October 13, 2023
Neither Might Nor Weakness Makes Right
The bankrupt moral presumption behind so much anti-Israel sentiment.
Behind the ill-informed and sometimes bad-faith accusations of war crimes and atrocities frequently leveled at the Jewish state lies, in many cases, a fundamental assumption about morality: namely, that the weak are always victims and the powerful always oppressors. In this view Israel is Goliath and the Palestinians are David—and, unlike in the book of Samuel, Goliath is wicked because of his size and strength and David righteous not because of his faith but because of his small size and lack of armor. Avi Woolf comments on the bankruptcy of this outlook, revealed by last Saturday’s events:
October 13, 2023
Neither Might Nor Weakness Makes Right
The bankrupt moral presumption behind so much anti-Israel sentiment.
There Can Be No Palestinian State under the Rule of Hamas—or of the PLO
We can now see what evacuation of the West Bank would bring.
As the Hard Left Goes to Bat for Hamas, Some on the Hard Right Are Going Silent
“They have strong views about all the world’s affairs except dead children in Israel.”
The Sacred Task of Burying the Dead
“We ask for forgiveness” if a body is moved.