I spent the weekend out of town with friends. I was away from my computer and didn’t have a phone charger, so I was sort of unplugged for the weekend. After all, sometimes, I need a break from the news.
What I didn’t expect was Hamas to launch a full-scale attack on Israel.
Now, Israel and the Palestinians have a tense relationship in a lot of ways. Here in the West, though, we often get bogged down with particular accounts. While Palestinians can come and go as they please, vote in Israel’s elections, and do most other things they’d like to do. There are restrictions—it’s not perfect by any means—but it’s also not nearly as bad as it’s been portrayed in the American media.
Despite that, we’re told by the left that Israel is an apartheid state. And that’s only one of the many ways the left is trying to warp reality on Israel.
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