Hamas and Human Sacrifice

If there was a saving grace, it is that (in contrast to World War I) World War II can be said to have ended with a clarity of outcome and vision. Germany and Japan were soundly defeated and knew it. But they were treated with a degree of respect. Both were transformed into robust democracies through occupations that can best be described as farsigh

Analysts have speculated that the triumphant resolution of the Six-Day War overcame, in a way, the barrier erected by the tragic conclusion of the Holocaust. People had not been able to confront the story of the Holocaust because the ending was always so devastating. Now there was a “reenactment” that ended with a miraculous deliverance.

As one person put it, “Which murderous ideology should I be worried about: the one that won or the one that lost?”