A Reminder: Israel’s the Victim Here

The Israeli-Hamas war is the first war in history where there’s no logic and reason among those analyzing and critiquing it. Where an overwhelming majority of the world seems to have lost any idea of what war actually is. Where the definitions of aggressor and victim have flipped. Where the typical justification for war — namely, defending yourself after an attack and/or invasion — is no longer justification. Where collateral damage…the death of innocent civilians in the aggressor’s homeland…becomes the justification to condemn the victim nation. Where the retaliation becomes a rallying cry for ceasefire, withdrawal and condemnation.

This war has stunningly placed support for terrorists and terrorism over democracy. It has left the world completely indifferent to barbarianism. It has conflated Israel’s defense of itself to genocide, like that of the Holocaust, Rwanda, Bosnia/Herzegovina, Syria, and elsewhere. And it has conflated Israel’s need to defend itself with a total disregard for humanity and human life in Gaza. But those two realities are not mutually exclusive. Israel..Israelis…can be compelled to defend itself and also care deeply about the loss of innocent life in Gaza; to strive to be as humane as possible.

Since October 7th, when Israel was attacked in the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, the world has demanded things of Israel…