Blogs For Victory

A sick society has imported elements of an even sicker society – and this is what we get:

Germany’s Jewish community on Monday warned of an “alarming” rise in anti-Semitic violence by Arab and Turkish immigrants after Berlin police reported two unrelated attacks against Jews at the weekend.

“There’s an urgent need to fight the roots of anti-Semitism, especially coming from young Turks and Arabs, and to effectively counter it,” the Jewish Community in Berlin said in a statement.

“That the violence from the immigrant community is being increasingly aimed at Jews or people they assume are Jews is alarming,” it added. A sensitive issue in Germany because of its Nazi past, even relatively minor reports of anti-Semitic violence make the news.

Police reported at the weekend that two women and a man were beaten, struck on the head with beer bottles and insulted by a gang of immigrants in an underground station.

Local media reports said the three were first asked if they were Jewish. The attack started after they said yes. Police said they were searching for the assailants.

And its not like Germany is chock full of Jews these days – only about 118,000 out of a population of nearly 82 million. It takes a bit of effort for someone to find a Jew to oppress in Germany.

People have got in to the habit in some quarters of thinking that the Jews are safe – that Israel is so powerful that Jews no longer need fear for their overall safety. But here’s something to chew on – more than 80% of the world’s Jewish population lives in just two countries: the United States and Israel (split about evenly between the two nations). Such a concentration does indicate a continuing fear – and, as we can see, the fear is based upon a real threat.

A crucial test for the world is in how Jews fare. Where Jews feel safe, everyone can feel safe – where Jews are under threat, everyone is under threat. The disgusting rise of anti-Semitism – propelled by Islamism, but more and more being picked up by the political left in the West – is an indicator of the ill-health of societies. An indicator of societies which are under extreme crisis of one form or another.

The existential crisis of Europe is their moral collapse as evidenced by their looming demographic catastrophe. For Islam, it is the unwillingness of the ruling class to countenance a relaxation of political tyranny and the permitting of religious pluralism. For both, it is easier to lash out at a minority than to deal with the real issues.

Until these people face the truth and start acting accordingly, Jews will continue to be under threat – and, likely, an increasing threat. And this is why, in turn, the United States must show partiality towards Israel. Its not over religion – though some of our Evangelical brothers hold it so – but over the simple need to provide a bulwark for a people who would be otherwise exterminated.

We here in the United States pass the test – though there are some (and some in power) who would prefer we failed it. But the basic health of our society gives us the strength to stand where others fall – and gives us the hope that by our precept and example, the rest of the world will eventually follow suit.