ALLEGEDLY REPORTEDLY POSSIBLY

  Well, folks, and here we are again. To continue the theme of lexicon, today we discuss the apparently, reportedly, allegedly, actually! limited lexicon of some people, allegedly , especially, from the reportedly, acting as unbiased, New York Times. If one were to rate their articles, no allegedly business here. The slanted feelings and statements towards and about Israel are blatant. Real. Actual. Harmful. Just as inciting as the open hatred and words of Omar, Tlaib,  AOC,  Cori Bush and Pressley. For the Times to do what they did today, first page, top of the fold, center spot, was absolutely dangerous, wrong and so inciteful that my first reaction was to hurry to the phone and call my kids to keep their kids home, for surely, not allegedly, not maybe, there will be some crazed, off balance  'motivated' shooter who will try to make up the supposed imbalance, go for the Jewish kids sitting at their desks.

Yes, no changing the facts. There were more Palestinian children fatalities during the latest war between Israel and the terrorist Hamas. But why is that? Whose fault is that? Surely there is adult responsibility here on both sides for intransigence, for refusal to accept a reality neither like and get it done, make some peace.

There is also a reality in the fact that the funds given to this group, and the PA, on the whole, have mostly gone into the pockets of officials, of supposed, alleged, leaders rather than into the educational, medical, and all needs of the people. The people then suffer, are angry, rightfully so, but will the leaders fess up? Of course not. Hence the need for another reason. Aha! The Jews again. Yup, apparently we are a full service nation and people, serving and fulfilling the needs of all, the jam in their sandwich of scapegoating and hatred. And please, do not forget the oh so peaceful policy of paying the terrorists and their families wages as reward for killing Jewish Israelis, with Arab casualties caught up in the attack deemed collateral damage, so blessed to die as martyrs!!!

The Jewish kids, the 'enemy" according to the rules of this deadly game, are at fault. Why? They were born Jewish. They belong to a race? A religion? An ethnicity? Take your pick -  that has served mankind oh so well, performed oh so greatly as the sacrificial lamb, the excuse for all that is wrong in this world, and yet irritatingly, annoyingly, actually, no allegedly about it, they manage to survive and thrive and contribute to this world that continues to wish them dead, doing their best to make it so.

So, back to the NYT. They list the dead from this war , those under 18. Blessedly, Israel cares for its citizens, Arab and Jew alike, all with legally stated and followed equal rights under the written, stated and enforced laws. There are shelters all over, all  welcome to come in, to survive the malicious,  vicious rockets aimed purposely, no allegedly here, by Hamas, at the civilian territories in Israel. New homes built within Israel - by anyone - are mandated to have a safety room. All new construction built legally, with permit. So, I guess there we are again, in the wrong again, daring to save our people the best we could in an extremely, not allegedly, hostile world. How dare we?

We dare because we hate war, we hate death, we hate putting our children in danger, care for them,  do not use them as shields of human flesh and blood, so as to enrage the world with their deaths. 

We do not callously, actually, really and cynically use their deaths in order to facilitate and fulfill our own political needs. No, they are our future and we protect them. We will not allow them to needlessly die to make a political point, And if the world resents that, feels that we must be 'equal' in the number of deaths, must place our children out there in order to satisfy this barbaric desire and need, yes, need, of the world in general to see more Jewish blood spilled - well, tough shit!!!Too bad. This will not happen. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not yesterday. Not ever.

The world needs to accept its share of responsibility for this repetitive bloodshed, instigated and accepted by the world as part and parcel of their innate anti Semitism. This is the official definition of anti Semitism. "the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism. Examples under the IHRA definition include: "applying double standards (to Israel) by requiring of it a behavior not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation," "claiming that the existence of a State of Israel is a racist endeavor," and "holding Jews collectively responsible for actions of the state of Israel." 

Does the world not fulfill these requirements, and if the shoe fits, then wear it. Wear it with disgrace. Wear it with the squooshing of the spilt blood of  Jews a continuous and continual state of reality. Do not try to disguise it with the tragedy of the deaths of children and try to incite more blood and violent anti Semitism by playing the card of the deaths of children so cruelly, in order to further your political needs and goals. We cry at the deaths of all, particularly children. Even as we accept and treat these 'enemy' casualties as equals in our hospitals. Even as the leaders of these terrorist organizations plead special rights and have their own family children treated in Israel for any severe health issue.

Yes, no alleged here. No reportedly here. The truth is the truth. The NYT shares in the blame and guilt of the world. Anti Semitism is alive and well, not only on the streets of Europe. Not only in the Arab and Moslem countries. But also here. In America. The land that not necessarily welcomed us, but allowed us in, sparingly, used our contributions, and thanks us now with the shedding of blood, with attacks on people and property, with the threat of more to come.

When, when, will it ever end. When? When? Dear G-d in Heaven, I know that the promises made to the Jewish people have come true, often at too great a cost. The tale goes, that as the great Rabbi Akiva walked with his friends  through the ruins of the Temple, yes, our most holy building, built right there on Temple Mount . Anyway, as he walked there, in mourning, as they all were weeping, suddenly he laughed, with joy, with confidence. Aghast, his friends asked why? What was in his mind at that moment. Simply this. There were foxes slinking through the ruins. The prophecy foretold this happening and Rabbi Akiva stated that if that part of the prophecy came true then the prophecy predicting a rebuilding, a better future, also would come true. Hence the laughter of relief, of belief.

 So, G-d in Heaven, I call upon You to fulfill Your promise. Enough of the blood and terror of Your people. I call You into account. Teach the world. Allow peace and sanity to reign.