Source: https://t.me/pravdaGerashchenko_en/28485

Chief rabbi of Ukraine @RabbiUkraine writes on his Facebook page:

"The first photo shows my grandchildren hiding from Russian terrorists’ missiles in Kyiv region in the first days of the terrible invasion of Ukraine.

Later, together with thousands of people, we evacuated them to Israel and Europe.

In the second photo, the same people are hiding from Hamas terrorists’ missiles.

Two different parts of the world, but such a common pain and struggle… My heart breaks to see these faces, but I believe that the light of truth and faith will help us to go through these challenges

I pray to the Almighty to bring down his anger and fury on all those involved in the terror of civilians!"

  • S_204@lemmy.worldEnglish
    69·
    1 year ago

    I know Jews who’ve moved to Canada years ago and are booking flights back to Israel to help out however they can.

    Some anonymous guy at JFK paid for the flights of 250 Jews who got called to return to the IDF.

    The excuse is that it’s their home. They will give their lives to ensure it survives. It’s the homeland to every Jewish person on this planet and as you note, there’s decades (Millenia in fact) of history written in blood showing just how important that strip of desert is to the survival of the Jewish people.

    I don’t know what called your friend over there, I assume he’s a Jew as well and if so that might actually be all there is to it.

    I hope your friend is doing alright. Hope you are too.

    • rah@feddit.uk
      21·
      1 year ago

      there’s decades (Millenia in fact) of history written in blood showing just how important that strip of desert is to the survival of the Jewish people

      There’s history showing how much they want that strip of desert but I’m not sure there’s any history showing that strip of desert is important to their survival. Unless you have something more to share?

    • MataVatnik@lemmy.world
      34·
      1 year ago

      That’s not the point of my comment. People are well within their right to move to Israel and join the armed forces and sacrifice their life for their cause. However this man moved his children away from one war zone to another war zone, and posts pictures trying to elicit sympathy. I brought up my friend to illustrate the point that Israel has always been known to be a dangerous area. My only guess is that the logistics of moving to Israel was simpler for him than the other options.