Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday, after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, that she supported Israel's right to defend itself, but was concerned about the humanitarian cost in Gaza.
Then she added: "The war in Gaza is not a binary issue."
That is a fundamental dividing line -- not just between the two parties and the two candidates; not just on the issue of Israel; but between the two major forces in our society, between Judeo-Christian ethics on one hand and moral relativism on the other.
Perhaps the overall conflict can be described as complex, a clash of "right versus right." That is not a bad way to approach it if you are trying to make peace. But the war in Gaza? A war launched by murderous terrorists and the Iranian regime?
I heard Kamala Harris speak just hours after revisiting the sites of the October 7 terror attack, where unspeakable evil was unleashed by Palestinian terrorists.
She refuses to distinguish between the side that targets civilians and the side that tries to save them; between the side that revels in cruelty and the side that embraces humanity; between the side starts a war and the side that fights to end it.
There is something more important here than an obvious attempt to pander to Muslim and Arab voters in Michigan, or to split the difference between the anti-Israel mobs and their antisemitic slogans and anti-American behavior.
What we see here is a would-be leader without a moral core. Kamala Harris would be a disaster for Israel and the U.S. This really is the most important election of our lifetimes.
Today's episode is devoted to the second anniversary of the October 7 terror attacks. It was produced before the announcement of a ceasefire deal, yet remains current & relevant.
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This week's portion is a beautiful poem, containing the Covenant between God and the people of Israel. But given the breaking news that Hamas may actually have agreed to release all of the Israeli hostages, I will devote my remarks to that.
One hopes it is true; if so, it makes this week's additional reading, from II Samuel 22, even more relevant: David's song of praise to the Lord for delivering him from the hand of his enemies.
"18 He rescued me from my powerful enemy,
from my foes, who were too strong for me.
19 They confronted me in the day of my disaster,
but the Lord was my support."
So much to focus on this week -- and much breaking news. A peace deal in the Middle East, perhaps? Eric Adams dropping out of the mayor's race? And a looming shutdown as Democrats push their demands beyond absurdity.
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