WHEN EVEN STORMS SHOW MORE MERCY THAN ARMIES
Twelve people—children, parents, elders—died in the Gaza Strip this week as a brutal winter storm collided with yet another round of Israeli ceasefire violations. When families already struggling to survive freezing winds must also endure renewed gunfire, it is no longer a conflict—it is the deliberate grinding down of a people’s will to live.
In moments like this, we are reminded of the moral truths found in Jewish scripture itself: “Do not oppress the stranger, for you know the heart of the stranger” (Exodus 23:9). These are not abstract words; they are the ethical foundations of a tradition that has commanded compassion in the face of suffering for thousands of years. Yet today, those principles are being trampled under tanks, drones, and policies that treat Palestinian lives as expendable.
The world cannot look away as storms do less harm than the weapons of a modern state. Israel must be held to the standards it claims to uphold—human decency, international law, and the sacred values of its own teachings.
Accountability is not optional. It is the only path to ending this cycle of cruelty and restoring even a semblance of justice.
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