Comparing the massacre in Gaza to the slaughter of WWII is delusional.
The “barrage of rockets” from Gaza killed few people, and did little damage. The “retaliation” for that killed thousands and made thousands more homeless.
In WWII the Axis and the Allies slaughtered each other in comparable numbers.
The only comparison that exists between Gaza and WWII is what happened in the Warsaw Ghetto. And you really don’t want to remind people of that when talking about Israel and Gaza. It doesn’t make the Israeli government look very good. Well, I suppose the good thing is that Israel hasn’t launched a true “final solution to the Palestinian problem”, yet anyhow…
I really dislike the idea of Hell. If there is an afterlife, it would be better for those who were harmed in this life to decide on what kind of punishment should be inflicted on those who did them wrong.
Relying on demons or devils to do the dirty work is a nasty form of outsourcing. IMO.
And Trump has accomplished what?
Before the election in 2016 I argued that Hillary was the lesser of two evils. I have been proven right.
Yes. They should support Beto, and every other Democrat.
The alternative is more power to Mr. Trump, which he will use in a way that will harm not only the USA, but also everyone else on the planet.
Kick the Republicans out of power, as much as possible. Then kick the establishment Democrats out of power…
“One of the central lessons of Jewish existence is that powerlessness leads to catastrophe. A people can never put itself at the mercy of the marauding beast. It can never depend on outside protectors, they won’t come. They won’t come to save you. ”
The idea that a nation state can, or will, protect the people who live in their lands is laughable. The nation state exists to protect itself, nothingmore. Ask the Germans how well their nation protected them. Or the Soviets. Or the French. Or the Spanish. And that’s just the Europeans!
It seems to me, apostate that I am, that the Rabbi in this case is placing his faith in a nation state, rather than the divinity that I’d expect him to have faith in. Has Israel become his golden calf?
I know it’s wiki, but there was a BDS movement for the time against Germany.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Nazi_boycott_of_1933
There was criticism of the people who went to fight against the fascists in Spain during their civil war, is that close to vilifying the people who opposed the Nazis?
It’s a fungable word, and has been since it was first used. The anarchists who killed one of the Czars of Russia were accused of terrorism. The Fenians who launched armed soldiers into Canada (and other incidents in the 19th century) were called terrorists too.
Terrorists are those evil people who attack you. Whoever you are. Freedom Fighters do the same thing, but they’re on ‘your’ side.
That’s what I get for mixing ideas, eh?
Guilty of not loving the State of Israel with all of their hearts and minds. Guilty of crimes against fashion. Guilty of getting a bad haircut.
Or something silly.
Hmmm, I might be voting Green in the next Federal Election.
I used to vote NDP, but their last leader was playing nice with the separatists…
I wonder if anyone is going to call them up and inform them that the members of John Hagee’s cult are actually BDS tourists?
Such a program is a recipe for abuse, it’s like trying to pay people (in, say, Afghanistan) to inform on ‘terrorists’ who are fighting the ‘forces of liberation.’ Some of the ones arrested and abused are going to be innocent.