When one writes the kind of commentaries that I do, it feels almost obligatory that I should write something about the current state of war in the Middle East, meaning Israel vs Hamas and perhaps other Palestinian groups. This is particularly true since I’ve previously written about my growing estrangement from Israel or, more particularly, the shift to the more extreme right of the Israeli government. But since war has come, my estrangement must be put aside because war in Israel is always an existential threat both to the state of Israel and the fate of every Jew living there.
This is War
This is War
This is War
When one writes the kind of commentaries that I do, it feels almost obligatory that I should write something about the current state of war in the Middle East, meaning Israel vs Hamas and perhaps other Palestinian groups. This is particularly true since I’ve previously written about my growing estrangement from Israel or, more particularly, the shift to the more extreme right of the Israeli government. But since war has come, my estrangement must be put aside because war in Israel is always an existential threat both to the state of Israel and the fate of every Jew living there.