Concern

I am growing increasingly concerned with the way people in my Modern Orthodox community are talking about violence and killing. I understand we are all upset and invested in Israel; that does not make it okay to talk about nuking gaza, making it a parking lot, or killing everyone. I know it isn’t the majority opinion, but I am scared it has become much more common. We are better than that, plain and simple. If we take joy in the suffering of others, we are just as bad as the enemy we claim to fight. People in my shul who are lawyers and accountants are constantly talking about “killing the enemy” and “destroying them” as if they have any idea what it means to kill another human being; to actually take their life. Let’s not devalue the human life, and honor Hashem by showing compassion where we have every excuse to not.