Not a week passes in Israel without another shocking, unexplainable news item.
I am not referring to the threat of a massive multi front attack on the Jewish state or any other external threats such as the latest from Turkey's Erdogan to invade. The daily threat of terror on our roads, streets and schools is also not new or surprising.
The fact that Russia, China and North Korea are closing ranks with Iran to destroy Israel also does not surprise. Have we not become accustomed to the Nations of the world (the UN) closing ranks always against only one country?
Nothing new.
To witness the nations of the world boycott and unite to drag the country of the Jews to be pilloried before the "world court of justice" is also not a new phenomenon. Christianity and Islam had their go at the Jews and now their descendants are maintaining a tradition.
Nothing new
Despite all of the above and more, our tiny nation has continued to prosper, ingathering Jews from every corner of the world and enjoying the highest birth rates in the industrial world. While facing unrelenting and increasing assault on Israel from every corner and on every level, Jewish civilization remains steadfast in her role as super contributor to the welfare of that same Jew hating world.
A relatively few righteous non-Jews openly admire us for this unexplainable success and generosity while most bear an uncontrollable hate for us for just this reason.
The above is history; ancient, current and probably future as recounted and predicted in the Tanach.
As students of history, we need not be surprised by any of it.
What is more difficult to digest and understand are the self-hating Jews who join our enemies in their war against the Jewish nation. Yes, this too is an historical phenomenon and recounted in the Tanakh as well, I know. But still.
Sociologists and psychologists have grappled with this phenomenon and have applied various labels to it but still, when you see it in front of your eyes, when those in leadership positions of the Jewish state actively help the enemy and harm our own, academic explanations do not suffice.
Even meeting these traitors in Tanach and throughout our history does not soften the feeling of shock and incredulity when faced by it - especially during a war for survival. Why would the Israel army chief of staff allow the IDF chief prosecutor to blacken the name of our soldiers and present them to the world and our enemies as no better than those who did what they did to Am Yisroel on Oct 7?
A vicious monster Hamas terrorist complained of sexual assault by his Jewish guards. The particular doctor at the prison facility who is a member of "Physicians for human rights" immediately supported the terrorists’ claim. His organization put out a statement in the aftermath of the October 7 slaughter: "Human rights cannot be detached from historical and political reality". Its all about "context". Sounds familiar?
This "Jewish" doctor rushed to support the Hamas monster and condemn the Jewish soldiers This was reason enough for the military police, armed and masked, to be sent to swoop down and brutally arrest ten Jewish guards dragging them away shackled, in front of amused Hamas monsters.
What inspires a major Israeli TV News program to doctor and present a film "showing" the Jewish guards raping a prisoner that is now viewed as evidence by a Jew hating world that we are no better than Nazis?
After his own inspection, a Hadassah hospital forensic expert stated that there was no evidence of rape. The military prosecution's claim that the rule of law is above all else, even in the midst of war, are now squirming and twisting.
Why indeed would the IDF brass and major media rush to help our enemies?
Why do our courts do the same?
Why do our universities do the same?
Why do former chiefs of staff and prime ministers do the same?
Why does the mayor of Tel Aviv forbid Jewish public prayer but allow Muslim public prayer?
Why, why, why?
Whatever the explanation for this deep morass of the warped Jewish soul, the Jewish people are noticing. They see that even in the midst of a war of survival against the entire antisemitic world forces, the anti-Jewish "elites" in Israel insist on hurting the Jewish nation.
Jews are waking up. For the first time, they are attending Supreme Court hearings and making their voices heard. They are demonstrating outside army prisons. The courts, the army; bastions of unquestioned absolute power, are now being challenged by Am Yisroel.
Enough!
The Jews of Zion are stirring.
Are we witnessing an historic turning point of biblical proportions?
Possibly.
Shalom Pollack was born and raised in Brooklyn NY in a modern orthodox family. He received an M A from Brooklyn College in International Relations and moved to Israel upon its completion. He served in the Israeli navy and then worked as a journalist. He became a licensed tour guide in 1980, guiding in English, Hebrew and German. He enjoys sharing this unique land with people from all over. Shalom is author of Jews, Israelis and Arabs.
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