Jake Turx
@JakeTurx · Jewish & Israel-focused media — US/UK
Jake Turx is Mishpacha's senior White House correspondent and an Orthodox Jewish educator.
Your biggest concern shouldn’t be the sanctions themselves, it should be the weakness they project. Britain sanctioning an ally largely in response to narratives created by Pallywood and amplified by Jew-hatred International, precisely at a time when radical Islamists are openly testing how far they can push British society, creates a dangerous signal of vulnerability for the UK. Don't jeopardize the safety of your nation on account of some isolated occurrences of settler unrest, as troubling as we may find those actions to be.
In other news, 800,000 Gazans are now alive because Israel waited until they could be evacuated to safety before engaging against Hamas across those emptied buildings. Anyone planning an actual genocide would've eliminated those 800k residents while they were still in the buildings.
For me, it's obvious that October 7th was part of His Divine plan. Consider everything that has unfolded since, and the larger process set in motion that day: A. The attack presented the world with a horrifying moral test. After witnessing a brutal, livestreamed massacre of Jews, would the nations stand with the Jewish people as they fought for survival, or would they find excuses for the murderers, send them aid, lend them moral legitimacy, and ultimately strengthen the forces seeking to destroy us? Much of the world failed that test, and look as the consequences continue to unfold. Israel’s enemies throughout the region have since been dramatically weakened, while the crisis has exposed profound weakness and vulnerability across much of the Western world, which the radical red-green alliance continues to exploit. It is our enemies who, in the aftermath of October 7th, have found themselves stripped of protection. B. October 7 presented the Jewish people with a test of our own... A warrior in Be’eri was suddenly our brother, a hostage we had never met became our sister. Their parents became our parents and their children became our children. Jews across the world gave money, flew across oceans, volunteered, enlisted, prayed, cooked, drove, donated, visited the wounded and refused to forget the captives. We showed ourselves and the world that when one Jew suffers, millions feel their pain!! One lesson of October 7 is that internal division can look like weakness from the outside, and had we been more united on October 6, perhaps Sinwar may have been far less confident to strike Israel. C. Look at how much has changed since October 7. Iran’s nuclear program has been obliterated (at least for now). Its leadership and regional proxies have been dramatically weakened. Gulf countries increasingly find themselves siding with Israel. The shekel has shown remarkable strength. Assad’s regime is gone. In the United States, the Dems have since lost control of the House Senate and White House. Leftism around the world has lost credibility, the UN has been rendered irrelevant, academia has become a joke, and the Two-State solution remains dead and buried. And most remarkable, it's made the Jewish people more united, more religious and Jews are openly having conversations about rebuilding the Third Beis HaMikdash. So when you ask “Why didn’t Hashem protect the Jews on October 7?” my answer is: Maybe the question isn’t why Hashem failed to protect us. Maybe the question is whether we recognize the forms His protection takes over the long term, not only in a single terrible moment. Becuase Divine protection does not always mean preventing tragedy. Sometimes history is allowed to unfold in ways whose purpose only becomes visible much later. October 7th brought out the best in us while bringing our enemies to their knees. Moving forward our task is to make sure that the unity, responsibility and love for one another that emerged from October 7 does not require another October 7 to reawaken us in the future.
This is why they invented the lie of the dancing Israelis. Every accusation is a confession.
If he’s foaming at the mouth now when he believes Trump is losing, imagine Cenk's glorious meltdown when Trump actually defeats Iran.
Unofficial poll: Do you think the time has come for me to step away from journalism and dedicate myself to helping American and European families relocate to Eretz Yisroel while there's still time?
Is it unreasonable to suggest that secular Zionism may have served as one of Hashem’s unwitting instruments, undertaking the brutal work of reclaiming, defending and developing the land so that a later generation could inherit the foundations for something far greater?
I composed my first Yiddish song in prayer to the Bibas children, when they were still with us. I never post it in public because I'm concerned about being acused of farm engagement. A I making a mistake by not releasing it?
If you're a Jew who doesn't believe in Hashem or Judaism, then what possible claim do you have to Israel?
I’m confident the Iranian resistance will succeed in taking back their government. My concern is what happens afterward, when the regime itself becomes the resistance. Toppling a government is one thing, but dealing with a deeply entrenched ideological movement after it loses power may be the far more dangerous phase. Is the world prepared for this scenario?
Don't forget that Gaza also sucked the air out of Nasrallah, Sinwar, Deif, the Ayatollah, Haniyeh...
My eternal appreciation to Minister Smotrich for giving my vision serious consideration, and for reinforcing the notion that when we work together anything is possible. I still maintain it's realistic to pull this off in fewer than 10 years, so watch what happens. Let's get busy!!!