As the mother of Blaze Bernstein, the 19 year-old Jewish gay Ivy League student bound for medical school who was a victim of extremist ideology in 2018 - I couldn’t help crying as I read about Yoni known for his humor, brilliance and kindness. I am sorry for your loss.
You speak of the moral dilemma – what should we do as lovers of life i…
As the mother of Blaze Bernstein, the 19 year-old Jewish gay Ivy League student bound for medical school who was a victim of extremist ideology in 2018 - I couldn’t help crying as I read about Yoni known for his humor, brilliance and kindness. I am sorry for your loss.
You speak of the moral dilemma – what should we do as lovers of life in the face of this war against a radicalized population bent on death and destruction? You seem resigned to the notion that to maintain the moral high ground we must keep them alive to exchange for hostages in thousand to one ratios. I disagree.
We are not morally bankrupt if we swiftly eliminate extremist enemies who have killed and will kill again. If the Jewish people have any chance of survival - we must Institute a death penalty in Israel. I say this knowing, that the death penalty has its own moral and effectiveness questionability, but one thing that is undeniable – we could eliminate the threat of captured terrorists becoming supercharged in the Israeli prison system and then rewarded upon their release in a prisoner exchange. A perfect example, the exchange that lead to October 7 - orchestrated by a former convicted terrorist - Sinwar. He was not only convicted, but given life-saving heart surgery prior to his release in a prisoner exchange.
Releasing prisoners convicted of committing terrorist attacks is wrong. I am not insensitive to the nuance here. Instead I am sensitive to living in fear, rewarding criminals, supporting a terror regime and the deaths of good people to hate crimes. If prisoner exchange was impossible, there is strong evidence we would save innocent lives. Isn’t that also a moral responsibility?
As the mother of Blaze Bernstein, the 19 year-old Jewish gay Ivy League student bound for medical school who was a victim of extremist ideology in 2018 - I couldn’t help crying as I read about Yoni known for his humor, brilliance and kindness. I am sorry for your loss.
You speak of the moral dilemma – what should we do as lovers of life in the face of this war against a radicalized population bent on death and destruction? You seem resigned to the notion that to maintain the moral high ground we must keep them alive to exchange for hostages in thousand to one ratios. I disagree.
We are not morally bankrupt if we swiftly eliminate extremist enemies who have killed and will kill again. If the Jewish people have any chance of survival - we must Institute a death penalty in Israel. I say this knowing, that the death penalty has its own moral and effectiveness questionability, but one thing that is undeniable – we could eliminate the threat of captured terrorists becoming supercharged in the Israeli prison system and then rewarded upon their release in a prisoner exchange. A perfect example, the exchange that lead to October 7 - orchestrated by a former convicted terrorist - Sinwar. He was not only convicted, but given life-saving heart surgery prior to his release in a prisoner exchange.
Releasing prisoners convicted of committing terrorist attacks is wrong. I am not insensitive to the nuance here. Instead I am sensitive to living in fear, rewarding criminals, supporting a terror regime and the deaths of good people to hate crimes. If prisoner exchange was impossible, there is strong evidence we would save innocent lives. Isn’t that also a moral responsibility?