by Zack Beauchamp
Michael Walzer worries:
The terror attack near Eilat and the rockets falling on Ashkelon and Beer Sheva have silenced the protests—literally. Two nights ago there was a silent march with candles from the tent city on Rothschild Boulevard to the sea, not a protest but a memorial for the people killed in the south. The protests will resume, and the chanting too—so the leaders say. But the way forward, never easy, will be much harder now. Terrorism strengthens the Right. I suppose that isn’t a necessary truth, but it is certainly true in Israel.
There's some empirical evidence (pdf) that butresses Walzer's fears. One can't emphasize enough the immense moral catastrophe it would be if terrorists succeed yet again at separating Israelis from their better angels.
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