Donald Moskowitz

Londonderry, NH

Israel, our important strategic ally in the Middle East, and Hamas have approved a ceasefire and a potential peace plan. The United Nations approved the U.S. sponsored plan. President Trump and administration negotiators secured the ceasefire and peace plan, which could possibly lead to wider stability and peace throughout the Middle East. Undoubtedly, Jews around the world and our 60 million Evangelical Christians in the U.S. appreciate the efforts of President Trump to increase Irael’s security in the region.

The Middle East is fraught with competing nationalities, religions, factions and ethnicities vying for power who do not get along. Israel has forged alliances and good relations with a number of Middle East countries and some of these religious factions and groups, but there will always be some animosity between Arabs and non-Arabs.

The mindset in Israel is probably affected by the Jew hatred passed down through millennia. The Spanish Inquisition and the Holocaust are prime examples of the institutional Jew hatred perpetuated in Europe. A survey of a few years ago revealed Jew hatred infected 20% to 45% of the populations of various European countries. It could be based on jealousy and contrived myths espoused in religious teachings. European countries with low Jew hatred are Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Czechoslovakia and Great Britian.

Against this backdrop Israel will always be fighting to survive. It is important for the U.S. to have a strong Israel to help counter Chinese and Russian influence in the Middle East and thwart Iranian aggression and anti-American behavior in the region.