Thread by @HilzFuld

Let’s make some moral order here, shall we?

There seems to be some confusion regarding morals and ethics, and more often than not, it’s Jews behind the confusion.

As my father likes to say, “Some people have such open minds, their brains fell out.”

So let’s dissect the immoral claims we are all seeing.

“What’s the difference? There are deaths on both sides!”

First and foremost, if you somehow, in any way, equate Hamas with the IDF, don’t look now but there’s a fool walking around in your shoes (Another famous line from my dad, Yonah Fuld)

Anyone with a half a brain sees what Hamas has done and is continuing to do. Israel retaliating to defend her people is in no way comparable.

If you make an equal sign between the two sides, you are equating evil and good, and you better go start looking for your moral compass.

“You can’t just kill innocent people in Gaza!”

Here’s the thing. There has never been a war in the history of the world in which innocent people weren’t killed.

No one in their right mind would say that attacking Germany in WWII was not justified because “Not all Germans were Nazis!”

If by now you don’t realize that Hamas=ISIS=Nazis, open your eyes.

And you know what? The innocent Germans who didn’t vote for Hitler who lost their lives? That’s unfortunate.

But the Palestinian people not only elected Hamas but they, yes, **they** hand out candies and dance in the streets every time an innocent Jew is murdered (and let’s not forget their dancing on 9/11!)

So don’t give me this “But not all of them are terrorists” junk. The innocent majority (debatable that there’s a majority in Gaza that doesn’t support Hamas) is irrelevant.

If they don’t stand up against Hamas, if they give out candies, if they dance, their blood is on their hands, not ours.

Yes, there has been and will be more innocents on their side who pay with their life.

That is the nature of war. They asked for war. They got war.

“Jews don’t celebrate the death of their enemies.”

This is a serious misconception. We have several times in the Torah a commandment to eradicate evil (״ובערת הרע מקרבך״).

People who make this claim like to quote the commentary on the Torah when the Jews left Egypt that בנפול אויבך אל תשמח clearly have very superficial understanding of that principle.

Before quoting me that, perhaps go study who that was said to. It was not said to the people who absolutely had every right to celebrate the defeat of their enemy who enslaved them for 210 years.

That was said to the angels.

When evil is eradicated, we celebrate. And remember point one. There is no equating their celebrations when innocent people die and our celebration when terrorists die. If you don’t see the difference, well, keep searching for your moral compass.

“But you had them in a prison. What were they supposed to do?”

If someone makes this argument, before even getting into the issue itself, just recognize that what they’re in essence saying is “The murder (and worse) of women and children is justified in this case.” Let them say that loudly and clearly.

More importantly, Israel left Gaza. There wasn’t a Jew in Gaza since The disengagement in 2005. They had the chance to establish a state. Instead they chose terror.

That was their decision and now it’s time for them to pay the price for that decision.

“You stole their land!”

Again, before we even debunk that ludicrous claim, are you implying that if someone steals something from you, you can murder their infant? Is that what you’re saying? You’re gonna stick with that?

Second of all, again, before we even debunk that claim, let me tell you how the world works.

When a country attacks, loses, and their land is taken by the enemy they attacked and lost to, well, that sucks for them, doesn’t it?

Should America also “Get off stolen land”?

Now to the point itself.

Are you honestly claiming that the “Occupation” is the issue? So before the so-called occupation, Arabs weren’t massacring Jews in this land? 1929, Hebron Massacre. Google it.

Remind me when the state of Israel was established? That’s right. 1948. Last I checked, 1929 came before 1948, let alone their fabricated “Occupation” in 1973.

“Just give them a state and all this goes away.”

Whoever says this is:
A: Dumb
B: Blind
C: A Jew hater
D:All of the above

D!

Ding ding ding! You win!

They had a state. The same time we were given a state. In 1948. It was called the partition plan. Israel said yes, they said no and attacked.

From the first day, they made it very clear that their goal is not a state. Their goal is no Israel. Actually, now I’m guilty of buying the lies. Their goal is not no Israel. Their true goal is no Jews.

Don’t believe me? Read their charter. All you had to do was Google it.

When people tell you their intentions, perhaps you should believe them.

“You have an army. They are just some childish losers throwing stones and firing dumb rockets. It’s an unfair equation.”

If this is still your opinion after this war, I’m sorry but you are genuinely a fool. Do you know how many people these childish losers have killed? This is army against army. This is full out war.

“How could you prevent them from having water and electricity?”

Here. Let me fix that for you. “How could a moral country provide water and electricity to a terrorist government who won’t even take care of their own people?”

We should have done this long ago. Giving them electricity to spread lies on the internet and make terror tunnels? Really?

Those days are over.

“All they want is their dignity and their national rights that any people deserves.”

Listen folks, this isn’t a war between Arabs and Jews or between “Palestinians” (in parentheses because words matter and the only people who were Palestinians were Jews who lived here before the modern state of Israel. There has never been an Arab state of Palestine and now we all know with 100% certainty that there never will be!) and Jews.

This is a war, a clash of civilizations.

Radical Islam against everyone else.

These savages have killed and abducted innocent people from countless western countries. They have killed and abducted their own people inside Gaza and out of it.

Again; they say their intentions clearly. They want Islam to rule the world and they won’t give up until they accomplish that mission.

If you’re in the west (or anywhere else) and you support the “Palestinian” side of this conflict, you will be remembered as someone who was on the wrong side of history and who was a terror sympathizer. Someone who supported a people who throw gays off of roofs, who abduct and rape women, who murder babies, that is who you are siding with. As long as we’re clear.

Most things in life are not black and white. Most things require nuance. But sometimes, things are black and white. Sometimes evil is just evil. And an inability to recognize true evil isn’t liberalism or activism, it’s moral bankruptcy.

Judaism teaches us: “המרחם על האכזרים סופו שמתאכזר על הרחמנים”

“He who shows compassion to the evil, will ultimately show evil to the compassionate.”

Don’t make that mistake. This is a historic moment that won’t repeat itself.

Choose wisely.