Israel Needs Peace

I saw some pro-Palestinian protestors holding up signs proclaiming the recent violence in Gaza as another Holocaust. The death of hundreds of civilians is a tragedy, but in relation to the Holocaust it's like comparing a half-full bathtub to an ocean. To these morons, I suggest reading a book about the Holocaust. And not one by Arthur Butz either. Of course, these people acknowledge the existence of the Holocaust, otherwise they would be demeaning their own cause. Murder is wrong in all of its forms, but scale does matter. This offensive comparison alienates sympathetic Jews. A horrible invasion and the deaths of a few hundred people is abhorrent, but it has little in common with the systematic execution of six million people.

However, far worse than erroneous comparisons to the Holocaust is the Israeli invasion into Gaza itself. Israeli officials have apologized for the deaths of Palestinian civilians. Apologies are not going to bring these people back to life. If you step on someone's foot, you apologize. If you murder someone's family, an apology doesn't exactly cut it. This action is supposedly in retaliation for Hamas rocket fire. A way to stop militants is to alienate the rest of the population by killing their families? This logic is so inexcusably stupid. Stick your hand into a beehive and kill a couple bees; see what happens. Kill one Hamas leader and create dozens more. People fire rockets because they feel hopeless and disaffected. Bring these people into the discussion and give them hope. Don't kill random Palestinian civilians.