[fella]

This goes a long ways toward explaining why there was so little resistance from their parents and grandparents when they gave up their homes and possessions and went into the ghettos, then on to the trains and finally into the camps. They have lost the guts their remnant had when the survivors were rescued from the camps

[dalight]

This goes a long ways toward explaining why there was so little resistance from their parents and grandparents when they gave up their homes and possessions and went into the ghettos, then on to the trains and finally into the camps. They have lost the guts their remnant had when the survivors were rescued from the camps

This is crap. I would like to see you have done different. The Warsaw getto revolt was done with little more than a handful of guns. But, Hitler took all of the guns and employed Jews to reassure the others it would be ok, even though everyone knew it wouldn't. Despair, powerlessness, the perceived enmity of the surrounding people and starvation were the tools of this evil. They have been used before, and will be used again. Don't add to this by cursing the Jews for this, remember that the survivors who made it to Israel redefined the meaning of valor and resistance in the teeth of fierce and overwhelming force.

You wouldn't know it for the current crop of Israeli Pols, but Jews are humans first. And we all have courage and exhibit cowardice in situations that we find ourselves in. Don't fall prey to absurd judgments or buying the lies of those who live for hate.

[dervish]

does it also explain Israel’s military prowess?

Blaming the victim is cruel.