Peloni: The path which led to October 7 and the attempt to force Israel to stand down against the existential threats attacking her was the cumulation of divisions within the Jewish people, both within Israel and within the US. Indeed, the consequences of these misjudged movements saw the attack on the Gaza envelope to be broadened into an attack against Jews throughout the Diaspora as well. The contrasting unity which saw individuals marching to the defense of the Otef on October 7, as well as the historic rise in voluntary enlistment in the IDF from Jews within Israel and from around the world, demonstrated the reality that Jewish unity around the resolve to survive, both as a people and a nation. It also marked the defiance of Jewish youths in the US to demand accountability for official sanctioning of antisemitism on US campuses. It is this unity of spirit which will preserve both the Jewish people as well as the Jewish State, and any call to divide the resolve for such unity should be shown the scorn of society as being the leadership of Meshugana as Block describes so well.
By Walter E. Block
Hanay, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikime dia Commons
There is a lot of mishegas floating around in the Jewish community, both in Israel and in the United States.
Let us document this, first, in the Middle East.
