Why support Israel?
That question has been posed over and over. The question, in itself, says something about the person posing the question. What does it say about the person?
I will leave you to ponder it.
I support Israel.
I believe that she is a country that is an asset to the world and unless attacked would never attack another.
She has been under constant attack.
Her birth was a struggle.
Her people suffer under constant stress of attack from all sides.
The sea is her only ally, but is also the final demise.
She has borne out of her greatness. She has created beauty out of the wasted desert.
She is worthy of life.
Those that want to kill her, EMBRACE death.
Death. Death is too final. Death happens in a millisecond.
The question then becomes. If we embrace the cultures that esteem death, then we embrace nothing. Death occurs in a millisecond. Life takes years. Life has potential. Death is the cessation of potential. Death takes very little effort. It's momentary. Milliseconds. Nothing.
Is this the culture that we want? This "momentary gratification?"
Is Death Gratifying?
Death is Gratifying only when the life that is extinguished has gravity. The weight of death is measured by the life and not the cause or disease or anything that TOOK that life. THIS is also why it is a sin to commit suicide. Suicide is ultimately an act that takes the power of g-d away from g-d to decide if the life is worthy of living, and is a self- centered thing because the person committing suicide deems himself above g-ds judgement.
"Don't judge" is a frequently heard statement.
"you have no right to judge" is another.
But you do. You have a right to judge. However, the caveat is that when you judge, you judge in the most kind way. It is a duty that we have. We MUST judge.
If we do not, then we can't survive in a civilized society.
The key is in Equitable judgment. The focus should be on LIFE. This is not ones own life but LIFE in general. The way that the 10 commandments are organized is the formula for perspective. This will ensure LIFE. This is also why the JEWS have survived since the beginning of time. Think about how remarkable a feet that is. The Jewish people didn't have a Land or anything for cohesion. Yet - LIFE is a self propelling notion and what gave the Jewish nation, and my people, to continue LIFE.
LIFE.
I choose LIFE!
I present LIFE for your humble consideration.