Israel has been defending itself for the entire 20th century, and at least since the founding of the state in 1948, against its Islamic neighbors, who do not tolerate anything that is not Muslim in their midst.

After countless wars and attacks from those neighboring countries and from the now 1.5 million Muslims who live in Israel as citizens, Hamas carried out an unprecedented massacre from Gaza on October 7, 2023, killing and/or raping 1,200 Jews and taking more than 200 hostage.

The right to self-defense is therefore 100% applicable, but because the brave Islamic heroes of Hamas and Hezbollah hide themselves and their weapons behind the civilian population, many people die among that (also Islamic) civilian population.

Those civilians in Lebanon and Gaza have been oppressed for years by Hezbollah and Hamas respectively; the latter was elected by the population in Gaza, and the former has infiltrated Lebanon and has taken power there with a large army of its own. Both are used by the Islamic Republic of Iran to “wipe Israel off the map,” and while shouting “Allah hu Akbar” and “from the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free” they carry out the extermination of the Jews in Israel, from 1948 to the present day.

They have charged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the International Criminal Court (ICC) with starving the people of Gaza, which is largely because Hamas steals much of what is imported from Israel and resells it to the citizens of Gaza.

The verdict is known, Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant can be arrested in any country that is a member of the ICC, and the Netherlands was the first to call for Netanyahu to go to jail immediately if he visits.

I was ashamed of this country, of which I am a citizen by birth, which has joined those employing cowardly political correctness!

The USA distances itself from the ICC decision, which is a bit easier, because it is not a member of the court. Not so easy here, as the Netherlands is a member, but think about what our government is doing! Germany, which is also a member of the court, has meanwhile said that Netanyahu can visit without risk of arrest.

Israel is defending itself against jihadist Islam, which has also infiltrated our country. In that sense they are also fighting our battle. Just as Volodymyr Zelenskyy fights not only for Ukraine, but for all of Europe.

Hopefully, other nations will wake up and understand that rules sometimes have to be broken, if the consequences of those rules are even more detrimental.

Ben Kok is a Jewish-Christian pastor in the Netherlands. See his website at: tora-yeshua.nl