On Moral Equivalence

(and lack thereof)

Question:

Is there moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas?

Answer:

It depends what you mean by "Israel." If you refer to the entire Jewish civilian population in Israel, and/or to 99.99% of Israel's soldiers and military officers, the answer is a resounding NO. 

These folks are good people. They all have a presumption of righteousness [1]. They do not wish to inflict unjust suffering on anyone. They just wish to live in peace with their Arab neighbors. 

They do NOT approve of decapitating, raping, mutilating, or torturing ANYONE. Heaven forfend.

Conversely, Hamas and their bloodthirsty Arab hordes are degenerate mass murderers who delight in committing the above-mentioned crimes against humanity without an ounce of compunction.

There is ZERO equivalence.

However, if by "Israel" you mean the few powerful individuals at the seat of power in Israel, then it's quite a different story. 

These individuals are globalist puppets who servilely do the bidding of their sociopath handlers. Perhaps they aren't completely aware of the full extent of the deadly agenda, or maybe they are. Either way, these individuals are deeply compromised and have little regard for human life, neither Jewish nor Arab.

In fact, not only is there moral equivalence, there is complicity. That's right, the corrupt leaders of Israel colluded with Hamas, inviting these vile murderers to invade Israel and commit unspeakable crimes against their OWN citizens, providing SEVEN hours of stand-down-order inaction in order to maximize the carnage, trauma, and suffering, presumably to justify military retaliation thereby instigating a bloody war that serves the needs of the dystopian "New World Order" globalists.

In other words, the invasion was an inside job of sorts. Although the dirty work was actually carried out by subhuman jihadist filth, the rogue leadership of Israel -- or at least the very top of the Israeli chain of command -- was FULLY complicit.

However, even here, the difference between Israel and Hamas is remarkable.

The cabal of globalists succeeded in indoctrinating and weaponizing a significant part of the Gazan population, or at least enough of them to render decent Gazans irrelevant. Masses of depraved Arab civilians jubilantly celebrating the horrific slaughter of innocents is truly a revolting sight to behold. How has humanity stooped to such a low abyss?

However, the vast majority of Israelis recoil at any news of slain Gazan civilians. Their moral conscience is intact. The cabal has NOT succeeded in demoralizing and eroding their basic human decency and dignity.

It is only the very top echelons of power, the top .01% of Israel that has been subverted.

In fact, it's due to the average Israeli citizen's healthy moral conscience that he can't fathom the unthinkable depths of evil that has possessed his leaders. And it's precisely this naivete that's been cynically exploited by the globalists to perpetuate endless war by pummeling Israeli citizens with media indoctrination calling for excessive tolerance and restraint.

Of course, this flawed pacifist approach is at odds with Torah values, but inordinate compassion is indeed the "Achilles' Heal" of the Jew. That's why so many Jews, of Israel and the Diaspora, unsuspectingly fall prey to the allures of liberalism and its false piety.

Nevertheless, even the Jew's weakness reflects his inherent goodness. Even when indoctrinated by errant liberal dogma, the Jew values the sanctity of human life, including that of his mortal enemy! 

While it's a sad reality that Israelis have been misled by foreign secular values and decades of incessant deception, it hasn't robbed them of their basic human decency.

This teaches us a profound lesson about the Jewish people and their steadfast sense of morality (albeit confused at times), in stark contrast to amoral mores of the Arab masses whose moral conscience has been tragically blighted and blinded by hate. 

This profound disparity reminds us of scripture's timeless praise of God's chosen people: "מי כעמך ישראל גוי אחד בארץ -- Who is like Your people Israel, one (unique) nation on earth." [2]

Let us pray that the holy Jews of our Holy Land rise up and take back Israel from the accursed globalist tyrants. Like the Maccabees did in the days of Hellenist subversion. 

And maybe that will inspire people to rise up against globalist tyranny all around the world, reclaim their God-given freedoms, and liberate humanity from grave existential threat.

Am Yisrael chai. May the people of Israel live, and may they restore life and liberty to all humankind with the true and complete Redemption through Moshiach, our righteous redeemer. Amen.

Notes:

[1] Isaiah 60:21. Sanhedrin 11:1. Furthermore, those slain are קדושים, holy martyrs who died in sanctification of God's Name. Each and every Jew, especially those currently in harm's way, are beloved to God incomparably more so than a parent's love for a precious only child.

[2] Samuel II 7:23, Chronicles I 17:21.