WhatsappLet’s Put Things Into Perspective…
This past Shabbat, a mob of jihadi Muslims attacked Jewish shepherds on a hilltop between Efrat and Tekoa in the Judean hills, just minutes from my home.
The only reason the young Jews weren’t murdered or seriously injured is because a local resident from Efrat, who happened to be in the area, acted in self-defense. He first fired warning shots in the air, and when the attack continued, he shot and killed one of the terrorists.
What happened next? The Israeli army arrested the Jewish resident who saved lives, while none of the jihadi attackers were arrested. Not one.
Did you hear this reported in any mainstream media source?
This, just a week following the killing of another young 18 year old hilltop youth in Samaria, being rammed off a cliff, that also seriously injured his brother.
No, instead of headlines exposing the genocidal jihadi enemy living among us that we must urgently expel from our midst, religious Jews across Israel are being made to feel guilty for the alleged “growing violence” of the hilltop youth.
Instead of praising these young pioneers for standing on the frontlines, defending the biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria against the jihadi enemy that wants to murder every single one of us, we shame and vilify them.
Yes, anyone who breaks the law must be held accountable. But launching public campaigns that paint the entire population of Judea and Samaria as extremists and compares the violence of our genocidal enemies to some hilltop youth, is nothing less than a dangerous distraction. It plays straight into the hands of those who want to divert our attention from the real evil we are facing, the jihadi Amalek that seeks our total destruction.
We must stop shaming our own defenders and start focusing on removing the enemy.
On top of all that, the big story dominating the media and the army right now is the Chief of Staff’s outrageous decision to remove an entire religious-Haredi reserve battalion from operational activity, and be re-educated, because some soldiers allegedly spoke inappropriately to a CNN journalist and “acted improperly” while the journalists were interfering with their military duties against our genocidal enemy.
Let’s be clear.
The decision to impose collective punishment and sideline an entire battalion is deeply problematic on its own. It becomes far worse when it targets a religious-Harddi unit, especially now, when Israeli society is finally trying to bring more Haredim into the IDF.
This decision reveals a painful truth: too many of our senior officials are still more terrified of bad headlines, whether true or completely skewed, than they are of failing to defeat a genocidal jihadi enemy that wants to wipe us out.
They would rather punish our own soldiers than confront the real threat we face in Judea & Samaria.
But above all else, the real outrage is the glaring double standard.
While the army did nothing to the thousands of political leftists who publicly refused to serve in the IDF, including the airforce, incited against the military, and effectively dismantled parts of our fighting force, a weakness that directly emboldened Hamas to launch their barbaric massacre on October 7th, they choose to impose harsh collective punishment on a religious-Haredi battalion.
This decision sends a devastating message:
There is one law for the regular reserve combat soldiers, a mix of the nation and backbone of our ground forces, and an entirely different law for reserve pilots, intelligence officers, and elite units staffed by many from the political left.
This double standard is not just unfair. It is dangerous. It tells every religious Jew and every settler in Judea and Samaria: “You are guilty until proven innocent, and we will punish you collectively while protecting those on the political left.”
And on the international stage? The Christian world is crucifying Israel because the Latin Patriarch was briefly delayed from reaching the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, while ignoring that rockets from Iran forced all religions to be restricted from holy sites in the Old City.
Friends, we still have serious challenges, both internally and externally.
We will overcome them. We must have faith in God and in the historic process our people are going through right now. Redemption is not all roses. It is a growing process. But we must also be brutally honest about what we are facing:
A jihadi enemy that wants to destroy us.
A media, legal system and senior military officials that often protects the attacker while punishing the defender.
And too many inside our own camp who still refuse to see reality clearly.
It’s time to stop the double standards.
It’s time to stand with our soldiers, our settlers, and our people without apology.
We are winning. We will win. Always see the headlines through those lenses and then internalize all the powers trying to stop us. They are failing.
Am Yisrael Chai!!!
