Hatred of the Jews is nothing new.

Hatred of the Jews by American political candidates for major positions is new.

For example, ABC4 News of Washington, D.C. reported last week: “Chants of ‘From the river to the sea’ were heard at recent Cornell University Young Democratic Socialists of America events featuring Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker, as new polling shows most registered voters view the Democratic Socialists of America unfavorably.”

Let’s be clear: “From the River to the Sea” means that Israel does not have the right to exist as a Jewish nation. The River is the Jordan River, and the Sea is the Mediterranean. What is between those two bodies of water? Israel.

Every politician of whatever party should be asked: Does Israel have the right to exist (as Israel)?

Why can’t there be lasting peace in the Middle East? Israel, a tiny nation-state, no bigger than New Jersey, is surrounded by hostile neighbors that don’t want it to continue to exist.

Israel is constantly having to deal with enemies from without and from within. The Judeo-Christian principle of “just war” applies to them — that is, that they have the right to defend themselves from those who would try to destroy them.

Furthermore, we see common cause between Jews and Christians in that both are often........

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