Daniel Gordis Answers 18 Questions on the IDF’s Morality, the Hostage Crisis, and the Iranian Threat

[@walterbenjamin1386]

His book Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn is superb. I learned an enormous amount from him.

[@John-c3u9o]

"The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity." - Elie Wiesel;

[@cecilepham7357]

What is worse ? Being indifferent to the tragedy of the Palestinians for decades OR having a long term term PLAN of ethnic cleansing that now has turned into genocide ?

[@invictus1967]

The buildings are demolished to prevent hamas from re-occupying. Once a space is "cleared", once you leave you no longer know it's safe. You need to either leave troops behind or render the space no longer a threat

[@joshlyons1005]

There are frigging hidden tunnels into buildings everywhere. What a terrible example he gave lol.

[@MarieGroenewald-eq6pk]

The hostages is a very,very sad situation

[@gandydancer9710]

That's no excuse to spend your time crying, as Gordis demands. A sense of perspective is always in order.

[@barbaraweinstein2938]

A very intelligent conversation by a very knowledgeable person. I really enjoyed it , thank you.

[@lcraver4797]

I completely agree - when I was short in the mid-1950s my father was a new graduate from a Christian seminary and wanted to be a US Navy chaplain (which in retrospect I never understood - my mother's grandfather had been a Royal Navy officer but no one in my father's family had at that time pursued a military career - 3 of my father's nephews eventually joined the USAF) but the ranks had been filled during the Korean War (when he was in seminary). My point is that I never have understood why in the context of the crisis of 7 Oct 2023 why there never has been Haradim subject to the draft. I remember the day in my early teens when my father got his 5-E draft notice (which came shortly after his 35th birthday and said he was exempt from the draft except in wartime) and his explanation to me of what it meant. And that it was possible I myself might be drafted some day.

[@Monkey_PNut]

A really intelligent interview thank you Daniel Gordis

[@danzgreen]

As an Israeli-American living in the US.... it has been heartbreaking.... to see everyday, that Israelis struggle. Both with the war and the internal turmoil.

[@weeshirley5934]

To see the ISRAELI struggle?? Sorry but it’s the Palestinians who are being ethnically cleansed by Israel, you haven’t seen the news lately?? You must have heard there’s a genocide going on

[@richardchurchward4413]

Real question..do you feel anything at all for the Gazans living through hell?

[@susie5254]

@@richardchurchward4413 Before I saw them watching the October 7th massacre in all its barbarity on the big screen, dancing with glee, I did feel sorry for them (even though they elected Hamas) but now they are far down on my list of "feelings". They must start helping themselves like every other population is expected to do...work, don't massacre and teach your children hatred from kindergarten.

[@TesterBoy]

@@richardchurchward4413Hamas started the war. The Palestinians supported Hamas. Israel totally occupying Gaza would improve the lot of Gazans. Best thing ever would be for them is too renounce Islam, terrorism, and become Israelis citizens

[@danzgreen]

@@richardchurchward4413 Yes .. Sadness .....That, they are prisoners of Hamas,/Iran... just as much as the Hostages ..(Bring them home)!

[@eadler1220]

Amazing interview!

[@cathyontong5324]

AS a christian I do christianity in my own country. When I come to ISRAEL I want to experience Judaism as Jesus did. Christmas trees and decorations, are NOT WHAT CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT. JESUS was a JEW while on earth and I want to follow in HIS footsteps and feel the way HE did about the world and ISRAEL when HE lived in ISRAEL !

[@fistikpamuk1]

Remember he apposed the old ways hense his preachings

[@gandydancer9710]

@cathyontong5324: You can't. So now what?

[@Elepescu]

“Tears in their eyes’ will not defeat the enemy and will prevent the destruction of the country.

[@gandydancer9710]

Will NOT. FIFY.

[@JLP4444]

The teaser about the hostages is dishonest--Gordis acknowledges he doesn't even know if a deal was possible.

[@gandydancer9710]

What "teaser"?

[@rareword]

The problem with the world is that everyone thinks they know better than their neighbor.

[@pamelaleibowitz3019]

Without Torah there is no Israel and without Israel no Torah they are meshed together ! We learn from History ! We will survive and thrive !

[@raeli731]

Great discussion! Thank you 🙏🏻

[@bobcirulnick3598]

Daniel Gordis as usual: Thoughtful, insightful, nuanced and excellent!!!

[@pseudophile]

Master of Hasbara

[@gandydancer9710]

Gordis: Mostly wrong.

[@stevenfrischling6459]

Yes, Jews have the right to cry and worry but not the right to despair.

[@gandydancer9710]

Those are poor substitutes for acting to defeat Israel's enemies.

[@khubza8999]

They do not have the right to annihilate a weaker people who were there on the land for millennia before Jews arrived.

[@kiwilaurel]

I’m not Jewish. I am an American grandma who has always had a deep love of Israel. My charities of choice are those that serve Israeli’s and Israel’s political and military interests. My voting is always determined by who supports Israel. I am so shamed by some of the USA’s failures in their support of Israel. I know as a born again Christian, Israeli’s probably wouldn’t be thrilled to have me but when Oct. 7th happened, my first reaction was to come, even if all I could do was make sandwiches for IDF and volunteers but at my age, I am only a liability, so I will support you from afar. I pray to your God for your country, your people and your problems. May God bless you, as has always been His plan.

[@irinastarobinskaya3461]

Very interesting interview!!! Thank you!

[@GoldasGirls]

Thank you so much for your love and support!❤❤❤

[@janaan3093]

That's a good post! But you say: "I pray to your God for your country..." I think if you're Christian, your God is the same as the God of Israeli people.🙂🙏🙏🙏 I'm a Catholic and I know we all have the same God.

[@TomJonesisback]

Deep love of land thieves 🤔

[@lunatigannie8860]

U have a huge ❤

[@marionvuijk500]

It’s also fun to listen to two smart people talking. And I like the way he simply doesn’t know what is going to happen to Gaza. It’s good to simply not know something important, and admit it frankly and openly.

[@gandydancer9710]

It's not good when it paralyzes your capacity for needed action.

[@leannsherman6723]

“What’s more important - your heart or your lungs?” Great response!

[@gandydancer9710]

It's a false alternative. You need brains as well, and Gordis doesn't convince me that his are working that well.

[@JLP4444]

I had a negative impression of Gordis because of the blowback he received after signing onto that letter urging US Jews to join in the fight against the judicial reform, but he came across appealingly reasonable in this interview. I'm no fan of this format, so it's even more of a testament to him that he still managed to make it entertaining.

[@gandydancer9710]

Thanks for clarifying that that is his position. I suspected as much. It is so convenient for him then that he wants Netanyahu to stop trying to achieve judicial reform until a "conversation" takes place that can go on forever without judicial reform ever getting done.

[@willdon.1279]

Attacking the Judicial system, along with independent media, are early steps to autocracies. See Putin et al. Bibi being a great war leader does not excuse other crimes in any true democracy!

[@rodrigoxaviercarreras3462]

Hello, am Israel chai from Costa Rica 🇨🇷. I’m a former two times ambassador to Israel. The truth is that the lack of strategic depth of Israel and Its limited population it has is an underlying pain where as Egyptians think bearable for them to lose 100 thousand lives whereas for Israelis it’s more of a cost as General, latter president Chaim Herzog states in his war of attrition.

[@pamelaleibowitz3019]

Benjamin Netanyahu the most courageous , intelligent , inspiring and strong leader , perhaps the best in the Western World at present ! Am Yisrael Chai !

[@lisaschuster686]

Things like this happen all over the world, and people try to forget.

[@joysachs9032]

Good info from Daniel. Thanks. Please let him answer each question before you fire another one.... it's called Interrupting and is so frustrating for the interviewee and for the listeners. Todah rabah.

[@misha1144]

Excellent talk. Thank you!!

[@malonymilvar7351]

love it❤

[@lisaschuster686]

“You call yourself a light unto the nations. We are looking for hypocrisy so TREAD CAREFULLY.” Is the message from an envious world.

[@gandydancer9710]

I have no idea what what you wrote is supposed to mean.

[@peggyobrien3943]

Very good!

[@daverubi]

Who is the interviewer?

[@paulheydarian1281]

It appears to be a humanoid, but nothing is certain. 🤔

[@talmalachovsky8662]

Loved all of this except one part at the end; perhaps Bibi is not having a national conversation about the day after because seriously discussing any plans may jeopardize them.

[@joge2468]

I’m with you. Say, for example, the plan is to form very small clan-based governments. Those clan leaders would be Hummus’s next target.

[@gandydancer9710]

@@joge2468 Is misspelling HAMAS (it's an acronym) supposed to signify something?

[@joge2468]

@@gandydancer9710 It doesn’t mean anything other than my posts get taken down if I use the actual word.

[@gandydancer9710]

@@joge2468 But my post, spelling it correctly, hasn't been taken down. And it's not like I'm in good odor with Nanny KZbin. The Nanny regularly disappears my posts for obscure reasons. I think, however, that you may have misidentified "HAMAS" as a trigger for the algorithm. Gordis' demand of Bibi that he speak to the the issue de jour in a more forthright way is probably partisan. Does he make the same demand on politicians that he sees as being more in agreement with him? I doubt it. Politicians speak the way they do because it works for them, and that's on their constituents.

[@patharvard]

Does anyone expect the sociopaths and psychopaths running our country to take responsibility for their failures or to show empathy for the suffering of anyone but themselves.

[@gandydancer9710]

I certainly don't expect you to take responsibility for yours.

[@krishnaveganathar]

Thank you

[@DM-dy9cw]

Excellent talk thank you!

[@philiphook3898]

Someone should remind the guest that the best friend Israel has is the American Christian church. If talking about how anti-Semitic the US is, I feel it's irresponsible to not mention your best friends live there as well

[@gandydancer9710]

There is no such one thing as "the American Christian church".

[@philiphook3898]

@gandydancer9710 ha there there would be there there no such thing as a sovereign state of Israel. Silly lil dancer

[@willdon.1279]

@@gandydancer9710 And the extreme noisier, corrupt section is no friend.

[@gandydancer9710]

@@willdon.1279 It's not just the American churches which are largely indistinguishable from the global Left in their attitudes. I don't know that it's particularly noisy or corrupt -- Evangelical churches, e.g., can be both those things -- but the global Left is no friend of Israel.

[@philiphook3898]

@@gandydancer9710 if there was no such thing as the American Christian church there would be no such thing as sovereign Israel present day. You and the other guy can be stiff necked and stubborn. We still love you's

[@comolasaves]

Thank you so much for your great work, your intellectual contribution and these deep insights into Israeli discourse for the (English speaking) world! I have enjoyed every episode and race to listen every time a new one comes out. This one was also very interesting! I would just like to ask one little thing: Your guests often come up with Hebrew terms and idioms, but do not explain them. Would it be possible to ask them for a translation or add an explanation in post production? That would highly increase the informative value and also be a way to learn Hebrew in context (I am still a beginner).

[@pseudophile]

@comolasaves When speaking to the “chosen” one doesn’t need to explain.

[@ronaldshiffman9171]

Total respect for Dan Gordis and his commentary, however, I have one point which he omitted. Hamas was never going to negotiate over the hostages and ultimately make a deal. The hostages were taken with the intention of inflicting maximum pain of the Jewish state. There was nothing Israel could do to hasten the return of the hostages other than to withdraw from Gaza and surrender.

[@JLP4444]

To me, that's really a fundamentally dishonest position of him to take. It's like he's stuck in the pre-October 7th mindset of thinking that Hamas is rational and just like everyone else --they want what's best for the people of gaza, etc et cetera.

[@ronaldshiffman9171]

@@JLP4444 I agree. Somewhat surprising that so many people can't get their heads around the fact that Islamic radicals despise Western values. They want to eliminate Jews, democracy, tolerance for ideas different than their own.

[@saskiademoor8400]

Strongly disagree with you then again I’m convinced that nothing I say could change your mind as you seem totally set and what you believe to be true.

[@JLP4444]

After listening to the whole interview, I think Dan acknowledged this fact. The headline for the video is very misleading--I heard Dan more just say that it's a horrible tragedy and whether anything could have been done differently, he couldn't say for sure.

[@gandydancer9710]

@@JLP4444 But he demanded that the war on HAMAS be stopped since nothing further can be done. Somehow he KNOWS that. Whereas my judgment is that the mowing of the grass must never stop. The 2005 w/d was the result of a fantasy that it could stop, and 10/7 was the consequence of succumbing to that fantasy, which Gordis wants to revive.

[@JosephProsnitz1]

So much higher quality thinking than either attacking or defending the state of israel and the Jewish people. Thank you both for your perspectives

[@gandydancer9710]

I thought the thinking on display was foggy in the extreme. Sometimes it is imperative that the "conversation" end and action take place. Especially when keeping the "conversation" dragging on is a victory by default for one side, e.g. those opposed, like Gordis, to judicial reform.

[@JosephProsnitz1]

@@gandydancer9710 ok? people think different things. depends on what you compare it to? How many of these have you watched?

[@gandydancer9710]

@@JosephProsnitz1 Why would it matter for my point how many videos I have watched? Gordis is very big on "conversations", but the time for judicial reform is now and his excuse for further delay is both flimsy and convenient for his opposition to it.

[@irinatennant4585]

Very interesting informative talk.

[@rodrigoxaviercarreras3462]

Hello, am Israel chai from Costa Rica 🇨🇷. The truth is that the lack of strategic depth of Israel and Its limited population it has is an underlying pain where as Egyptians think bearable for them to lose 100 thousand lives whereas for Israelis it’s more of a cost as General, latter president Chaim Herzog states in his war of attrition.

[@philiphook3898]

Why have you deleted all my comments

[@ehyeh365]

Which scandinavian country?

[@simhaari]

England

[@ehyeh365]

@ 😂Nordic neighbor right there

[@Chemistrygreenleaf]

Interesting

[@koralreefs2598]

Everybody is critical of the US in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s the whole point. We Have learned from those Conflicts are applying those lessons to this conflict.

[@CapeCodSully]

The only thing the US learned in Iraq and Afghanistan is the military industrial complex can make a ton of money killing millions of innocent people. The vast majority of Gazans support hamas, hardly innocent in the slaughter of Israeli citizens. The Biden regime has no business telling Israel how to fight this war, they financed it when they released billions of dollars to Iran.

[@bryanholden6855]

A whole bunch of words that say basically nothing. Waste of time.

[@김지호-x8q-m9n]

Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy 31:8 - And the shekinah of the Word of the Lord will go before thee, and his Word will be thy helper, he will not forsake nor be far from thee, fear not, nor be dismayed.

[@andoros.7017]

despite having serious blinders on and the obvious, and for the sake of the state necessary inability to acknowledge the severity of the occupation and how grotesquely violent and completely oppressive the state of Israel has been and continues to be Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, I can appreciate this man's honesty to what he appears to truly believe.

[@ipauls47]

The Ottoman Empire is no more. Israel is rightfully occupying the ancestral homeland of the Jewish People - the most ethnically cleansed people throughout history on Earth. Define Palestinian - a term that did not exist before the British Mandate. Golda Meier was a Palestinian, before Arafat was. When Egypt ruled Gaza & Jordan ruled parts of Judea & Samaria, no one rose up to fight for a Palestinian state. There are 60 majority Muslim countries, 22 Arab countries, and 1 Jewish State. Leave Israel alone and there can be peace. Continue to mess with Israel and the violence you abhor will continue. Study the history of the Middle East.

[@joge2468]

I don’t think you have any idea what lengths you would go to, to ensure your children aren’t bl0wn to pieces on their way to school. Imagine living in New Jersey and _several times a week_ b0mbs went off in cafes, on buses, and at the market. You think Izzzies want to monitor the WB? It’s incredibly expensive and dangerous.

[@joge2468]

I don’t think you have any idea what lengths you would go to, to ensure your children aren’t bl0wn to peaces on their way to school. Imagine living in New Jersey and _several times a week_ b0mbs go off in cafes, on buses, and at the market. You think Izzzies want to monitor the WB? It’s incredibly expensive and dangerous.

[@lisaschuster686]

We all protested in college! It was the end of the Vietnam War and I hated America just because I could? No, we were very, very distraught about what we were doing in S.E.Asia.

[@MarieGroenewald-eq6pk]

Unfortunately the middle east Israel Palestine conflict and Lebanon and Syria are a total different scenario than the Vietnam conflict you simply can't compare the 2

[@patharvard]

I see that the people or the person operating this channel is taking down comments made by Israelis who are critical of our (Israel’s) government’s policies.

[@talmalachovsky8662]

Also what's a Palestinian?

[@susie5254]

"The word Palestine derives from Philistia, the name given by Greek writers to the land of the Philistines, who in the 12th century bce occupied a small pocket of land on the southern coast, between what are now Tel Aviv-Yafo and Gaza."

[@talmalachovsky8662]

@susie5254 when did the philistines disappear?

[@cecilepham7357]

This guy talks about democracy as if there is democracy in israel

[@jazura2]

According to your definition of democracy, what country practises it.

[@janaan3093]

So.... how much democracy is in Muslim countries??🙄🙄🙄

[@jedinxf7]

if anything there is too much democracy in Israel. it gives fringe politicians a voice to represent the few percent of the population who care to hear from them.

[@immers2410]

@@janaan3093is that your yardstick now 😅

[@GaryZellman]

You write on this comment section like you actually have a brain and independent thoughts.

[@fashioncitymetaverse]

What is the Hannibal DIRECTIVE ??

[@ipauls47]

Do some research …

[@immers2410]

Something to do with elephants crossing the alps

[@scottkellydickey]

​@@immers2410 that's the best reply I've heard in awhile 😅. I'm sure that the idiots that claim the IDF did this on Oct 7th have no idea who Hannibal was and why he crossed the Alps with elephants 🤔 😅

[@patharvard]

After being pursued by the Romans, Hannibal committed suicide to avoid capture. The Hannibal Directive is the name of a controversial procedure used by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to prevent the capture of Israeli soldiers by enemy forces. According to one version, it says that "the kidnapping must be stopped by all means, even at the price of striking and harming our own forces." In accordance with the Hannibal Directive, many of the captured Israelis were killed on October the 7 by the Israeli military forces.

[@scottkellydickey]

@@patharvard and you have proof and first hand knowledge they this happened? Take your sick conspiracy theories somewhere else .

[@cathyontong5324]

CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT THE condition of the human HEART, NOT about material things like churches and trees and crosses and symbols and lands but when we come to ISRAEL we also want to remember and demonstrate to our children the JESUS WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD WHO EVER LIVED, muslim, christian, hindu, mormon, criminal, terrorist, hater, murderer, rapist etc etc etc FOR EVEYONE, WHEN THEY ACKNOWLEDGE HIS selfless sacrifice of HIS own life for them !

[@andrearabinovitch7186]

Daniel Gordis answered all questions intelligently and clearly. I enjoyed hearing his perspectives. However, I think the host is asking too many boiler-plate questions.

[@nancikuba42]

When asked how do you think Hamas views the outcome & aftermath of Oct 7? Was it a success in their eyes? He responded, he can’t think of what goes through the mind of evil. Says if on Oct 6 someone would tell him his future & that would be him dead along with Dief & Hezzbollah destroyed & Syria collapsed, would he rethink even doing it? I ask that question to pro Hamas supporters; asking how did Hamas benefit from doing Oct 7 & I don’t get a response because there was no benefit except the obvious & that is international support. I’m just wondering why he doesn’t say the obvious. Makes me wonder. It’s all about swaying the minds of theU.S, Uk, Eu, Canada, Australia

[@Luke-r5s]

I think that you are right, democracy has become an integral part of the Jewish people and obviously Israel. Now I believe that democracy is ultimately diametrically opposed to what the Jewish people have been offered by God and ultimately democracy is going to give way to the Monarchy that the Jewish patriarch king David established under God's guidance. In the end when God's rule is established on earth and the world is filled with His glory who is going to be worthy to compete with His rule? Would we (mankind) be willing to return to the way the world is today, I for one would hope not.

[@AmandaSamuels]

In my opinion setting up Israeli settlements in Gaza could only be an obstacle to creating a peaceful situation in the future. Gazans need somewhere to live and Gaza is already densely populated. It could be possible for Gaza to develop as a demilitarised city state without posing a threat to Israel. It might be difficult to achieve that but it’s not impossible. The question of the West Bank is more complicated because there are basic geographical reasons why ceding control of the land to forces hostile to Israel is an existential threat to Israel. I wish there was a vision as to how to achieve security and true citizenship rights for both Israelis and the Palestinian people of the West Bank.

[@sandytatham3592]

You seem like a thoughtful person so please check out the proposal for #OneJewishState by former US Ambassador David Friedman. Israel extends sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, and eventually Gaza, and offers the Arab occupants "permanent residence status". That would give them _equal_ civil rights (security, education, health, employment opportunities, local government voting, etc.), a global travel document, and relative autonomy in their Arab cities and villages. A pathway to full citizenship would come after a qualifying period (as is the case in all developed countries) and when they can pledge allegiance to the *Jewish* state of Israel. All Arabs who decline this offer or who continue with violent 'resistance' would be assisted to resettle in a more suitable country by UNHCR. This would initially be an expensive project to implement, and UNRWA schools would be banned, but over time the residents would become the same as the two million Israeli Arabs who live as equal citizens today. I'd love to know what you think. I want a better future for the Arab children who are being indoctrinated with hate, and kept as 'perpetual refugees' to serve the purpose of putting maximum pressure on Israel.

[@susie5254]

Ten thousand Jews were thrown out of there homes in Gaza so that the Gazan Arabs could have their own Judenrein place and what have they done with it? Rather than work toward a productive land, they invested all their so-called humanitarian aid into tunnels so they could kill civilians.

[@YouTubeIsraelVibe]

The interviewer is so obviously biased in his attempts to censure Israel that none of his questions can be viewed as loving criticism.

[@willprioleau4080]

Druze must complete military service, but does Israel really want Arabs serving in the army?

[@ipauls47]

They already do … watch the Oxford Union debate on 28 November 2024 - an Israeli Arab, Yoseph Haddad, described his service in the IDF

[@dj1NM3]

It's great when people expose that they don't know what they're writing about. There were literally Arab IDF soldiers who were some of the first Israelis that reacted to Gaza's invasion of Israel on 7th October 2023.

[@outandabout4812]

Has Hezbollah really been destroyed?

[@liahk1000]

Greatly diminished in its military capacity

[@emanuell5926]

It’s nowhere the threat they once posed towards Israel

[@lesweizman388]

not totally....but they now have no balls BEEP BEEP BOPOOOOOOOOOM

[@immers2410]

They are in Yemen now

[@lizbethglickman2725]

Totally on target.

[@MJLindahouse]

What an amazing guest

[@danielhearn918]

Eight minutes in and still the word Palestinian hasn't been uttered nor the total leveling of Gaza. I saw graphic video of Hamas' attack and I get the rage, but equating all Palestinians as Hamas to justify war crimes is unconscionable. The world is learning a lot about the mentality and history of Israelis and Palestinians and it ain't Hasbara.

[@mountbeckworth1]

Well said. Boers in South Africa had more respect for native Africans than Israelis have for Palestinians. And this lack of humanity will haunt future generations. But the whole state is a proxy for the US, a land aircraft carrier. When I read of women having C section births without anaesthetics and settlers blocking relief trucks I know barbarity when I see it.

[@GaryZellman]

The word “Palestinian” is a made up political construct. They are Arabs indistinguishable from other Arabs of the region. ALL of the so called “Palestinians” in Gaza are responsible for Hamas. They ARE Hamas. Take your misplaced concern elsewhere.

[@nicholascooper1092]

The tragedy of a people run by ideologists like Hamas is that the propaganda driven into their lives results in a blind hatred of Israel.

[@joge2468]

The mentality of destroying an enemy that invaded your country and committed atrocities? I think that’s pretty rational and well understood. Did we go to w@£ with the knotsies or did we go to w@£ with Germany? If Izzz could get rid of Hummus without a single civilian casualty, do you not think they would? If you don’t, you know nothing about Js or Izzzis.

[@TheAlbinoskunk]

So much of this tension would be diffused if Bibi simply committed to not stand in the next election (which would be entirely normal for a politician of his age). This would prove that he is acting in the interests of the country and not for his own political future.

[@RichardZeller-b7y]

Doctors Without Borders. 45 doctors and nurses who spent time in Gaza signed a petition stating that on a daily basis they saw preteen children with bullet wounds to the head and chest, meaning they were targeted by snipers. There are two sides to every story. There is a lot of wrong on both sides but I think we have to admit there is a lot of hate on both sides.

[@GaryZellman]

It’s a war. War is messed up. “Palestinians” wanted this war. They got it. Many of these “preteens” are actual fighters being used by hamas, armed to the teeth.

[@dr.lebowitzoffice3076]

@@GaryZellmanand using child soldiers is a war crime, but the United Nothing is silent.

[@joge2468]

And who do you think is culpable for that? Do you think Izzzies are dumb? Why on earth would they target children? There is nothing to gain and everything to lose.

[@peggyobrien3943]

Israel is simply defending itself against people who continually try to annihilate them.

[@stephenhosmer9444]

He's right about ISRAEL being a JEWISH state, just like America is a CHRISTIAN state. ALL religions should have a STATE! We ALL love states all over the globe! I also love FRANCE, a Catholic state, and INDIA, a Hindu state. The more states, the merrier!

[@jedinxf7]

America is, by its constitution and by its population, most certainly not a Christian state. if you don't like that feel free to move to Vatican city

[@saskiademoor8400]

All citizens should be equal BUT this is a Jewish state …. Really ? Hard to combine you say? I reckon impossible.

[@susie5254]

The USA is a Christian state and in theory all citizens are equal. It's not so far-fetched. At least in theory.

[@saskiademoor8400]

@ do Christians have more rights in the USA than other people like in Israël where Jewish people have more rights?

[@YAFASHRIKI]

😮wow 20:45 talking about gold fish 🐠 the right or the left need them to build the coalition government. Don’t play the victim game. it’s bibi or not. and the bibi have is hands 🙌 on top.

[@darv011]

it intrigues me that they don't see genocide as the greatest failure!! These jews believe that they lost Jerusalem because God punished them for their crimes!! If so, I would be concerned that God will punish them for committing genocide!😢😢

[@CapeCodSully]

You don't know what genocide is. The population of Gaza has actually increased during this war. The birth rate has outpaced the death count of the war. Also governments committing genocide don't supply their victims with food, water, and medical care on a daily basis, which is exactly what Israel does in Gaza.

[@raheelkhan1586]

@@CapeCodSullyif you are linking genocide to net population decrease, you are legally illiterate. I do not mean that as an insult. The Genocide Convention (It’s only 9 paragraphs think) is not related to a rate of death, nor quantum of death nor a net decrease in population. You are simply absorbing bad information (deliberate I might add) from people who are relying on you being a sheep. It seems you are a sheep, as you are quoting this incorrect and legally illiterate logic. Just to let you know, the Bosnian genocide was ruled a genocide, and that was 8,300 deaths. You are embarrassing yourself, you can and should do better.

[@janaan3093]

I don't think you know what a genocide is.

[@raheelkhan1586]

@@janaan3093 she doesn’t. I put up a reply clearly setting out her legal illiteracy, and it has been deleted.

[@darv011]

@janaan3093 we don't needto rely on your view ir mine because the ICJ, Amnesty International, Humanrights watch all have determined it to so!

[@BIGJELLYPRODUCTIONS]

Can Daniel Gordis debate or even address all the anti-Zionists Rabbis Particularly Yaacov Shapiro who has become the Darling of the Anti-Zionist Movement. he has made his rounds practically anti- Israel stop on the internet, often going unchecked and unchallenged

[@paulheydarian1281]

Freedom of thought, Freedom of Speech, and Freedom of Expression are WONDERFUL things...😏

[@susanathompson1458]

I think the Democracy is not real freedom. If we have been Created equal, why needs to be favor in the mano? So it is a distinction. What the Torah in B’midbar 15:16 One Law for the natural and the Foreigner. How much wisdom Is it It? Are we playing be smarter than our. Creator? It does not work! You don’t see it! See an example the Trafic driver Law. For difents People Nacionalities should apply? I do not think so! Religions? How’d/Elohim is not a Religion, He gave us Instructions. And we will live our own consequences. Our Lord/Elohim/YAH call us to be distinctive, because He is distinctive amount the pagans.

[@adrianprather6022]

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[@TheKiddy3]

God I find myself actively disliking this man. My kind of Jew not allowed in his Israel. Arrogant, arrogant, arrogant.

[@emanuell5926]

Yu tu mast tu go ewey!

[@veralevy7036]

You are exactly right those are my thoughts as well and always the same story going to foreign media interviews and have an opinion about things that he got from the left progressive media

[@KarinAsklund]

I am chocked to hear this. Not a singel word about the sorrow that the whole world feel about the evil, the cruelty the genoside that is playing out in front of our eyes. The apartheid, the torture. The massinjuring of kids. Yes there are a lot of good jews. But also a lot of evil ones who defend this stealing of land

[@susie5254]

Please fly to Israel and to Gaza and speak to the people so you will be informed from someone other than CNN.

[@wirlisSorensen]

What idiocy

[@miriamliremberg5840]

Did you watch the Israeli most moral army tik toks?

[@terraloft]

@11 minutes. Point in fact trye prophets were Spirit led and spoke only what Yahweh was purposing. Not conjectures and musings, rather the divine and sovereign Mind of Christ!

[@miriamliremberg5840]

You live in a states axis Always needs to create an enemy!

[@stephenhosmer9444]

There are MANY good Jews out there: Noam Chomsky, Norman Finkelstein, Ilan Pappe, Gideon Levy, Bernie Sanders, Amy Goodman, Jeffrey Sachs, et al. Americans of all stripes simply LOVE THESE JEWS. The others are a bit more difficult to admire--except for Gershwin and Sondheim, et al.

[@dstei90035]

Who cares who YOU think is a good Jew?

[@cosmo43095]

Nonsense." Americans of all stripes" cannot stand self loathing egomaniacs and traitors to their own people.

[@joge2468]

Typical. You can’t actually be Jish and be ‘loved.’ You have to give up a third of your cultural heritage. How about you tell Blacks they have to give up Rap to be accepted.

[@joge2468]

Typical. You can’t actually be Jish and be ‘loved.’ You have to give up a third of your cultural heritage. How about you tell African Americans they have to give up Rap to be accepted.