Do Jewish Lives Matter?

 On October 8, 2023, the day after the brutal sneak attack by Hamas that slaughtered over 1,200 people (mostly Jewish), there was landslide worldwide support for Israel; but there were also words of caution. Several pundits predicted that support for Israel would quickly wane and be replaced by pro-Palestinian propaganda narrative assert that the Palestinians are the real victims. 

As time progresses this is exactly what is been happening. There have been a growing number of worldwide pro-Palestinian protests. I will be limiting my remarks to egregious comments just made by Richard Fowler who appears on Fox News as a token leftist commentator. He made an appeal to have (unspecified) "discussions" to end the war to end the suffering of the Palestinians resulting from Israeli military actions. 

Missing from his comments was any acknowledgement that it was the Palestinian through Hamas that started this conflict that resulted in the deaths of over 1,200 people (mostly Jewish) in Israel. Additionally many people were also injured as a result of this barbaric sneak attack. 

 Fowler should have acknowledged in his comments that Hamas initiated the conflict and that any "discussions" to end the conflict would have to include justice for Israel and the disarming of Hamas to end this cycle of violence. Additionally, any "discussions" would need to include disarming Hezbollah so that the cycle of violence against Israel can be ended. Jewish lives matter.

Stand With Israel: UCLA Students Must be Charged with Hate Crimes

 UCLA students batter Bibi piñata to chants of ‘Beat that f–king Jew!’ 

The incident occurred at a rally hosted by Students for Justice in Palestine, who gathered on campus to demand the US “end funding to Israel.”

Students for Justice in Palestine are the new Nazis. Imagine the reaction of the left wing media and those otherwise on the "left" should you were to replace the image of Netanyahu with that of Rashida Tlaib; they would be endlessly screaming racism and lynching. The UCLA students must be charged with hate crimes.

Israel, No Cease Fire in Gaza

War is a "dirty" business. Collateral damage, such as the death of innocent civilians, is an unfortunate by-product of war. In this case Hamas and indirectly all Palestinians instigated a brutal sneak attack that slaughtered over 1,400 people (mostly Jewish). Now we are supposed to grant a cease fire to the vile aggressor for humanitarian reasons??????????????

The Palestinians voted for Hamas to make perpetual of genocide against Israel. The Palestinians have not apparently pushed back against Hamas for turning Gaza into an arms factory and launching terrorist acts over the past 80 years or so. The Palestinians, by supporting Hamas, endorsed the barbaric slaughtering of over 1,4000 people. The Palestinians are complicit.  Additionally, as this is post being written, Palestinians rioted, out of all places, at the Museum of Tolerance to protest Gal Gadot Showing Film of Hamas Atrocities. The Palestinians have not shown the Jews any humanitarian considerations. Furthermore, where are the Palestinians demanding that Hamas be disarmed, that the hostages be released, and that peace be restored?

So far, the world wide protests from those supporting the Palestinians have called for the continued genocide of the Jews instead of condemning Hamas.  They chant "from the river to the sea." Seems that the Palestinians only see a cease fire, as a temporary short pause in their continued efforts to eliminate Israel.  On that one point, there is no reason for Israel to agree to any cease fire since it would not end Palestinian attacks on Israel.

Any cease fire, should it occur, will only help Hamas fight longer.  Additionally, the Palestinians have not offered any concessions that would benefit Israel in exchange for a cease fire.  Consequently there is no point in Israel agreeing to a cease fire. War, as previously stated, is a "dirty" business. To win, you need to disable the ability of your opponents to fight back. It is also important to minimize your own casualties. One of those strategies is is the deprivation of all resources to the people within the area under siege.  At a certain point, the Palestinians in Gaza, including Hamas, will have to surrender.  Israel to survive has to win.

One can complain that strategy is not humanitarian.  But the Palestinians lost that "right" to be treated in a humanitarian manner by having no humanitarian respect for Israeli citizens.  Consequently Israel has a right to defend itself unimpeded by any constraints.

Disarm Hezbollah

 This is an off-the-wall suggestion, just to raise the issue. Lebanon is an independent country, a "private" army (Hezbollah has been described as a "state within a state"), such as Hezbollah should not be allowed. In the interests of Middle East peace, one would think that the Lebanese army, the UN, and some of the Arab nations would be willing to form a coalition to disarm Hezbollah before Hezbollah decides to expand the current Gaza/Israeli conflict into Israel. This suggestion may not seem realistic given the existing situation, but you have to start discussing it's potential to see if it gets traction so that it can become a reality.

Stand With Israel

When Biden assumed the US Presidency, his administration began to immediately implement anti-Israeli and pro-Iranian policies. These policies were originally implemented by the Obama administration. On October 7, 2023 Hamas initiated a brutal viscous terrorist sneak on Israel. Over 1,400 persons (mostly Jewish) were slaughtered by the unprovoked attack that violated all the rules of war.

After the ruthless attack by Hamas, the Biden administration (administration) issued the usual perfunctory statements that the US unequivocally stood with Israel and condemned the atrocious terrorist actions by Hamas. Based on past and existing administration anti-Israeli and pro-Iranian policies, I wondered how long it would take before the administration began to subtly revise its (disingenuous) support of Israel to assertions that "peace" should be pursued instead of retaliatory war. That process of dismantling unequivocal official US support of Israel has now started.

The Biden administration has called for an Israeli "pause" to the fighting to allow humanitarian assistance to be provided to the non-combatants in Gaza. (Not for Hamas to pause its attacks,) In calling for a "pause" the administration is also unbelievably asserting that it is not a "ceasefire". The administration is also dismissing the fact that Hamas would also benefit from any humanitarian aid. This would allow Hamas to continue their terrorism against Israel. War is a dirty business. While it might sound altruistic to provide humanitarian aid, the downside is that it lets the enemy continue fighting leading to more deaths.

The administration is publicly making statements that are on "both sides of the fence", which imply that the the administration despite its claims of unequivocal supporting Israel really does not support Israel. The administration has made very public statements that it unequivocally supports Israel's military methods of retaliating against Hamas. However, the administration is also suggesting demanding (through subsequent clarifications) that Israel restrain itself, that Israel be "proportional" in its military response, and that Israel not commit "war crimes". No such demands are made of Hamas to restrain itself or to comply with the rules of war.  Of special note, the administration is actually interfering with Israel. The war is between Israel and Hamas. Israel was the entity attacked, it is also an independent sovereign country. By interfering, the administration is blatantly violating its assertion that it will let Israel take whatever military action Israel feels is necessary to rid itself of Hamas.

The terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel was an expression of virulent antisemitism. That has spread worldwide and to many US colleges. Instead of instituting a program to combat this outbreak of antisemitism, the administration has unbelievably resurrected the Obama mantra that this nation is consumed by Islamophobia. A program is now being initiated to combat Islamophobia, not antisemitism!!! Furthermore, some members of the US House of Representatives have made antisemitic remarks and the administration has not condemned them. The clear intention of this approach is to "disappear" antisemitism as a public concern. This would further undermine, in a hidden manner, the support of Israel.