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“Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart.” – The Book of Wisdom, from the Holy Bible
(Frank Wright) — The destruction of human life for political ends is a crime. We in the West know well the program of violent jihad. Calls to crush an entire people in response, however, are never permitted outside of Israel. Now they are celebrated.
The situation in Israel is the polarization of a crisis between two factions. Both seek to widen their war by mobilizing their allies. Hamas cannot hope to win a military victory. It seeks to involve state level actors in Hezbollah and in sympathetic nations, whilst also appealing for “al-Aqsa” day of Islamic action on Friday, October 13.
The faction which now directs the Israeli state also seeks to partner with international allies. Both sides see in escalation and the atrocities it produces a means of rallying support for their cause. This cause is the extermination of the other. …