‘Those who show compassion to the evil, end up being evil to the compassionate.”

 

by Hillel Fuld 

I have to say something I’ve been thinking about since the beginning of this war, and even before.

This is not aimed at our enemies or even at the supporters of our enemies. This isn’t even aimed at people on the fence.

This is aimed at us. This is for the people who are on the right side of history, those who side with Israel.

I get it. You’re compassionate. We are a compassionate people. It’s beautiful.

Except when it’s not beautiful.

‘Those who show compassion to the evil, end up being evil to the compassionate.”

Listen, I am a marketer, I get it. I understand that optics matter. I realize that perception is reality.

All that being said, please remember what we’re doing here, why we are fighting this war.

We are not fighting this war so the world will love us. I mean, diplomatic and financial support are nice, don’t get me wrong, but they are NOT our top priority.

We need to, first and foremost, worry about our own military objectives. And when public perception and our own interests contradict each other, we need to make sure we don’t forget why we’re doing what we’re doing.

For example, if hundreds of Hamas terrorists surrender and we have to strip them down to their underwear not for our own fun, but because we need to make sure they are not carrying explosives, I’m sorry that some people find that offensive because “They’re human beings and deserve to be treated as such”, but our safety comes first.

Besides, it’s about time our people had a reason to smile and Hamas had a reason to feel shame.

It doesn’t make us immoral if we want a cruel enemy who did what Hamas did to pay for their crimes. That is the epitome of morality.

So I get it, it’s against our nature to be violent and aggressive. But sometimes, we need to speak our enemy’s language. Sometimes we need to exit our national comfort zone and do what is needed to ensure our safety and our victory.

Almost every time I post something about Hamas leaders being assassinated, I get someone, generally someone with a Jewish name, telling me that I shouldn’t be happy about our enemy being killed.

“That’s not what we’re about.”

Literally after I posted that Chabad had set up shop in Gaza and how beautiful it was to see, I get a message from a nice Jewish man telling me that my post disgusted him.

Enough already with the compassion for the most evil people the world has seen in a very very long time.

Take that compassion and save it for our hostages, our soldiers, the families of the fallen heroes, and not for savage terrorists.

Feeling compassion for Hamas is not morality, it’s literally the opposite.

Not that I need to prove that point or anything but let’s not forget where morality came from. How does the world know it’s immoral to murder? From the Torah.

And again, the Torah is the epitome of compassion, but several times in the Torah, there is a commandment of eliminating the evil from amongst you.

So please, try to apply your compassion where it belongs instead of worrying so much about Hamas’ feelings or how something is going to look in the media.

If this war hasn’t taught you that no matter what we do, the media will spin it against us, nothing will.

So since the media will spin it anyway and since Hamas has clearly shown that compassion for them just brings more death, enough already.

Focus your energy on helping us win this war in any way you can and stop with the misplaced compassion.

I’m sure you can imagine how exhausting it is for me to spend my days trying to spread positivity and constantly getting called out by our own for celebrating our wins.

And while we’re on the topic…

There are some people who simply don’t know how to accept wins. It’s like people who can’t take compliments.

Hundreds of terrorists surrendered yesterday. A huge win!

And my comments were full of people saying, “What are we gonna do with them now? We have no room in our prisons!”

Then there were the people who said “This is tragic. They should be dead, not captured!”

Then there was the “This is a trap. Don’t be so happy.”

And on and on and on!

It is beyond exhausting.

Why can’t people just celebrate instead of constantly looking for things to complain about?

Anyway, we all need to pay attention to our perspective and make sure we don’t confuse morality with immorality.

Eliminating evil from this world and celebrating it does not make us barbaric or evil.

Just like we mourn our tragic losses, we need to celebrate our heroic wins!

I will never not smile at seeing savage terrorists who paraded Jewish women around in their pickup truck, sit stripped down in an IDF vehicle after having surrendered like a bunch of cowardly insects.

Sorry, not sorry.