Israel cannot be beaten – so why even try

According to a recent report in Israel Realtime, a senior Iraqi leader was quoted as saying, “I hate Israel. My whole existence is based on hate for Israel, but there is no other choice. All countries in the area must understand that it is impossible to beat Israel.”

This man is not alone in his assessment, concerning the inability of other nations or entities to finish in first place, when it comes to taking on Israel. After witnessing what appeared to be nothing less than divine intervention in 2014, as the trajectory of rockets suddenly changed in mid-air, Hamas operatives came to the undeniable conclusion that someone must be fighting on Israel’s behalf.

It was only a couple of weeks ago when Tunisian Imam Hassan Chalghoumi, who now resides in France, made similar observations on YouTube as he said, “There is something about these people of Israel that feels like a living miracle – a people that the Pharaohs tried to wipe out 3,000 years ago and failed. A people that the Babylonians tried to destroy 2,500 years ago and failed. A people that the Romans wanted to wipe out 2,000 years ago and failed. A people that the Nazis destroyed 80 years ago, without succeeding to erase them. A people that the Arabs fought five wars against to wipe off the map and failed. This is a people small in number but with a unique strength, a divine blessing.”

According to Wikipedia, some Muslim figures have publicly voiced support for Israel, citing its advanced military technology, superior military experience, diverse perspectives and its strong alliances and partnerships with other countries, as being the factors which make a difference. Those friends are also helpful in providing them with military and intelligence support.

Given what seems so obvious to both enemies and casual observers, why, then, would Iran waste its time and money to attempt a nuclear comeback, per a recent Jerusalem post article, entitled, IDF: Iran likely to attempt a nuclear comeback?”.

After the beating they took, both by the Israeli military, which decimated so many of their weapons’ storage facilities and rocket launchers, do they think we wouldn’t do it a second time? What about the American bunker busters which took out their nuclear sites at Fordow and Natanz or the Tomahawk missiles launched from a US submarine on Isfahan? Are they of the opinion that destroying them was a one-off, never to be repeated again?

After the targeted killings of eleven Iranian nuclear scientists, as well as 30 senior security officials, including three top commanders, who would be up for taking on those jobs, given that some replacements only lasted mere days? The joke that began to circulate, on the Internet, was that the two-week lifespan of some insects is greater than that of the Iranian substitutes who believed they could resume the work of their predecessors without a hitch. 

And why would Hamas or Hezbollah terrorists consider rebuilding the tunnels which have been blown up or rendered useless by the IDF? Who would think that re-digging them would be a good use of time, energy and money?

These are the questions with which the enemy must sincerely grapple, because if there is an acknowledgement by those who put all of their heart, soul and sweat equity into the destruction of the Jewish nation, that Israel is truly unbeatable, then why continue trying?

In truth, had they paid attention years ago, they might have noticed that Israel was winning against all odds – a phenomenon that deserved their careful scrutiny.

During the 1967 Six Day War, for example, Israel was at a great disadvantage as, prior to its outbreak, the armies of Syria, Jordan and Egypt had surrounded it on three different fronts. With such an overwhelming military buildup, how is it possible that Israel prevailed?  Nonetheless, it did, despite having fewer weapons to fight the multitudes who came against it. What does that say? For one thing, the connection between more armament and numbers of fighters were not the factors which assured certain victory.

Which means that something else was at play – and that is the mystery when it comes to Israel’s haters who have no other explanation for why the Jewish nation keeps winning. Because when you can say that your entire existence is based on hate for Israel, as the Iraqi senior leader said, it means that his life has become an all-encompassing obsession towards the goal of wiping out the Jews.

That kind of preoccupation has already crossed over into a neurosis, preventing a person from enjoying the great pleasures of life, including the love of friends, family and the normal pursuits which provide a full and productive life. For someone who is that fixated on annihilating a people group, there is no recognition of one’s own humanity but, rather, an uncontrolled desire to seize the power of the giver and taker of life.

This is the sad futility which we are witnessing. The twenty-year investment of energies, that came at the expense of career development, the enhancement of personal relationships and the deferment of building a meaningful legacy was squandered, all for the sake of perpetuating the desire to achieve a Jew-free world.

Had any of these avowed enemies put aside their grievances, long enough to improve their own existence, they might have been able to forget that they ever detested us. Because the multitude of blessings and abundance, created through their hard work and achievements would have overshadowed the intense hatred that once enveloped their beings. 

But, in order to get to that place, one must love and respect himself, as well as his people, in order to fully comprehend that the controlling spirit of abhorrence only hurts the ones who allow it to overtake their lives. And this is what has happened.  

Those who have wasted the precious time granted to them on this earth, by filling their days with the thoughts and calculations of Jewish destruction, must come to the conclusion that Israel cannot be beaten, no matter how hard they try. So why should they continue to make the effort?