Parashat Shoftim / Sep 6 / Rabbi Noa Kushner / עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֙יִן֙ / Eye to Eye
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If I accept that this giant swath of the Israeli population,
Many of whom are grieving personal family members and friends,
Including the hostages and hundreds of soldiers who have been slain,
If I accept, as Netanyahu suggests, that this giant swath of the Israeli population are all Hamas sympathizers —
And the only other choice I am offered is continuing to fight Hamas, which requires life after life after life
More war and force
Accepting this kind of cheap truth, cheap choice
Would be as preposterous as choosing between one of my two eyes
Any way I choose will blind
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