Jew hatred is certainly responsible for much of the Palestinian support following Oct. 7. I don't think that's all of it. A substantial portion comes from the ignorance and stupidity of illiberal left wing dupes - the woke if you prefer.
This is a powerful paragraph which should be widely publicized "If one of the manifestations of antisemitism is an unhealthy obsession with Jews, the Gaza war is a 24/7 example. No conflict in recent history—not the massacre of 500,000 people in Syria, 400,000 in Yemen, or the vicious civil war still raging in Sudan today—achieved a fraction of the media’s fascination with Gaza. And who remembers Ukraine? When Assad’s tanks mow down thousands of Palestinian refugees outside of Damascus, nobody in the media notices. But when Israel tries to defend itself against terrorists hiding behind their own civilians and numbers of those civilians regrettably get killed, the headlines gush."
Finally, Jewish leaders are opening their eyes and seeing what should have been obvious for many years now. The next thing to realize is there can not be a 22nd Arab state established in Gaza and the West Bank. 1) There isn't enough territory to support a fully independent state when Israel's borders are barely defensible as it is and 2) the State of Palestine has only ever been a Palestinian strategy—not a goal—for eliminating Israel. For this reason, a State of Palestine will never exist in peace with Israel. It will only exist as a temporary arrangement, until such time as Israel can be eliminated. That is why the West must stop with the "two states" nonsense. If colonialism is to be ended, it must be ended in the Muslim world as well as in the West and everyplace else. Expecting Israel to live with rabidly antisemitic psychopaths on its borders until those psychopaths can be deprogrammed is absurd. The U.S. is expected to deal with its race problem. Why isn't the Muslim world expected to deal with its deadly bigotry? The world acts as if the idea for a so-called State of Palestine is an ancient one, and not just a political strategy dreamed up in the 1970s. The world is like a giant Middle School, where some bullies picking on Jews are being allowed to poison everything and everybody. Real growth in this world could happen if nations got together and refused to allow the Jew-hating bullies to keep slaughtering Jews. If they are not stopped, there will be another genocide against Jews.
Another great and chilling piece by Michael Oren, who was my professor at Hebrew U in 1994. I especially liked his focus on the American mainstream media which he knows well. For example, the Times of Israel reports IDF estimates are 5k slain Hamas fighters and seem to say that 10k slain Palestinian civilians. Whether or not that's an abominable horror show of ruthless military impunity or an admirably low number considering Hamas built their infrastructure within a dense civilian population, I don't really know, but I bet it's the latter. This is something simple most journalists should want to report on - how many dead fighters vs civilians? My guess is it will never show up in the NY Times. Why?
After an IDF spokesman (Cornricus) had mentioned this ratio, CNN brought on a retired U.S. general who made two absurd claims with no pushback from Jake Tapper. He said that it was abhorrent for Israel to even think in terms of such a ratio and then denied that there was any basis for comparing the civilian to combatant ratio in Gaza with any other conflict, in effect that no such statistics exist. Putting aside the scholarship on this very issue, a simple Googling of “civilian casualty” would have confirmed the IDF’s statement.
It is sad what you write because it is true. It reminds us that we are alone. HCR wrote a piece recently about Schumer’s speech on anti-semitism on the Senate floor. She relayed the facts of the speech. Many of the comments were anti-Semitic.
Jews and Israel are not alone. There are many allies throughout the world. Please don't dismiss the many worthy friends. Replace the self pity with steel in your spine.
Sickening. Lest anyone be confused, if this effort succeeds, even to an incomplete degree, it will embolden, condition and prepare for the acceptance of more of this. Hatred is a powerful engine, a fire -- for the work that dehumanizing eventually achieves. We are all being dehumanized, as in trans this and that, including humanism....so. Wake up. Israel and the Jewish battle is ours. All of ours.
They accept everything they hear about Israel even when it’s obvious BS (I was wondering where all the organ trafficking idiots were coming from, now I know) but refuse to believe evidence that is on video, uploaded by the terrorists themselves. I’m sure even THEY can’t believe how dumb people are.
Excellent writing, sad but true. Jews need not despair, however. We are much stronger than we appear, our brains are at an all time high, we are successful wherever we live, and we continue to prosper. The world sees this, and is jealous of all we have achieved, and they want us gone so they can take what we have. They will continue to try to beat us down, but they will not succeed. We are strong, we have survived for centuries in spite of everything, we came back from the ashes, and we will continue to prosper. through strength, wisdom and smarts.
I’m not Jewish but I have many Jewish friends that I love dearly...not that I need to have Jewish friends to have basic decency and empathy. I can’t believe what is happening. The rape deniers/apologists...it’s hard not to become hateful myself.
Not only well said but eloquently delivered like usual Michael Your on the mark clear and direct. Please keep up your steady honest, and throughtful work to counter those that neither accept reality, nor learn from history. I only hope that you are elevated to higher leadership and are back in the Israeli government. Your insights and good thinking can assist in the post war changes that need to take place internally in Israel, and changing world opinions countering anti semitism & the betterment of Israel and the Jews worldwide. Thank you !
Jew hatred is certainly responsible for much of the Palestinian support following Oct. 7. I don't think that's all of it. A substantial portion comes from the ignorance and stupidity of illiberal left wing dupes - the woke if you prefer.
Congressman Tlaib has divided loyalty, with primacy to the Muslim world. Her presence in the Dem party is sinking
Biden reelection prospects!
This is a powerful paragraph which should be widely publicized "If one of the manifestations of antisemitism is an unhealthy obsession with Jews, the Gaza war is a 24/7 example. No conflict in recent history—not the massacre of 500,000 people in Syria, 400,000 in Yemen, or the vicious civil war still raging in Sudan today—achieved a fraction of the media’s fascination with Gaza. And who remembers Ukraine? When Assad’s tanks mow down thousands of Palestinian refugees outside of Damascus, nobody in the media notices. But when Israel tries to defend itself against terrorists hiding behind their own civilians and numbers of those civilians regrettably get killed, the headlines gush."
Finally, Jewish leaders are opening their eyes and seeing what should have been obvious for many years now. The next thing to realize is there can not be a 22nd Arab state established in Gaza and the West Bank. 1) There isn't enough territory to support a fully independent state when Israel's borders are barely defensible as it is and 2) the State of Palestine has only ever been a Palestinian strategy—not a goal—for eliminating Israel. For this reason, a State of Palestine will never exist in peace with Israel. It will only exist as a temporary arrangement, until such time as Israel can be eliminated. That is why the West must stop with the "two states" nonsense. If colonialism is to be ended, it must be ended in the Muslim world as well as in the West and everyplace else. Expecting Israel to live with rabidly antisemitic psychopaths on its borders until those psychopaths can be deprogrammed is absurd. The U.S. is expected to deal with its race problem. Why isn't the Muslim world expected to deal with its deadly bigotry? The world acts as if the idea for a so-called State of Palestine is an ancient one, and not just a political strategy dreamed up in the 1970s. The world is like a giant Middle School, where some bullies picking on Jews are being allowed to poison everything and everybody. Real growth in this world could happen if nations got together and refused to allow the Jew-hating bullies to keep slaughtering Jews. If they are not stopped, there will be another genocide against Jews.
Unfortunately, I agree.
Another great and chilling piece by Michael Oren, who was my professor at Hebrew U in 1994. I especially liked his focus on the American mainstream media which he knows well. For example, the Times of Israel reports IDF estimates are 5k slain Hamas fighters and seem to say that 10k slain Palestinian civilians. Whether or not that's an abominable horror show of ruthless military impunity or an admirably low number considering Hamas built their infrastructure within a dense civilian population, I don't really know, but I bet it's the latter. This is something simple most journalists should want to report on - how many dead fighters vs civilians? My guess is it will never show up in the NY Times. Why?
After an IDF spokesman (Cornricus) had mentioned this ratio, CNN brought on a retired U.S. general who made two absurd claims with no pushback from Jake Tapper. He said that it was abhorrent for Israel to even think in terms of such a ratio and then denied that there was any basis for comparing the civilian to combatant ratio in Gaza with any other conflict, in effect that no such statistics exist. Putting aside the scholarship on this very issue, a simple Googling of “civilian casualty” would have confirmed the IDF’s statement.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualty#:~:text=Civilian%20casualty%20ratio,-Main%20article%3A%20Civilian&text=The%20measurement%20can%20apply%20either,%2Dcited%2C%20but%20disputed%20figure.
It is sad what you write because it is true. It reminds us that we are alone. HCR wrote a piece recently about Schumer’s speech on anti-semitism on the Senate floor. She relayed the facts of the speech. Many of the comments were anti-Semitic.
No one is hiding their hatred.
Jews and Israel are not alone. There are many allies throughout the world. Please don't dismiss the many worthy friends. Replace the self pity with steel in your spine.
Sickening. Lest anyone be confused, if this effort succeeds, even to an incomplete degree, it will embolden, condition and prepare for the acceptance of more of this. Hatred is a powerful engine, a fire -- for the work that dehumanizing eventually achieves. We are all being dehumanized, as in trans this and that, including humanism....so. Wake up. Israel and the Jewish battle is ours. All of ours.
Excellent and powerful. And the idiots on the left are now claiming that Palestinian terrorists are being sexually abused in Israeli prisons.
They accept everything they hear about Israel even when it’s obvious BS (I was wondering where all the organ trafficking idiots were coming from, now I know) but refuse to believe evidence that is on video, uploaded by the terrorists themselves. I’m sure even THEY can’t believe how dumb people are.
Absolutely 100% on mark.
Excellent writing, sad but true. Jews need not despair, however. We are much stronger than we appear, our brains are at an all time high, we are successful wherever we live, and we continue to prosper. The world sees this, and is jealous of all we have achieved, and they want us gone so they can take what we have. They will continue to try to beat us down, but they will not succeed. We are strong, we have survived for centuries in spite of everything, we came back from the ashes, and we will continue to prosper. through strength, wisdom and smarts.
I’m not Jewish but I have many Jewish friends that I love dearly...not that I need to have Jewish friends to have basic decency and empathy. I can’t believe what is happening. The rape deniers/apologists...it’s hard not to become hateful myself.
27 million Soviets died defeating Nazism and this is the thanks they get.
Michael, a brilliant post. It needs to be shared far and wide.
Agree.
Thank you Michael Oren for your clarity on this horrifying situation.
One can’t overstate the brutality, the historical echoes and the abominable reaction to October 7.
Not only well said but eloquently delivered like usual Michael Your on the mark clear and direct. Please keep up your steady honest, and throughtful work to counter those that neither accept reality, nor learn from history. I only hope that you are elevated to higher leadership and are back in the Israeli government. Your insights and good thinking can assist in the post war changes that need to take place internally in Israel, and changing world opinions countering anti semitism & the betterment of Israel and the Jews worldwide. Thank you !
“Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
And arm yourself.