Gerard Leval’s support of Israel’s pursuit of the Gaza war is certainly a legitimate position, no matter how one feels about the war. As President Donald Trump might say, “There are very fine people on both sides.”
But some of his statements are confounding: “The accusations of a Gaza famine remain largely unsubstantiated,” “There have been very few images of starving Gazans,” and “To the extent that the assertions regarding an alleged famine are unverified, their dissemination is inappropriate.”
Exactly what more than we have been seeing and hearing would it take for him to believe there was verification? Finally, it is not “arrogant” or “a moral failing” for the 80 Orthodox rabbis to advocate for Jews to behave like Jews. We should expect no less from our moral leaders.
-Steven Block, Baltimore
