If the IDF soldiers and volunteer security guards protecting Efrat from Beit Lechem were to abandon their posts, does anyone doubt that thousands – tens of thousands – of “innocent Palestinians” would attack Efrat and slaughter us all?
Dr. Einat WIlf, a former member of the Labor party and a self-described feminist and atheist, is willing to see what so many religious Jews refuse to accept. “We are told that most Palestinians do not support Hamas. Very well. Where then are the large scale Palestinian protests demanding Hamas release the abducted hostages – children, toddlers, grandparents, civilians – immediately and unconditionally? Where then is the sole Palestinian protester standing in Times or Trafalgar Square with a sign that says “Not in My Name”? Where is the one Palestinian intellectual who will write an op-ed expressing deep shame that acts of the greatest cruelty in human history were carried out in the name of “Free Palestine” and “From the River to the Sea”? If the PLO, Fatah and Palestinian Authority represent moderate Palestinians, where is the outcry? The horror? The heartfelt denunciations? Why must international pressure be fruitlessly brought to bear to try to elicit even a pale shadow of them? If Hamas is not supported in Gaza, where then is the Palestinian in Gaza who will come forth with information about the hostages? Even in Nazi Germany, when some Germans understood that Hitler was bringing disaster upon their country, there were those who attempted to assassinate him. Where are the Palestinians in Gaza who will take action against Hamas? And why is it that the instinctive response of so many to these questions is to make excuses as to why not even one of these things should be expected of any Palestinian anywhere?”
What about Israeli Arabs, Israel’s third rail issue that no one wants to mention? Have we forgotten the uprising of May 2021, when thousands of Israeli Arabs rioted and destroyed Jewish neighborhoods and synagogues? Have we forgotten that the majority of Israeli Arabs vote for terror supporting parties like the Joint List?
On October 19, the Israeli Arab bus drivers of the Extra bus company in Jerusalem went on strike. They claimed that their strike was in response to an incident in which a passenger cursed Muhammad in front of a driver. A telling video shows a representative of the municipality apologizing to the drivers at length, after which the leader of the Arab strikers ordered the drivers to go back to work. But then he switched to Arabic, and spoke the truth: that they were striking in support of Hamas terrorists.
Yet we continue to delude ourselves. We so desperately want to believe that the Palestinians, as a people, want peace. And it’s not just my friend Daniel.
The Teaneck Town Council apparently drinks the same Kool-Aid. In its proclamation in response to the massacre of October 7, the council declared: “WHEREAS, the actions of Hamas, do not represent the Palestinian people or the entire international Muslim community; and WHEREAS, the Township recognizes that residents are hurting, in pain, and in need of compassion and understanding…” If we are not clear about the truth, can we expect the gentiles to understand?
On Yom HaAtzmaut, I ran into some Orthodox participants on a Boston Federation trip to Israel. I listened in disbelief as they told me that they had visited Palestinians to hear about their suffering and grievances. Given the recent murder of Lucy, Maia and Rina Dee and so many other Jews, I was shocked. I asked them if they were also visiting Jewish families who had recently lost loved ones to terror, like the Dees or the family of Hallel and Yagel Yaniv, the brothers from Har Bracha who were slaughtered as they drove through Huwara. They were not. Have these Jews no shame? As Israelis say: Busha!
The great tragedy of the Oslo Agreements was built upon this delusion of “innocent Palestinians who want peace.” Thousands of Jews have died over the last 30 years because we refused to accept the truth. We cannot defeat an enemy we refuse to see.
Rav Shmuel Eliyahu recently wrote, “We believed that if we stroked the snake softly and kindly enough, the snake would transform into a lamb. But when you pet a snake, it bites you. How many more Jews must die before we realize that a snake is truly a snake?”
Why did God command us to remember Amalek’s attack for all generations, even though Amalek ceased to exist as a nation thousands of years ago? I believe that God foresaw that His people would struggle to confront the painful truth of evil. The lesson from Amalek is not that we practically can or should kill millions of Palestinians. The lesson of Amalek is that a society can become so corrupt, so sick and evil, that it is worthy of destruction.
We are facing Amalekites – and it’s not just Hamas. The majority of Palestinians support the murder of Jewish children. In mass crowds of tens of thousands, Arabs celebrate throughout Judea and Samaria. This so-called “Palestinian people” is a people of evil.
Daniel, my dear 5 Towns friend who believes so deeply in the goodness of the Palestinian people, please answer this: If you lived in southern Israel, if you personally knew the 1,400 people brutally slaughtered – many of them by “innocent Palestinians” – would you still believe in the fundamental goodness of the Palestinian people? Would you watch their celebrations in the streets of Beit Lechem and Jenin and maintain your delusion that this is a good people that truly wants peace? Are you willing to test your belief in Palestinian innocence by walking alone and unarmed through any Palestinian village? How long would it take for them to slaughter you? Five minutes? Seven minutes?
Of course there are exceptions. There are good individual Arabs who want to live in peace. But the nation, the society, is evil. We must be clear and speak this truth!
What does this mean, practically, for the future of Israel?
Gaza, Judea and Samaria must be emptied of a corrupt and evil people. They must leave, one way or another. European countries welcomed tens of millions of refugees over the last 8 years. A few million Gazans should be comparatively easy to absorb when divided among many nations.
We must stop employing these people in our homes and businesses. If necessary, we must bring 100,000 foreign workers to Israel, to do the jobs that Jews won’t do. We must give these evil people no incentive to stay. It won’t happen overnight, but we must begin the process of removing them from the land. It is us or them; our lives depend on it.
“But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the Land from before you, then those whom you leave over will be as spikes in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the land in which you settle” (Bamidbar 33:55).
We have ignored God’s will for far too long, and we have paid an unbelievably painful price. It is time to repent – for His sake, and for our own.
“And on that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book, and out of the obscurity and out of darkness shall the eyes of the blind see” (Isaiah 29:18).
May that day come soon.
Elie Mischel is Director of Education at Israel365.
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