Israel’s Moral Stand Against Terror: A Beacon in an Age of Chaos

I remember my mother telling me about London and the Blitz — how she, as a young child, was one of the civilians targeted by the Germans. She was an only child, alone while her father — my grandfather — was serving in the Royal Air Force, fighting the evil Nazi genocide army.

Sitting here in Jerusalem, the comparison is chilling. Iran, like Germany is targeting civilians.

And now, it is Arab and Jewish civilians in Israel who are targeted. Iranian missiles rained down on our country. One of them hit an Arab village — an Israeli town filled with innocent people. But the BBC, in its twisted reporting, called it a “Palestinian town.”

They called the village that was hit by an Iranian missile a “Palestinian town.”  Really? But it wasn’t. It was an Arab village in Israel, filled with Israeli citizens — people who live under the protection of the State of Israel, contribute to its society, and now, were murdered by a missile fired by a genocidal regime.

How morally bankrupt must a broadcaster be to miss that? Or worse — to twist it?

Iran, a country that is about 75 times larger than Israel in land area, which has declared its intent to annihilate Israel, fires a direct salvo of over 300 drones and missiles, and those missiles land in Arab villages, it tells you everything you need to know:

Iran doesn’t care about Palestinians or Arabs.
It only cares about destroying Israel — and by extension, everything moral that Israel stands for.

And yet the world misreports, misremembers, and rewrites.

Let’s Stop Excusing Iran

Instead of confronting this evil, we are presented with the same tired clichés.

I’m tired of hearing, “Israel has the right to defend itself.”

Indeed, Canada’s Prime Minister, Mark Carney, repeated the cliché: “Israel has the right to defend itself.” He even mentioned Iran’s nuclear program as a “cause of concern.” But once again, no clear condemnation, no naming the real aggressor, no mention of the missiles that had just rained down on Israeli civilians.

We don’t need your permission to survive.

What we need is your voice, your moral courage, your ability to say the obvious:

Iran is committing acts of war crimes.
Iran is sponsoring terror.
Iran is calling for genocide.

What nation doesn’t want to defend itself? What parent wouldn’t protect their child?

What we should be hearing is this:

Iran has no right to call for Israel’s destruction.
That is not diplomacy. That is incitement to genocide.
No state, especially one that sits in the United Nations, has the right to openly advocate for the annihilation of another.

This isn’t about politics. It’s about morality. When Iran’s leaders chant “Death to Israel”, they are echoing the voices of the Holocaust, the pogroms, and every empire that sought to erase Jewish life from this world.

And it is not about Gaza.

Iran has no right to arm terrorist organizations like Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iraqi Militia, and the Houthis.
These groups are not “resistance movements.” They are tools of terror, aimed directly at Israel and its civilians, with rockets, kidnappings, and indoctrination.
Iran funds them, trains them, supplies them, and celebrates their attacks.

Every time a rocket is fired at an Israeli city — whether it’s Jewish Tel Aviv or an Arab Town — it is Iran’s fingerprints that line the launch pad.

This is not a border conflict. This is a religiously fueled campaign to destroy a nation.

Iran is not to be misunderstood.
Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism. (With Qatar a big supporter)

It openly calls for Israel’s annihilation.
And until world leaders speak that truth clearly, they will continue to be complicit in the darkness.

A Shabbat Like No Other

It was Erev Shabbat when the sirens began. Hundreds of missiles were launched — supersonic, heavy, fast.

In the middle of the night, I watched the sky turn into a battle zone. It looked like Star Wars, except it was real—deadly, surreal, and heartbreaking.

There’s a deceptive beauty. It lit up the night — sparks, trails, booming explosions of protection. But I knew — we all knew — that if even one gets through, it could mean death. And it was.

And then came Shabbat morning. It was early morning in Jerusalem. There was no siren. This time, but I heard the booms. I felt them. Jerusalem trembled in the hush of early dawn.

When I stepped outside into the quiet morning, the sun was just peeking through, bringing a new dawn of hope. And then I saw thin white streaks of smoke in the sky.

In my mind, they became something else. Something holy.

They transformed into columns, then compartments, and then into letters. In that smoke, I saw a divine message forming:

Ten strips.
That’s what I saw. Ten white trails of smoke stretched across the sky above Jerusalem.

And then something stirred in me.

Ten strips… like the Ten Commandments.
Not written in stone this time — but written in the sky. A message for our generation. A covenant renewed in fire and faith.

And the strips moved by the winds of change, forming what appeared in my imagination, in my heart, I read the words:

“Am Yisrael Chai” — The People of Israel Live.

We are not just surviving.

Despite the pain. The sacrifice. The hardship
We are living with purpose, with soul, and with moral clarity.

With dignity. With faith. With a sense of purpose that defies logic and history.

This isn’t just about one nation. This is about a people called to be a moral beacon. A people who’ve been exiled, burned, boycotted, bombed — and still, we carry a message forward.

Moral Warfare: Iran vs. Israel

Let’s pause and look at the stark difference between Israel and its enemies.

This week so far, Iran fired over 300 drones and supersonic missiles directly at Israeli civilians and buildings, causing death, havoc and destruction— indiscriminately. Their targets included Arab and Jewish towns. There were no warnings. No care. No distinction. Just hatred.

We are in a state of emergency – schools cancelled, work and stay at home – Like COVID. Only this time, it is not a mysterious virus, but a virus driven by a misguided religion, hate and evil. Kill the Jew. Kill the collective Jew – Israel.

And thank God that Israel (and Bibi) had the courage to act. Those missile hits could have carried Nuclear Warheads.

Now compare that to Israel’s response.

We do not seek the destruction of the Iranian People. There is no nation that despises War more than us. But we had no choice. We could not wait any longer. God Forbid, if Iran can produce nuclear weapons, and if Iranian missiles carry nuclear warheads.

As Israel prepares to act, the IDF issued a public warning to Iranian civilians, telling them to evacuate from areas near weapons factories and military sites.

Israel is giving civilians a chance to live.
Iran deliberately tries to murder them.

This is not just a difference in tactics.
There is a difference in values.

One side celebrates death.
The other defends life.

Let’s Be Clear: This Is a War Crime

International law is unambiguous: the deliberate targeting of civilians is a war crime. Yet Iranian missiles, launched by its own forces or through its proxies, routinely aim for civilian towns, homes, and schools.

It makes no difference whether they land in Tel Aviv or Umm al-Fahm.
Whether the victims are Jewish or Arab.
Iran doesn’t care.
It only cares about destruction.

No one UN resolution, UN Intl Court ruling, or country demanding that the Houthis backed by Iran stop the daily missiles at Israel’s civilians. No one is calling out Iran’s murderous and genocidal intentions.

The BBC wrote, “ The G7 leaders, arriving in Canada on Sunday, know the global security and economic risks if this conflict escalates, dragging in other countries, sending oil prices soaring.

Yet they may struggle to achieve a common position. Some, such as UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron, have called for restraint and de-escalation.

But others, such as Japan’s Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, have condemned Israel’s attack as “intolerable” and “extremely regrettable”.

Really??

For his part, “Mr Trump praised Israel’s strikes as ‘excellent’.

(Notice the title – not US President – but Mr ?)

The First Shots: 1860s Jerusalem

Long before the founding of the modern State of Israel, Jews began returning to Eretz Yisrael in growing numbers. In the 1860s, the first modern Jewish neighborhoods were built outside Jerusalem’s Old City walls. This wasn’t a colonial move. It was a return home.

But that return was met with violence.

From the late 19th century through the British Mandate, Jewish communities in places like Hebron, Safed, and Jaffa were attacked, looted, and massacred. The infamous Hebron Massacre of 1929, where 67 Jews were murdered by their neighbors, wasn’t about occupation or a modern state. It was about the refusal to allow Jews to live freely in their homeland.

The Birth of Israel — and the Continued War Against It

When Israel declared independence in 1948, it brought a pan-Arab invasion, with explicit promises to “drive the Jews into the sea.” From the outset, the conflict was never about borders. It was about Jewish sovereignty itself.

Even after Israel absorbed nearly a million Jewish refugees expelled from Arab lands and fought for survival in multiple wars, the hatred endured.

Iran’s Role: A Theocratic War of Annihilation

Enter 1979. The Islamic Revolution in Iran overthrew the Shah and replaced him with Ayatollah Khomeini’s regime, built on Islamic extremism and virulent antisemitism. Iran’s leaders declared Israel a “cancerous tumor” that must be eradicated. They didn’t fight Israel directly at first. They funded terror. They built proxies.

Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza.
Houthis in Yemen.

These groups share a common DNA: a belief in eliminating Israel, not coexisting with it. Iran arms them, trains them, and sends them to do its bidding — launching tens of thousands of rockets at Israeli civilians, whether Jewish or Arab.

April 2024: The Mask Comes Off  Iran’s War: A Continuation of Ancient Hatred

On April 13, 2024, Iran launched over 200 drones and missiles directly at Israel — the first time it openly attacked the Jewish state. It wasn’t just a military escalation. It was a theological declaration: the Jewish state must not exist.

However, this war didn’t start on April 13, 2024. It didn’t start in 2006 with Hezbollah or in 1982 or 1979 with Khomeini. It did not start on October 7^th.

It started long before that when the Jews returned to reclaim their ancient homeland, a barren, disease-stricken desert that no one wanted. It began in Europe, marked by pogroms and expulsions. It started with Pharaoh, with Haman, with every tyrant who couldn’t stand that the Jewish people insist on living with purpose.

Iran’s missiles are just the latest chapter in an ancient war against Jewish destiny. And once again, as before, the world looks away or pretends the issue is more complicated than it is.

Messianic Times: Not Magic, But Moral Awakening

And so, I return to the vision. Ten strips of smoke. Ten reminders.

These are not normal times. We live in an era of technological wonder and spiritual confusion. But within the chaos, there is a whisper — a divine calling.

As Rabbi Aviner wrote, messianic times are not about fantasy. They are about recognition — the moment when the world begins to realise that God is not silent, and that there is justice to history.

 And to the World: One Day, You Will Thank Us

We are not perfect. But we are trying to walk a sacred path — one lined with pain, but paved with moral clarity.

One day, the world will realize that our fight is not only our own.
That is when we stop Iran; we are defending them too.
That is when we hold the moral line; we are preserving their future, too.

They may mock us.
They may twist our words.
But deep down, they know.

We are fighting the world’s fight.
And thank God —
Am Yisrael Chai.