This year, the Jewish celebration of liberation from oppression, respect for the plight of refugees and commitment to peace felt hollow and incoherent due to Israel’s wars in Iran and Lebanon
David, I am saddened and upset by these wars and by the way the United States has conducted itself, firstly by re-electing the President who tossed out the original plan and who is unduly influenced by certain religious people and certain diabolical leaders, and secondly because I understand how much more personal all of this is for you. I am truly sorry for that. I have some questions, but I’ll save them for a later time.
The story of ancient Israel's oppression and escape from Egypt is powerful. The call to treat strangers and aliens well is clear. It is too bad we have forgotten this lesson.
David: What specifically are you referring to for your assertion that "It was the knowledge that Israel was going to persist with military action against Iran that convinced Trump that the United States should join Israel in this regime-change war." I thought Trump didn't make his final decision to get militarily involved in this conflict until Iran advised our negotiators that they had 60% enriched uranium and could easily get it to the lethal 90% level in 12 days to make 10 or 11 nuclear bombs very quickly.
David, I am saddened and upset by these wars and by the way the United States has conducted itself, firstly by re-electing the President who tossed out the original plan and who is unduly influenced by certain religious people and certain diabolical leaders, and secondly because I understand how much more personal all of this is for you. I am truly sorry for that. I have some questions, but I’ll save them for a later time.
The story of ancient Israel's oppression and escape from Egypt is powerful. The call to treat strangers and aliens well is clear. It is too bad we have forgotten this lesson.
David: What specifically are you referring to for your assertion that "It was the knowledge that Israel was going to persist with military action against Iran that convinced Trump that the United States should join Israel in this regime-change war." I thought Trump didn't make his final decision to get militarily involved in this conflict until Iran advised our negotiators that they had 60% enriched uranium and could easily get it to the lethal 90% level in 12 days to make 10 or 11 nuclear bombs very quickly.
This is laid out in this long NYT piece which was soon thereafter confirmed by Marco Rubio.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/politics/trump-war-iran-israel.html?searchResultPosition=7
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-critics-erupt-after-rubio-suggests-it-dragged-us-into-war-with-iran/