Israel May Have to Forfeit the Love of the West to Be Feared Again by Its Neighbors https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/israel-zionism/2023/10/israel-may-have-to-forfeit-the-love-of-the-west-to-be-feared-again-by-its-neighbors/

October 16, 2023 | Micah Goodman
About the author: Micah Goodman is the author of six bestselling books and one of the founders of Beit Prat in Israel. In 2017, he was named by the Jerusalem Post one of the 50 most influential Jews.

Besides the strategic and military considerations before the Jewish state, there are also those pertaining to its social cohesion and morale, and the emotional reactions and priorities of its citizens. Micah Goodman is the rare thinker who can address all of these at once, as he does in this powerful and penetrating conversation with Amanda Borschel-Dan. In Goodman’s view, the main task before Jerusalem—as, he argues, Israelis instinctively understand—is to make its enemies fear it once again. (Audio, 32 minutes.)

Read more on Times of Israel: https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-micah-goodman-vowing-to-stand-with-israel-when-it-fires-back/