Democide by Proxy
Lord Acton famously observed:
I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favourable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption it is the other way against holders of power, increasing as the power increases… Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
This view is supported by Torah law with regards to pagan and G-dless rulers. They have no chezkath kashruth — presumption of innocence, or of incompetence. Quite the contrary. They are always suspected of malicious intent.
Let's consider this axiom with regards to the holders of power in the Israeli government and their alleged lapse on 10/7/23:
The regime has consistently funded Hamas since its inception.
The regime imposes constant surveillance on its population, especially on people it considers troublesome, including minors.
The regime maintains the most heavily guarded border on earth. A bird doesn't fly over the border without the regime knowing about it.
The regime opened its border to armed invaders.
The regime issued a stand-down order for 8 hours.
The regime callously ignored desperate calls for help.
The regime imposed a media black-out effectively silencing news of the invasion, ensuring local unawareness ergo maximum carnage.
The regime had rounded up guns from civilians two weeks prior to the invasion, ensuring defenselessness ergo maximum carnage.
The regime was fully capable of eliminating Hamas all along, and was fully aware of Hamas' genocidal designs all the while. Instead of eliminating or defunding Hamas, the regime chose to bankroll its genocidal activities and buildup.
The regime is clearly complicit in genocide of its own people.
The regime is democidal.
They can't hide behind the veil of plausible deniability any longer.
Their excuses are absurdly implausible and their guilt is undeniable.
No, it was no “surprise attack.” It was invasion by invitation. Democide by proxy.
My G-d Almighty rescue His people Israel from this rogue regime and its Hamanic Hamas henchmen.
I just heard this but don't know who came up with this but t's exactly how I feel: "The Zionists are using Jews as human shields."
Amen ve amen. Spot on. It was neither a coincidence, since there is no coincidence in this world, it started on Simchat Torah either.
And the apologists talking of antisemitism when someone points out the exact if terrible truths that Rabbi Green also so precisely wrote in his piece?