The Jews of Germany thought the same as you 100 years ago. You have the advantage of learning from that history, but you refuse. There are already crowds marching in Brooklyn baying for Jewish blood. After all, what do you think ‘from the river to the sea’ means? Jewish college students are hiding to avoid anti-Semitic rampages at our fi…
The Jews of Germany thought the same as you 100 years ago. You have the advantage of learning from that history, but you refuse. There are already crowds marching in Brooklyn baying for Jewish blood. After all, what do you think ‘from the river to the sea’ means? Jewish college students are hiding to avoid anti-Semitic rampages at our finest institutions of higher learning. That’s how it starts.
You say you are horrified by the deaths of Gaza’s children. Are you just as horrified that German children died during WW 2? Or was it necessary to eliminate an even greater evil from the world? Like those Germans, Palestinian kids are brought up to hate Jews, to regard them as sub-human. In spite of that, you and I both know they would be safe if Hamas unconditionally released the hostages.
I’m the son of a Holocaust survivor, named for my grandfather whose bones are in a mass grave in what today is Lithuania.
Actually, half of my family, hundreds of people, were killed in the Nazi genocide. I am very sympathetic to Israel and to those killed in the Oct. 7 attack and the hostages. However,I find it very depressing the way so many who subscribe to this paper are able to see Jews/Israelis as humans but not Palestinians. About 1,400 people were killed in the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas. In retaliation, so far, Israel has killed around 7,000 Palestinians. I do not feel that Israeli/Jews lives are more valuable than those of the Palestinians. While I deplore Hamas and their tactics,I do think that we should punish all Palestinian civilians, children, mothers, sick people, for their crimes. I also find it kind of pathetic that a mother who lives in Washington D.C., where she is in NO DANGER whatsoever of being harmed by Hamas, talking about her fear of her children being killed. Her children are not in danger. and her energies would be much better served in working for peace in the Middle East. If she is not comfortable helping Palestinians, then help the Israelis who are suffering froom this attack. But please do not whine and talk about how "afraid" you are, when you live in a very expensive city in the US, one where your children are not in danger of being attacked by Hamas. Clearly the author of this article is very privileged, wealthy, and protected, and so I just didn't appreciate hearing about her fear when so many are dying and suffering in this war. it seems to me the typical American self-obsessed individualistic response.
I hear you on the fate of Gaza's civilians, but what you have Israel do? Just wringing your hands is not an answer, and if Hamas is allowed to continue, the next time it will be 14,000 Israelis killed, not 1,400. Hamas has started a war, and unfortunately civilians also die in wars.
Hamas' charter not only calls for the destruction of Israel, but in its original version quoted Islamic scripture that calls for genocide of the Jews. How would you deal with a genocidal enemy living right next door to you?
You say that 7,000 have died in Gaza already. Where does that number come from? Hamas controls the health ministry, as well as all the other levers of government in Gaza. Does that figure include the 500 supposedly killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital that has already been debunked by both Israeli and U.S. experts? No Israeli ordnance struck that hospital, and there is plenty of evidence that it was a Palestinian rocket misfire that landed in the hospital parking lot, with little or no damage to the building itself. The truth is that I don't know how many have been killed in Gaza, and neither do you. Repeating Hamas propaganda is not helpful to your argument.
The Jews of Germany thought the same as you 100 years ago. You have the advantage of learning from that history, but you refuse. There are already crowds marching in Brooklyn baying for Jewish blood. After all, what do you think ‘from the river to the sea’ means? Jewish college students are hiding to avoid anti-Semitic rampages at our finest institutions of higher learning. That’s how it starts.
You say you are horrified by the deaths of Gaza’s children. Are you just as horrified that German children died during WW 2? Or was it necessary to eliminate an even greater evil from the world? Like those Germans, Palestinian kids are brought up to hate Jews, to regard them as sub-human. In spite of that, you and I both know they would be safe if Hamas unconditionally released the hostages.
I’m the son of a Holocaust survivor, named for my grandfather whose bones are in a mass grave in what today is Lithuania.
Actually, half of my family, hundreds of people, were killed in the Nazi genocide. I am very sympathetic to Israel and to those killed in the Oct. 7 attack and the hostages. However,I find it very depressing the way so many who subscribe to this paper are able to see Jews/Israelis as humans but not Palestinians. About 1,400 people were killed in the horrific terrorist attack by Hamas. In retaliation, so far, Israel has killed around 7,000 Palestinians. I do not feel that Israeli/Jews lives are more valuable than those of the Palestinians. While I deplore Hamas and their tactics,I do think that we should punish all Palestinian civilians, children, mothers, sick people, for their crimes. I also find it kind of pathetic that a mother who lives in Washington D.C., where she is in NO DANGER whatsoever of being harmed by Hamas, talking about her fear of her children being killed. Her children are not in danger. and her energies would be much better served in working for peace in the Middle East. If she is not comfortable helping Palestinians, then help the Israelis who are suffering froom this attack. But please do not whine and talk about how "afraid" you are, when you live in a very expensive city in the US, one where your children are not in danger of being attacked by Hamas. Clearly the author of this article is very privileged, wealthy, and protected, and so I just didn't appreciate hearing about her fear when so many are dying and suffering in this war. it seems to me the typical American self-obsessed individualistic response.
Why do you have to repeatedly insult the author? If you can’t make your points without doing that, get the fuck out of here. You won’t be missed.
I hear you on the fate of Gaza's civilians, but what you have Israel do? Just wringing your hands is not an answer, and if Hamas is allowed to continue, the next time it will be 14,000 Israelis killed, not 1,400. Hamas has started a war, and unfortunately civilians also die in wars.
Hamas' charter not only calls for the destruction of Israel, but in its original version quoted Islamic scripture that calls for genocide of the Jews. How would you deal with a genocidal enemy living right next door to you?
You say that 7,000 have died in Gaza already. Where does that number come from? Hamas controls the health ministry, as well as all the other levers of government in Gaza. Does that figure include the 500 supposedly killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital that has already been debunked by both Israeli and U.S. experts? No Israeli ordnance struck that hospital, and there is plenty of evidence that it was a Palestinian rocket misfire that landed in the hospital parking lot, with little or no damage to the building itself. The truth is that I don't know how many have been killed in Gaza, and neither do you. Repeating Hamas propaganda is not helpful to your argument.