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- Jews are taught to listen. Shema Yisrael (“Hear, O Israel”) is an imperative that’s baked into our identity. We are taught to stretch toward empathy, even when wounded. We read texts that argue both sides. We name our prophets after wrestlers, not saints.
- But there is a difference between hearing grievance and normalizing atrocity. What Mahmoud Khalil offered wasn’t the hard truth—it was a blood-soaked rationalization, dressed in the soft language of “desperation.”Aug 7, 2025 16:53