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If you are one of those who cannot distinguish between a sovereign nation defending itself and the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by terrorists, you need to read Ending the “Cycle of Violence.” at HonestReporting.com. Oh heck, even if you do know the difference, go read it, it is a fine, well reasoned, article.
I’m not so naive to think that there are not Jews who think this way, and if you are one of them, though I disagree with you, I still welcome you as part of the community. All the more reason why you need to read the analysis of how too many in the media write and characterize the the war in Israel.
The article includes the following quote from the Jerusalem Post editorial:
In truth, however, there is no cycle of violence. There is no spiral of attack and counter-attack relentlessly unfolding here.
What we have, rather, on the one hand, is a sovereign nation’s desperate effort to live in its homeland, seek peace with those of its neighbors who will partner it, and defend itself against those who seek its destruction. And, on the other, we have the forces of militant Islam, firing rockets across Israel’s sovereign borders, murdering Israelis wherever they can be found vulnerable, indoctrinating their people with a vicious intolerance of Jewish historical rights in this region, and simultaneously spreading a perverted interpretation of Islam that purports to require each and every believer to carry out personal jihad in the name of God against the infidels - be they Jews, Christians or unbelieving Muslims.
Yes, it is time we end the use of the phrase “Cycle of Violence” and start calling this what it is.
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