Those Clamoring about U.S. Aid to Israel Seek Cover for Their Own Moral Bankruptcy
The United States and Israel represent one possible way of being in the world, Hamas and Iran represent another. Which side do we want to be on?
May 19, 2021
Missing the point.
According to a number of American journalists writing for respectable publications, the latest flareup of the ongoing war between Hamas and Israel proves that the peace agreements negotiated between Jerusalem and four Arab states during the Trump administration were a failure or worse. As one of the more intelligent versions of this argument went, these treaties were a “worthy project that skirted a smoldering Palestinian dilemma that has again erupted.” Not so, writes Noah Rothman:
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Login or SubscribeThe United States and Israel represent one possible way of being in the world, Hamas and Iran represent another. Which side do we want to be on?
Missing the point.
Misunderstanding the laws and ethics of war.
Seeing scripture as a problem to be solved.
Yitzḥak Arad, of blessed memory.