War on Israel

For the past two weeks, in parallel to the Thanksgiving joy and thankfulness, most of us have also had an eye on the news from Israel. Hamas sent almost 1,500 missiles toward Israel, many of them Iranian supplied Fajr-5 missiles capable of reaching Tel Aviv. It is incredibly fortunate, perhaps a modern day miracle, that Israel had recently deployed the Iron-Dome defense system, which knocked out the vast majority of these rockets. If they hadn’t, there’s no telling how many Israeli casualties there would have been. Our hearts are on Israel, and we pray for the continued well being of her citizens.
We should be proud of the standards Israel hold itself to. Those anti-missile rockets cost Israel 25-30 million dollars. It would have been far easier to target Gaza’s civilian population, and threaten a one-for-one retaliation, far less than America did by dropping the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Israel holds itself up to higher standards than any other Western democracy. What other country would leaflet, call, and make announcements on radio before bombing, to avoid civilian casualties, when fighting an immoral enemy which uses human shields and values death as a martyr more than life. Even Abbas, the moderate leader of the West bank, called Hamas to congratulate them on their victory. It would be easier tactically to do whatever is necessary for victory. We should all be proud of the way Israel has defended herself.
We pray for the continued peace of Israel, that the world should see and respect her morality and integrity, that she should continue to be able to defend herself and have victories in all of her endeavors.