… Mainstream Jewish America has cultivated the false belief that conservative white Christians pose an existential threat to their lives and rights. Yet, since October 7th, it is precisely these conservative white Christians who have consistently stood with Israel and American Jews. This is clear to anyone grounded in reality rather than in the distorted narratives presented by outlets like The New York Times or The Forward. Today’s Conservative Christians not only uphold the values that turned America into the Goldene Medine, but they also understand the Bible well enough to recognize Jewish rights to the Land of Israel (putting aside their belief in the Second Coming as the reason)—and the obvious wrong of slaughtering teenagers at a music festival.
The double standards of many progressive Jews are striking. They are appalled that their fellow progressives condone Hamas violence or blame Israeli fans for the recent pogrom in Amsterdam. But why should this shock them any more than the justifications for mob violence during the George Floyd riots in America? When law-breaking, vandalism, and taking “justice” into one’s own hands are legitimized, it’s no surprise when similar arguments are applied to the Middle East. Admittedly, the BLM mobs didn’t rape and murder thousands, but when “resistance to oppression” is celebrated in one context, it becomes remarkably easy to argue that greater “oppression” justifies even greater “resistance.”
