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<\/a><\/span>The terrorists failed miserably, hurting us, yet mobilizing us. By joining, cheered on by worldwide intifada-enablers, Hezbollah, the Iranians, their proxies, and the Houthis have proven that too many in the Muslim world like to annihilate every Jew \u201cfrom the river to the sea\u201d and often overseas, too.<\/p>\n
Consider how America\u2019s media covered the latest intercontinental ballistic missile launched from America\u2019s adversary \u2013 the Houthis \u2013 against America\u2019s ally Israel \u2013 especially after the US\u2019s THAAD air defense system intercepted one super-destructive missile. On Saturday night, The New York Times website ignored it, reporting: \u201cAs Hopes Rise for Gaza Cease-Fire, Conditions There Have Only Worsened.\u201d Hmm.<\/p>\n
Shifting locally, to Haaretz, which at least covered the Houthi attack \u2013 and the two Hamas rockets fired from Gaza toward Jerusalem \u2013 we also learned that \u201cNetanyahu May Be Making the Same Mistake with the Houthis as He Did with Iran.\u201d Where did he err? \u201cIran\u2019s nuclear program was a global issue \u2018Israelized\u2019 by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposing the nuclear agreement.\u201d The necessary, devasting response to the Houthis should be international not just Israeli.<\/p>\n
Welcome to the anti-Zionist hall of mirrors, where every story reflects one conclusion: \u201cIt\u2019s Israel\u2019s fault.\u201d<\/p>\n
The invaluable statistics in the INSS Swords of Iron Real Time Tracker show that since October 7, Israelis have scrambled for shelter 31,333 times as over 27,000 rockets pounded the Jewish state. Yet, we\u2019re the aggressor.<\/p>\n
Palestinians launched 6,349 terror attacks. Yet we\u2019re the oppressor. The media ignores the ongoing assaults against Israel, from Gaza too, as Bibi-phobes blame Israel for defending itself when the world farms out its dirty work of Houthi-fighting to the Jews.<\/p>\n
Yes, an international coalition should crush Iran and the Houthis. But the US and the United Kingdom dithered, not properly protecting international shipping lanes, let alone Israel. Because the Houthis and Iran have Israelized the attack, targeting Israel, Israel must respond.<\/p>\n
Repeated exposure to a negative stimulus reduces your emotional responsiveness, creating \u201cdesensitization,\u201d psychologists explain.<\/p>\n
In politics, overdosing on outrages deadens your conscience. We get used to Hamas hiding in once-sacrosanct civilian sites such as the Kamal Adwan Hospital. We sigh as The Jerusalem Post headlines \u201cArmy arrests 240 suspects, some posing as patients, at Jabalya Hospital used as command center,\u201d but BBC screeches \u201cIsrael forcibly evacuates Gaza hospital and detains medical staff\u201d and even the World Health Organization (WHO) scolds: \u201cKamal Adwan Hospital out of service following a raid yesterday and repeated attacks since October.\u201d<\/p>\n
We count the missiles launched from Yemen and Tehran, overlooking how many thousands they could kill if their payloads of 200, 300, or 400 kilograms detonated in a neighborhood.<\/p>\n
One Pentagon weapons specialist, Bill LaPlante, told Axios: \u201cI\u2019m an engineer and a physicist, and I\u2019ve been around missiles my whole career,\u201d but the increasingly sophisticated Iranian-supplied Houthi weapons are \u201cscary.\u201d They threaten Israel, 2,000 kilometers away, international shipping, and America\u2019s defense posture worldwide.<\/p>\n
In the 1970s, reporters tried shaming Israel\u2019s warrior-diplomat Moshe Dayan \u2013 who was instrumental in negotiating the peace treaty with Egypt \u2013 into supporting a Palestinian state. However, as someone fluent in Arabic, who befriended many Palestinians, Dayan understood his enemies.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, no. It\u2019s not a flag they want,\u201d he scoffed. \u201cThey want us to go. That\u2019s the problem. They don\u2019t want us to remain here…\u201d<\/p>\n
The only response, then as now, is to win clearly, make them fear you more than you fear them, and \u2013 as Dayan did \u2013 in the afterglow of our victory, if and when they\u2019re finally ready, turn from war-making to peace-making.<\/p>\n