What happened on October 7, 2023, was not just a massive attack on innocent people inside Israel, it was the equivalent to about 36,000 Americans being massacred and burned in their homes in one day, and about 9,000 of our fellow Americans being taken hostage.
Pro-Palestinian and anti-Semitic protests in our country are shocking, but also predictable. Similar protests have occurred in Europe for years, as “refugee” Muslims increase their presence in European countries only become violent within short times and reluctant to assimilate with the host country. European politicians have stood by, watched, and let it continue to happen.
Rather than learning from European mistakes, the United States has followed suit by welcoming, indiscriminately, radicalized Muslims to this country.
It’s no surprise in today’s political environment that university presidents will defend the rights of Muslims, while ignoring those very same rights for Jews and others deemed in the “majority.” Even when hate speech is expressed directly at Jews, “woke” authorities simply turn their heads.
Progressive and far-left activists have created an ignorant, self-important generation of youth with a corrupt moral compass.
Elite university presidents are afraid to do anything that might subject them to criticism for not being “woke” enough. This is the American society that so-called “progressive,” far-left activists have been pushing on Americans for years. Their identity politics draw lines between people, make them feel persecuted and sorry for themselves, and eventually get them to hate each other.
But a real irony is that most Jews in the U.S. have been strong far-left activists for many years. I wonder how long it will take my Juneau Synagogue friends to begin rethinking their blind allegiance to far-left politics and activism.
The other irony is that the people most blind to antisemitism and far-left ideology are the so-called “educated elite.” It’s the working-class people whose commonsense screams at them that this is messed up. However, the power in our society resides with the oligarchs and the “educated elite” – products of those same universities (e.g., Harvard, University of Pennsylvania, MIT, Cornell) that started “Wokism.”
Pro-Palestinian activists prioritize radical beliefs and values, which clouds their judgment for human rights and justice. They also misinterpret and misuse the concepts of apartheid, genocide and occupation in reference to Israel’s governing and political standing.
The apartheid and oppression in South Africa (1948 to 1994) was racial segregation under the all-white government, which dictated that non-white South Africans (most of the population) were required to live in separate areas from whites and use separate public facilities.
Things are very different in Israel, where Jews make up the majority (73% or about 7.15 million individuals). The Arab community, spanning various religions, accounts for 21% (or nearly 2 million individuals). They are citizens of Israel with equal rights, political participation and representation.
Genocide is an internationally recognized crime with the intent to exterminate a national, ethnic, racial or religious group. Between 1950 and 2023, the Palestinian population in Israel, Gaza and neighboring territories grew from 944,807 people to 5,371,230 – a population increase of 469% in 73 years.
As for the “occupation” claim, the Jewish presence in the Israel-Gaza region is archaeologically and historically well documented. It is clearly described in every high school and college world history textbook. The Land of Israel has changed hands many times over the centuries, but it has been the homeland of the Jewish people for nearly 3,500 years.
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Indeed, pro-Palestinian and anti-Semitic rhetoric is a classic example of the confusion that far-leftist politicians, media, and educators has created in our youth. In fact, it is not surprising that many of our youth now proclaim support for the Palestinians in Gaza – even for Palestinian Hamas terrorists who committed atrocious crimes against Israel.
Many rational, peace-seeking Americans are outraged by the atrocious Gaza (via Hamas) attack on Israel on Oct. 7 of last year, which resulted in the death, mutilation and kidnapping nearly 1,500 individuals in Israel. It is inconceivable how anyone can find moral equivalence between the two sides in the present conflict between Israel and Gaza/Hamas. What Hamas terrorists did was savage, primitive, and far beyond any justification.
World-wide antisemitism, triggered by Israel/Hamas-Gaza war, is a direct result of the far-left ideology that is prevalent today in the West. Progressive and far-left activists have created an ignorant, self-important generation of youth with a corrupt moral compass. Pro-Palestinian activism stems from the far-left ideologies of white privilege doctrine, critical race theory, systemic racism and transgenderism.
Clearly, school administrators and teachers’ unions are turning America’s public schools into “Blue Cities” with their far-left, “woke” ideology.
The views expressed here are those of the author.
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Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council wrote about Defending Israel. “When the state of Israel was established after World War 2., the United Nations determined the original border, giving Israel the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, and the land they currently occupy. That was the original “two-state solution!”
But the Arab and Islamic nations surrounding Israel refused to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist and swore from day one to wipe them out. Ever since then, Israel has been fighting for its very right to exist. Christians must stand with Israel because God stands with Israel. ‘I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse'” Genesis 12:3 We have no trouble defending the Israelites because they are God’s “Chosen People.” We pray for them daily.
And we’re quite certain the Palestinians are not the descendants of Abraham ??? And where in the New Testament does Christ instruct His disciples to go forth and commit genocide ??? Do the Evangelicals need to check their hypocrisy ???
Gawd, such hatred from an intelligent but very wrong man. This vitriol is the foundation of global war.
After the creation of modern Israel, it was not the Israelis who chased out the “Palestinians,” but the muftis who told the Muslims to leave. There was not then nor is there now a country called Palestine, or a culture that is Palestinian, or any other such thing. These were mostly Jordanians, living in Israel because the living was pretty darned good. The lies it takes to believe the Muslims have any claims on Israel would make Stalin blush. Now nobody wants these self-labeled “Palestinians” because they are terrorists and bullies. One must ignore actual, factual history to have much sympathy for murderous terrorists.
Marxists uses hate to further their agenda. Watch “Beneath sheep’s Clothing.” It tells how the Soviet Union was behind the Iron Curtain.
Marxists uses hate to further their agenda. Watch “Beneath sheep’s Clothing.” It tells how the Soviet Union was behind the Iron Curtain.