Will They March For Us?

Live From the War in Israel - Day 350

Every day seems more surreal than the last. Less than a year ago, Israel was voted among the top 5 happiest countries. Now, we have been at war for 350 days. During that time, Israel has gone from one of the most respected countries to the next major world pariah. No matter what we do or how we do it, we are perceived as the most evil, vicious country in the world.

This week, Israel set off small bombs in beepers and walkie-talkies in the possession of Hezbollah operatives. The condemnation was quick and harsh. You expect the Iranians and Lebanese to call it genocide, a word that means nothing anymore since it applies to everything. But you have to wonder when the Deputy Foreign Minister of Belgium, a real country, calls it a terrorist attack, or when members of the U.S. Congress call for an investigation due to the number of casualties.

This was an attack that wounded over 3,500 Hezbollah operatives, including the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon—no one seems to wonder why he had one (a beeper) in the first place. As of now, they are reporting 45–50 killed, but Israel suspects it is more. Assuming that there were some civilian casualties (we will never know how many because, apparently, when you fight the Zionist enemy, everyone is a civilian), this was one of the most precise attacks on an enemy in history. Almost all of the 3,500 injured or killed were Hezbollah TERRORISTS.

As a Jew, you are always aware that the rules are never the same for us. We have been hated, persecuted, and killed since Pharaoh decided to kill all male babies at birth 3,500 years ago. After the Holocaust, which was the natural conclusion of 3,500 years of that hate, the world looked at us differently.

Or so we thought.

The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was passed to ensure this kind of thing never happened again. We thought that antisemitism had been called out and, if not eradicated, pushed to the fringes.

We were wrong.

Once again, part of the world is calling for our destruction while the rest remain silent.

This week, the United Nations voted 124 to 14 (with 43 abstentions) on a resolution that Israel leave the occupied territories within a year. The 124 countries included France, Cyprus, and Greece.

According to this, all Jews living in the Old City of Jerusalem would need to leave.

Jews have been living in Jerusalem for almost 3,000 years continually. The few exceptions were when Jews were forcibly sent out, but none of these lasted long. The last time this happened was when the Palestinians expelled all the Jews between 1948 and 1967.

Now, some people may say that the Jews can stay if they want. Unfortunately, those people are not Palestinians. In fact, both Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have said that there will be no Jews in an independent Palestine (which, ironically, is the definition of ethnic cleansing).

This is seemingly a big win for the Palestinians. Although not binding, the vote will force countries to look at their relationship with Israel and perhaps start a trade embargo.

It won’t be long—my guess, within the next 50 years—that there will be a vote declaring the Jewish presence in occupied Palestine (which all of Israel will be declared) illegal.

Can’t happen, right? Very far-fetched.

If only that were true.

Israel is one progressive American president away from being declared illegal.

Do you know why the Old City is considered occupied territory? It is because President Obama decided to punish Bibi before he left office by withholding the U.S. veto when the Security Council voted on Resolution 2334. (Talk about collective punishment.)

If Jerusalem is occupied, so is Tel Aviv—a point that Hamas and I agree on.

So, what should Israel do? I have no idea. What is clear is that we have to start looking to a time when we lose U.S. support. In my mind, it is not an "if" but a "when."

Talk of evangelical support is overrated. Where are the mass rallies of support? Besides, their youth, like all American youth, have accepted the rewritten history of Palestine.

American Jews overwhelmingly support Israel (at least its right to exist), but they too are losing their youth to radical politics and the new history.

Another thought comes to mind: when the Palestinians have their state and start removing or killing the Jews living there (which they have said they will do), will there be rallies on college campuses for us?

I doubt it.