In Israel, several events have once again set off the world-is-collapsing flashing red lights.

There are times when Jews, or more specifically Israelis, seem paranoid. History’s lessons would suggest that such paranoia is reasonable. When the world tried to push a “Two State Solution,” Israelis on left and right pointed out that if the full “West Bank” of the Jordan River was given to the Palestinians, Israel’s “waist” at its shortest point would only be a few miles wide—something that could easily allow for the country to be cut in two. When Israelis kvetched that they heard digging under their houses in the south and north, they were at times told by their own government that it was their imagination. Then, during an earlier Gaza war, Hamas fighters started popping up in Israeli wheat fields. With one more miracle on tap, the crop had just been harvested, so the terrorists were easy pickings for Apache helicopters as they had nowhere to hide.

Two events last week got the locals a bit worried. One was JD Vance’s talk with Joe Rogan, in which he once again badmouthed Israel and claimed that the country wanted war over his MOU. The other was the House vote on a bill from Thomas Massie (R-Loser) to stop funding all military aid to Israel—including defensive systems. While the vote went against the proposed amendment, over 100 Democrats supported the measure. So a paranoid Israeli politician sees both younger Republicans and Democrats turning against the only democracy in the Middle East. Local headlines saw the end of the world. Is the trend dangerous? Is it surprising?

Every year there is the holiday of Passover. When reading the Haggadah on the first night of the holiday, one is implored to see himself as having left the bondage of Egypt. Now we all have good imaginations. It’s not hard for me to see myself wearing some type of white cloth as I complain endlessly about........

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