"I do not want to see Israel in exile, pogroms everywhere, anywhere. Not me. Please don't call upon me..."
. . . "Remember the IDF women who were guarding Israel's southern perimeter right up against the border with Gaza? Remember that they were monitoring Hamas’ movements, looking out for incoming trouble? We do not yet fully understand why their superior officers did not listen to them. Yes, we know that some were asleep, had turned off their cellphones, had been sent home, along with the entire IDF, for both Shabbat and Simchat Torah. We understand that their superiors apparently had no advance intelligence and for many possible reasons. We've also been told that PM Netanyahu had not been fully informed of any possible trouble gaining traction. If this turns out to be true, will we be looking at another similar case, that which involved PM Golda being fed disinformation by Moshe Dayan right before the 1973 Yom Kippur War? Is this even conceivable?
"I do not know anything. I was not in the room--as they say. What really happened remains to be explored. Was part of the problem that it was always impossible for even the best Israeli spies to live in Gaza for more than an hour without being discovered, kidnapped, or murdered? Gaza is a small strip. Or was it the absolutely arrogant belief that the long-term Israeli strategy of paying off Qatar and Hamas was succeeding? (This strategy is known as "mowing the grass.")
"My point: In a very small and humble way, I am like those front-line observers of the fence between southern Israel and Gaza. Their warnings were not heeded. Nor have those of mine and others of my cohort. We've been at it a far longer time than these young warriors but, for many reasons, both Jewish organizations and Israeli organizations did not think that our warnings were as important as nobly donating to hospitals and medical services, and the IDF; less nobly to left-wing NGOS, left-wing political candidates, etc.
"Point taken. And yet, allow me to assure everyone that while Israel absolutely needs to be able to militarily defend itself in any way it deems necessary, defensively, preemptively, and offensively, so, too, do both Israel and the Jews need to do so in terms of the massive and monstrous disinformation campaign that has been successfully launched against us.
"Some serious scholars now suggest that Israel had better cut its losses and make the best deal it can--but that's in part due to the success of Israel's global demonization. Both Israel itself and its global reputation need to be well defended." . . .
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