{"id":265,"date":"2011-10-14T20:25:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T00:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/isittheendoftheworld\/?p=265"},"modified":"2011-10-14T20:25:10","modified_gmt":"2011-10-15T00:25:10","slug":"does-anyone-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/isittheendoftheworld\/2011\/10\/does-anyone-care.html","title":{"rendered":"Does Anyone Care?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever I have a conversation with a liberal Christian, which is often, and the subject is the Arab-Israeli conflict, my conversation partner never seems terribly interested in the existential threats to Jews in Israel.<\/p>\n

I ask if the security fence is not a good thing, since it has stopped terrorists from murdering Jews. Homicide bombers are kept out.<\/p>\n

That seemingly straight-forward appeal to humanity\u2014that it’s a good thing, even if it means Palestinians are inconvenienced at checkpoints\u2014is always met with derision. “Does that justify ‘fencing-in’ the Palestinians?”<\/p>\n

Well, as a matter of fact, I believe it does. Again: Jews are not being murdered. That trumps everything else.<\/p>\n

I also notice that Western liberals (the so-called “peace and justice,” or “non-violent” protesters) behave as if there are no real threats to Israeli Jews.<\/p>\n

Actually, there are thousands of them, what with rocket stockpiles both in Gaza and Lebanon.<\/p>\n

Will someone on the left acknowledge that this reality is simply not just?<\/p>\n

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