El sionismo es el movimiento de liberación nacional del pueblo judío, que defiende el derecho de los judíos a autodeterminarse en su patria ancestral, Israel. Durante 4.000 años, Israel ha estado arraigado en la identidad judía, y ha sido un rasgo de la oración, el aprendizaje, el ritual y las costumbres judías. A pesar de haber sido exiliados de la tierra en repetidas ocasiones, los judíos siempre han buscado regresar a Israel, y…

La situación humanitaria en Gaza es desgarradora y es trágico ver tanto sufrimiento entre los palestinos inocentes. Sin embargo, es vital entender que Hamás es el responsable de esta crisis. Aunque puede haber críticas legítimas a determinadas políticas israelíes (y egipcias) respecto a Gaza, las acciones y el odio de Hamás son responsables de las difíciles condiciones que soporta la población de Gaza. Desde que tom…

Quienes plantean el tema de las causas profundas del 7 de octubre suelen afirmar que la supuesta opresión de los palestinos por parte de Israel fue lo que provocó —e incluso justifica— el ataque de Hamás. El conflicto palestino-israelí tiene décadas y es profundamente complejo. De hecho, se puede argumentar que las "raíces" del conflicto se remontan al rechazo por parte de los líderes palestinos y árabes del derecho del…

El hecho de que 1.200 personas fueran brutalmente asesinadas, mutiladas, quemadas, violadas y profanadas por terroristas de Hamás, y que 240 personas fueran secuestradas de sus hogares y llevadas como rehenes a Gaza, es innegable e incontrovertible. Parte, pero solo parte, de las pruebas de estas atrocidades proceden de la propia Hamás, que ha compartido con orgullo videos filmados por ellos mismos en los que los terroristas celebran alegremente los asesinatos, las…

The slogan is deeply problematic on two levels.  First, to charge that Israel’s existence represents colonialism is to erase the historic Jewish connection to the land of Israel. Jews have lived in, felt connected to, and yearned for repatriation to Israel for thousands of years, including in their prayers, liturgy, and rituals every day. One cannot separate the Jewish people from the land.  Therefore, calling Israelis colonialists, as if they were simply interlopers usurping a…

Saying that Hamas has the right to resist by any means necessary is effectively a justification of the barbaric actions of Oct. 7, including the murder and kidnapping of babies, the elderly, men, women and children – as well as other forms of terrorism used against Israel – including suicide bombings, shootings, stabbings and rocket fire directed at civilian population centers.   Whatever one’s view of Israeli policies and the Palestinian condition, support for violence,…

The chant is a reference to two periods of Palestinian violence against Israel – in the late 1980s and from 2000-2005 – which saw Palestinian terrorists commit indiscriminate acts of violence against Israelis, including suicide bombings, shootings and stabbings, targeting people on city buses, eating in restaurants or out at nightclubs – resulting in over 1,000 people killed. This slogan is generally understood as a call for indiscriminate violence against Israel, and…

Zionism is the national liberation movement of the Jewish people, which advocates for the right of Jews to self-determine in their ancestral homeland, Israel. For 4,000 years, Israel has been embedded in Jewish identity, and has been a feature of Jewish prayer, learning, ritual and customs. Despite being repeatedly exiled from the land, Jews have always sought to return to Israel, and were finally able to do so in large numbers in the second-half of the 19th century.  Zionism is not…

Those who raise the theme of root causes of October 7 are usually claiming that that Israel’s alleged oppression of the Palestinians is what led to – and even justifies – Hamas's attack.   The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is decades long and deeply complex.  Indeed, one can argue that the “roots” of the conflict go back to the rejection by Palestinian and Arab leaders of the right of the Jewish people to self-determination and statehood in their…

The fact that 1200 people were brutally murdered, mutilated, burned, raped and desecrated by Hamas terrorists, and that 240 people were abducted from their homes and taken hostage inside Gaza, is undeniable and incontrovertible.   Part, but only part, of the evidence for these atrocities comes from Hamas itself which proudly shared self-filmed videos of terrorists gleefully celebrating murders, humiliations and seizing innocents as hostages. Others come from videos from security…

In the early morning of October 7, 2023, following a period of rocket fire, an estimated 3,000 Hamas terrorists invaded Israel from Gaza and brutally attacked 22 Israeli civilian communities near the Gaza border, a music festival and about a dozen IDF bases and posts. This attack, which occurred on a Shabbat morning that fell on the holiday of Simchat Torah, took Israel by surprise. The gunmen mercilessly massacred at least 1,200 people, mostly civilians, who were shot, mutilated, burned,…

La política exterior de Estados Unidos con respecto a Israel implica muchas cuestiones, actores y consideraciones complejas y no puede atribuirse a un "poderoso lobby judío".  Como ciudadanos estadounidenses, el apoyo de los judíos estadounidenses es un ejercicio apropiado de la democracia estadounidense y refleja el compromiso de la comunidad judía con los ideales democráticos estadounidenses. El compromiso activo de la comunidad judía…

The chant, “Khaybar, Khaybar, oh Jews, the army of Mohammed will return,” has been heard at numerous anti-Israel demonstrations around the world.    Khaybar is a historic Arabian oasis north of Medina in present-day Saudi Arabia that is religiously significant for Islamic history. This slogan recalls a series of seventh-century battles between Mohammed and local Jews during the first few years of Islam’s establishment.  As retold in the Quran and other…

On January 28, 2020, President Donald Trump, accompanied by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced a new U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. The plan, officially titled, Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the Lives of the Palestinian and Israeli People, was the product of three years of work by US Administration officials.    The plan allowed for Israel to extend its sovereignty over large areas of the West Bank, including the Jordan Valley,…

Israel’s Iron Dome is an anti-missile defense system in operation since 2011 that is designed to intercept and shoot down projectiles before they can inflict damage. As of 2021, Israel had 10 Iron Dome batteries based across the country.   The Iron Dome system has saved vast numbers of civilian lives by shooting down thousands of rockets fired from Gaza by terrorist organizations against Israel, many of which were intentionally targeted at civilian Israeli population centers. &nbsp…

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) is an international campaign aimed at delegitimizing and pressuring Israel, through the diplomatic, financial, professional, academic and cultural isolation of Israel, Israeli individuals, Israeli institutions, and, increasingly, Jews who support Israel’s right to exist.