Agreed that this is not our fight and that we should avoid "taking sides."
That said I think there are a couple specific domestic issues we can gain ground on as a result of these attacks:
Immigration - Progressive Jews who formerly would have shouted "diversity is our strength" from the highest rooftop are genuinely surprised to see how m…
Agreed that this is not our fight and that we should avoid "taking sides."
That said I think there are a couple specific domestic issues we can gain ground on as a result of these attacks:
Immigration - Progressive Jews who formerly would have shouted "diversity is our strength" from the highest rooftop are genuinely surprised to see how many openly/blatantly pro-Hamas people now exist in western countries. While it's fun to mock them and point out their hypocrisy or whatever, the smarter move is to say "Yes, these events have proven that it is important to have strict criteria for immigration in order to ensure that potential migrants will be productive citizens who do not support terrorism."
Gun control - The right already has, and can continue to make hay over the fact that part of the reason it was trivially easy for Hamas to just go door to door and kidnap/assault/kill Isrealis is that the populace was completely disarmed. "This is why it is important for civilians to privately own guns" is a perfectly valid response to watching these videos. Israel is probably the most highly militarized western society on Earth, and even the full might of the IDF/Mossad was asleep at the wheel and could not protect their citizens, so it is important to empower citizens to protect themselves (you saw hints of this regarding Ukraine as well).
Agreed that this is not our fight and that we should avoid "taking sides."
That said I think there are a couple specific domestic issues we can gain ground on as a result of these attacks:
Immigration - Progressive Jews who formerly would have shouted "diversity is our strength" from the highest rooftop are genuinely surprised to see how many openly/blatantly pro-Hamas people now exist in western countries. While it's fun to mock them and point out their hypocrisy or whatever, the smarter move is to say "Yes, these events have proven that it is important to have strict criteria for immigration in order to ensure that potential migrants will be productive citizens who do not support terrorism."
Gun control - The right already has, and can continue to make hay over the fact that part of the reason it was trivially easy for Hamas to just go door to door and kidnap/assault/kill Isrealis is that the populace was completely disarmed. "This is why it is important for civilians to privately own guns" is a perfectly valid response to watching these videos. Israel is probably the most highly militarized western society on Earth, and even the full might of the IDF/Mossad was asleep at the wheel and could not protect their citizens, so it is important to empower citizens to protect themselves (you saw hints of this regarding Ukraine as well).