The woke lexicon has made it to Israel, very unfortunately. How can a war, with such clear differences between aggressors and victims be called a "conflict?" What's a "conflict?" According to the Oxford online dictionary, it's:
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one."the eternal conflict between the sexes"
That doesn't sound like the war for survival that Israel has been fighting for over a year and a half. Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and the international intifada supporters want to destroy the State of Israel and aren't embarrassed to say so. Why has the Jerusalem Post joined those calling this war a "conflict?" I was additionally shocked to read Barbara Sofer claiming that she wrote "by the time you get this, I'm sure this conflict* will have blown over," during the 1973 Yom Kippur War. That was a WAR, and nobody called it anything else. I was a mother of two at the time living in Jerusalem.
To survive, win this war, we must refer to it as a war and fight it as determined warriors. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has a "thing" about the word "war," "milchama." For years, whenever our enemy has attacked us, Bibi would downplay the attack and declare our defense and "operation," mivtzah," instead of declaring war against the enemy and resoundingly defeat them. After a bit he would announce that they've calmed down, learned how tough we are, and that would be it.
War, surrender and victory are not words we Israelis hear or read. There are those who want to hear the government's plans for "after," but after what they don't say. They don't use the "V word" and seem to expect that at some point the terrorists who attacked on October 7, 2023, will just get tired and cease fighting. And if they do stop and sign some "deal," the next war, and there will be a next war, will be much, much worse than this one with many more hostages. The only way to stop the "cycle of violence" is to decisively defeat the enemy. Don't warn them before shooting; don't feed them. We must fight to total victory. Hamas and our other enemies must surrender, and we Gd willing must declare full sovereignty in all the Land of Israel.
No negotiations. Negotiations are for compromise.
- How can we compromise with people who want to destroy us totally?
- How can we compromise with people who bragged about raping, decapitating, murdering innocent Israelis?
- How can we compromise with people who want to burn and destroy our country?
Get real. Read their lips!
I'm a realist. I don't believe in fairy tales, fantasies... Please think. Be rational. Terrorists don't turn into peaceniks.
*emphasis mine
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