by Edward Topol
The tsunami of world antisemitism swells.
Seventy years ago, I served in the Soviet army in Estonia. The Estonians regarded the Soviet army as an occupier, but the chances of their launching an armed attack on our regiment were zero. Nevertheless, the regiment’s grounds were guarded around the clock, and from time to time I was put on guard duty. The instructions were simple: if someone approaches the fence, do not shoot but shout, “Halt! Who goes there?” If the person does not answer and keeps approaching, shout, “Halt, or I’ll shoot!” If he again does not answer and keeps approaching, shout “Halt!” and fire into the air. And only in the event of a direct attack, shoot to kill.
And yet, I repeat, the chances of the Estonians even approaching our regiment were zero. But could I put down my submachine gun and sleep at my post? And what would they have done to me if I had done so, and at that moment, even one Estonian had made his way into our barracks?
Now, what happened in Israel on October 7, 2023? In effect, the intelligence and instructions the Israeli army’s leadership received from the government were similar to what I received in 1957: the chances of an armed attack by Hamas terrorists are zero, and therefore do not shoot until the enemy attacks directly. However, on the morning of October 7, 2023, at the moment of this mass attack, there was no one to do the shooting. In violation of their military oath and their official duty to defend the homeland, all one hundred generals of our “smart little army” were asleep, having pulled their combat units away from the border. That is why, on October 7, 6,000 cutthroats got through Israel’s unguarded border, and carried out a new Holocaust.
I do not absolve the government for the peace-mongering instructions it gave the army. But I separate that from responsibility. The responsibility of the army’s leadership is obvious and unconditional: they certainly received no order from the government to leave the border exposed. And even if they had received one, then by virtue of their oath to defend the homeland, they were obliged to ignore it. Instead, having risen to the highest military ranks and salaries, they removed our troops from their posts along the entire length of the southern border, which led to the tragic deaths of 1,200 of the country's citizens, including women, children, and the elderly.
Has a single one of these generals been stripped of his rank? Court-martialed? Of course, I will be accused of bloodthirstiness. Why, they will say, put on trial elderly men who took heroic part in such-and-such wars….
Let me explain. If not a single general is punished for violating his oath and neglecting his professional duties on the eve of October 7, 2023, then why should colonels, majors, lieutenants, and soldiers carry out their duties today?
And if army officers are free of responsibility, what can be said of civilian officials? It is strange, in fact, that they come to work at all instead of collecting their salaries in their sleep….
Rabid Islamists, and all the hidden and open antisemites of so-called “progressive humanity,” inflicted catastrophic harm on Jews who have an army equipped with the latest aircraft, tanks, missiles, and laser weapons; it turned outy that with poor leadership, all that military might didn’t stop Jews from being butchered, raped, burned, and robbed!
The extent of that harm is why October 7 has become an annual “holiday” of world antisemitism, inspiring the open and secret sponsors of anti-Israel media to launch a multibillion-dollar media to wash European and American brains with antisemitic poison. And there is no need even to mention the jubilant marches of Islamic lunatics and European pro-Palestinian idiots. Today the latter are receiving their fervent gratitude.
Personally, however, I find no consolation in the last events in France. I do not know how world Jewry is to cope with this new tsunami of antisemitism. Are you counting on this tsunami subsiding on its own, and life returning to the golden days of Ronald Reagan? It won’t, gentlemen! It will never return. The genie of antisemitism and anti-Israelism has broken out of the Gaza Strip into the vast spaces of the internet, our enemies are generously pouring fuel on this fire, and Western leaders seem unwilling or incapable of extinguishing it.
I emigrated from the USSR in 1978, and urged my two younger brothers to do the same. But they lived comfortably in Baku, had their own business, and stayed. So, in 1991, during the Azerbaijani-Armenian massacre in Baku, they had to abandon their apartments, cars, and bank accounts and flee naked, in the literal sense of the word, with nothing but their children in their arms.
So, think about your children and grandchildren, and consider a return to Eretz Yisroel. If there are not eight million of us here but sixteen, our army will be twice, even three times, as strong, and ten times better armed with the talents of our progeny, talents that, in addition to weapons to deter the enemy, will create a means of pacification to all our neighbors.
To be honest, I’m not at all keen on a sudden influx of American Jews to Israel. You’d bring your bank savings with you, which would cause housing prices and rents here to skyrocket—and, I must admit, my own budget simply couldn’t compete.
So, perhaps just sit tight through a couple of pogroms, and you’ll see what happens from there….
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Edward Topol
Source: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/11/sit-out-a-couple-of-pogroms-please/#google_vignette
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