23 Responses

1. 1000%!!!

2. I respectfully disagree.
   Although the Israeli army doesn’t follow the Torah in all regards, it is instructive. It’s forbidden to destroy fruit trees even in battle or in a siege. Many other examples exist where we are admonished to be careful with others. We are held to a higher standard – and that is OK!!! Stop complaining about it!! We are Yidden NOT goyim. We are expected to be better, act better and more ethically and morally. So we do – so what??? Why brag about it? Don’t! Just do the right thing and keep doing the high ground. We Don’t destroy for the sake of destroying. That’s not Jewish.

3. @ Baltimore Maven
   The people should have fled.
   THE WORLD SHOULD HAVE LET THEM FLEE!
   What is that big empty space that Israel withdrew from to make “peace” with Egypt??
   It’s a perfect place for “innocent” people to flee to in time of war.
   Egypt..under whose watch all these munitions were brought into Gaza!
   Talking about Torah and fruit trees, your interpretation does not interest me…Shmuel cut down Agaz, after Shaul refused to.
   It’s a mitzvah to save lives, yes, but are Jews excluded from this in your interpretation?
   Sons are sent in to guard “civilians” so that Hamas doesn’t take the food from them and beat them.
   I have no objection to saving “innocent civilians”, but where are they and WHY DOES THE WORLD NOT LET THEM ESCAPE!, like the Ukrainians.
   We are in a fight for our survival here…GOOD LUCK in Baltimore!

4. Yes, go into Rafah but ONLY AFTER COMPLETELY LEVELING IT without leaving one building standing.
   Give those filthy rabies infected sewer rats 24 hours to get out, and whoever decides to stay has decided to commit suicide. And only the send in the IDF to haul away the garbage.
   There are NO innocents in Gaza, 99.999% of those two legged rats support and agree with what Hamas did on Oct.7, these two legged animals have been brainwashed and indoctrinated since kindergarten to MURDER JEWS, there is no humanity left in Gaza.
   Israel has no choice, either Hamas dies or the Jews die.

5. Baltimore maven: you’ve drawn up a very interesting Judaism in your head. I suggest you open a tanach and read about actual Jewish wars and how those were conducted.

6. Why aren’t they still dancing and giving out candies?

7. You are 100% right. Although Hashem is the one in charge of this whole war and will decide what happens, but from a logic perspective, Israel must go into Rafah and blow it up completely. Unfortunately, liberals and leftist losers are the ones that are trying to stop the war. Those are the ones that should be sent on a one way ticket to Gaza and blow up all these losers. Let’s all daven that Israel does the right thing and does not bow down to any international pressure either. All those US politicians only have their own interests in mind and couldn’t care a less about Israel. They do not support Israel for real. They are all a bunch of fakers and losers that must be thrown to the dogs. For any Yid to keep voting Democrat, shame on you for voting for these idiots and do the right thing and vote for Republican in November.

8. @BaltimoreMaven:
   Please cite your sources
   “it is instructive. It’s forbidden to destroy fruit trees even in battle or in a siege.”

9. BaltimoreMaven ideology is an embarrassment to Judaism and to the Baltimore frum community. Shame on you for your demented liberal leftist ideology. I assume your are “frum” , I put frum in quotes because with this ideology the last thing you are is frum. This is not the first time I have found out that a so called frum and even black hat wearing person has the ideology of a chuck Schumer or some leftist from Harvard , kosher haskafa is paramount to being a kosher frum Jew. Further any frum Jew voting democrat in the next USA election cannot call themselves an orthodox Jew, please call yourself reform or something else, and also leave the community your a total embarrassment to the community. I do not care if you have a title rabbi, the last thing you are is a rabbi or orthodox .
   If you aren’t frum go enroll yourself in a yeshiva for kosher rabbis , stay away from leftist liberal democrat rabbis. One more, time shame on you! go learn something! Sorry for any typos. Happy to see majority of people have normal good haskafa.

10. *with kosher rabbis

11. I find it ironic that someone on this website would be giving military advice.
    The shameful attitude of the chareidim towards army service or even volunteer service would suggest that they don’t have a right to be giving military advice.

12. The U.S. would not make the Strip “flatter than a Matzah” and the people inside would not be “reduced to ashes.” That’s a fantasy totally disconnected from reality, not a sober analysis by an actual expert.

13. @Baltimore Maven

    It’s BECAUSE WE ARE YIDDEN that we advocate that the entire Gaza be destroyed!!!!

    They are all the enemy, have you not learned Chumesh and Nach?

    We even have a concept of או לרשע או לשכנו here they all fall under the category of רשע, they all want every Jew dead!

    The cruelty of the Israeli government towards their own children is unbearable. How could they send their children into great danger because they want to protect their enemies families so they find favor in the eyes of the wicked nations? HOW?????

    It’s so unfortunate to see that there are Yidden here who lost all moral clarity even on the backs of the brethren’s blood 🩸

14. “When it comes to Israel, nothing matters on the world stage. And in turn, nothing they say should matter to Israel”

    This statement alone reflects the naive and mindless perspective of the OP. EY doesn’t exist in a vacuum and will not survive if every country in the world turns against it. Throughout the tragedy of the past 6 months, multiple countries in the world have continued to support EY notwithstanding incredible internal political pressures at home. Yes, they have criticized EY for certain actions but overall its amazing that the U.S., UK, Germany, Japan and most of Europe continue to provide military support. Many of the criticisms are not much different from what is being said by the Israeli political opposition.

15. @ys
    @chugibugi
    @Moreyeshivishthenyou100
    and others

    Wow. You’re against the Frei Zionists until you need their military power and protection and even then you act like you know better than the experts. You rail against the Hiloni Military and then you actually expect them to carry out war like in Tanach. Do you have any idea how small minded and stupid you are???

16. Agree with y2r. Misplaced mercy for these Arab nazi is cruelty toward Jews. Can’t wait to see mashicah comes , he will show us how a real war is fought and what true victory means. Plus no more nagging leftist.

17. Baltimore Maven,

    There are a lot of keyboard warriors on this website who do not understand the political, legal , historical, or military consequences of what they are advocating for. It is almost like they believe we are living in Yemos Hamshiach with David Hamelech as our General.

    Thankfully, the Israeli Army and Government have enough experience from the past 76 years that they do not need their advice.

18. והורגו הבא להורגך, השקום

19. הבא להורגך, השקום והורגו

20. הבא להורגך, השקום והורגו.

21. This article is the TRUE reason Torah Jews don’t enlist in the Israeli army. No heter to place one’s life in the hands of secular leaders who sacrifice Jewish lives to impress goyim or for personal reasons.

    All the other reasons thrown around like Shevet Levi and danger to Torah lifestyle are total BALONEY.

    In a real war of the Jewish nation abiding by Hilchos Milchama of the RMBM all go out to war. Neveilos can be eaten if needed as well as other things that are permitted in a war…

    The Chashmonaim were a family of Kohanim…

22. @Vadim, who said I am against the idf. I am just against democratic liberal leftist Jews especially the ones that call themselves orthodox or frum.
    Look up the name mencham genack, a big “rabbi” at the ou. Also a staunch lover of the Clintons ( apparently he loves the Clinton so much he even got a kiss from Hillary) and an endorser of Biden . Why hasn’t the ou gotten rid of this embarrassment, why have no kosher rabbis talked about this unkosher “rabbi”. Why can’t anyone speak the truth about how the Democratic Party is the party of the satan. Not saying republicans are tazzadim but they’re def not the trash called democratic party.

23. ANY OTHER NORMALD COUNTRY IF THEY HAD SUCH BARBARIC ACT DONE TI THIER CITIZENS THEY WOULD OF CARPET BOMBED AND DONE WITH!!! HOW MANY IDF WEREKILLED BECAUSE OF THIS PRECAUTION??