Nahum Barnea

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As an Israeli and a Jew, I follow the events unfolding in Syria and Egypt with shock and grief. No Israeli was left indifferent by the image of Syrian children killed by chemical weapons, by their own people, only a few miles from the Israeli border.

From a purely military perspective, Israel could intervene and stop the horror. But it shouldn’t, and it won’t.

The pictures we see on television from our neighboring countries exceed the context of the Israeli-Arab conflict. They touch on a much deeper sentiment, relating to the memories of the Holocaust, evoking frustration over the world’s passivity then, and now.…  Seguir leyendo »

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In December 2008, in response to a barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip, Israel launched a military operation in Gaza codenamed “Cast Lead.” International public opinion was shocked by the disproportion in casualties. A month of battle took the lives of 10 Israelis, soldiers and civilians, some of them by friendly fire. On the Palestinian side the death toll reached 1,300, about half of them civilians.

As a result, in April 2009 the U.N. Human Rights Council appointed an investigative committee, chaired by Richard Goldstone, a respected South African jurist and human rights advocate, and a Jew. The Israeli cabinet decided not to cooperate with the investigation.…  Seguir leyendo »