When the other becomes the enemy
Whilst we don't have a temple nowadays – one has to wonder what can else can be ruined by hatred.
Five incidents happened in Israel in two weeks. On April 19, an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon smashed a statue of Jesus with a sledgehammer.
On April 21, a man wearing a kippah embroidered with both an Israeli and Palestinian flag was detained by Israel Police, his kippah confiscated and reportedly cut by an officer before being returned.
On April 22, a 21-year-old discharged soldier, Yamno Zelka z”l, was murdered by teenage boys outside the pizza shop where he worked.
On the same day, April 22, judges of the Supreme Court of Israel were evacuated to their chambers when an enraged crowd stormed a hearing on establishing a commission of inquiry into October 7.
And on April 27, a journalist posted a video of her mocking two Charedi boys collecting charity to fund the wedding of a deprivileged couple.
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