I think what Hamas did is a horrific. I sympathize with all the families of the 1400 mostly civilians in Israel who lost loved ones. It was a war crime. I will make a couple of points though:
1) A war crime does not justify another war crime. Israel's carpet bombing of Gaza has already resulted in 9000 deaths including 3500 children. This is what is called collective punishment. How many children need to die in an effort to go after Hamas? Target Hamas's leaders, not 2.2 million civilians.
2) I dont understand why you included the 2 stories in your newsletter about Arab contributions to US universities and the number of Muslims vs Jews. What do these stories have to do with anything? It is insulting to imply that 1) Muslims are a threat to Jews because we are more numerous. Islam looks at Judaism and Christianity as earlier versions and revelations of the same truth. All religions have extremists whether they are Hamas, those demonstrators in Charlotsville chanting Jews "will not replace us" or settlers in Israel shooting at Palestinian villagers and chanting deaths to Arabs or the ones who assassinated prime minister Rabin; 2) It is also insulting to suggest that contributions from Arab countries are creating a hostile environment for Jews on campuses.
3) Cornell's president put out a very strong statement yesterday against anti-Semitism on campus. Obviously "Arab money" did not prevent her from doing this. So did Harvard. While I am sure some students in colleges do traffic in anti-Semitism, the bulk ( Including many Jewish students ) are just demonstrating against Israel's occupation of Palestinian land. Criticizing Israel's policies does not mean one is anti-Semite.
4) You really think Soros "hates America"? I don't know what kind of publications you are reading. Also, he does not "fund Jew hate protests". The fact that he whose family survived the Holocaust, is sympathetic to Palestinian human rights should make you stop and think that maybe he is on to something.
I think what Hamas did is a horrific. I sympathize with all the families of the 1400 mostly civilians in Israel who lost loved ones. It was a war crime. I will make a couple of points though:
1) A war crime does not justify another war crime. Israel's carpet bombing of Gaza has already resulted in 9000 deaths including 3500 children. This is what is called collective punishment. How many children need to die in an effort to go after Hamas? Target Hamas's leaders, not 2.2 million civilians.
2) I dont understand why you included the 2 stories in your newsletter about Arab contributions to US universities and the number of Muslims vs Jews. What do these stories have to do with anything? It is insulting to imply that 1) Muslims are a threat to Jews because we are more numerous. Islam looks at Judaism and Christianity as earlier versions and revelations of the same truth. All religions have extremists whether they are Hamas, those demonstrators in Charlotsville chanting Jews "will not replace us" or settlers in Israel shooting at Palestinian villagers and chanting deaths to Arabs or the ones who assassinated prime minister Rabin; 2) It is also insulting to suggest that contributions from Arab countries are creating a hostile environment for Jews on campuses.
3) Cornell's president put out a very strong statement yesterday against anti-Semitism on campus. Obviously "Arab money" did not prevent her from doing this. So did Harvard. While I am sure some students in colleges do traffic in anti-Semitism, the bulk ( Including many Jewish students ) are just demonstrating against Israel's occupation of Palestinian land. Criticizing Israel's policies does not mean one is anti-Semite.
4) You really think Soros "hates America"? I don't know what kind of publications you are reading. Also, he does not "fund Jew hate protests". The fact that he whose family survived the Holocaust, is sympathetic to Palestinian human rights should make you stop and think that maybe he is on to something.