{"id":18699,"date":"2025-06-11T17:24:34","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=18699"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:24:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:24:34","slug":"friedman-warns-israel-risks-global-isolation-without-gaza-policy-shift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/06\/11\/friedman-warns-israel-risks-global-isolation-without-gaza-policy-shift\/","title":{"rendered":"Friedman Warns: Israel Risks Global Isolation Without Gaza Policy Shift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ai-optimize-6 ai-optimize-introduction\"><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-In a New York Times column, prominent American Jewish commentator Thomas Friedman warned that the way Israel is conducting its war in Gaza is paving the way for a global redefinition of how Israel and Jews are perceived\u2014and not in a positive direction.<\/p>\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-44\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto py-5 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] @[37rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] @[72rem]:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:32rem] @[34rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @[64rem]:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto flex max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 text-base gap-4 md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"relative flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"81badaaa-2d60-44d1-9377-8aab7adb3319\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-8\" data-start=\"1058\" data-end=\"1512\">He cautioned: \u201cWe are heading toward a future where synagogues will increasingly be guarded by police and private security. Israel will no longer be seen by Jews as a safe haven from antisemitism, but as a generator of it. Rational Israelis will consider emigrating to places like Australia and the U.S. rather than calling on diaspora Jews to move to Israel. This grim future hasn\u2019t arrived yet, but if you don\u2019t see it coming, you\u2019re fooling yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-9\" data-start=\"1514\" data-end=\"1873\">Friedman noted that a growing number of retired Israeli air force pilots and defense officials are speaking out against Netanyahu\u2019s &#8220;nihilistic&#8221; policy in Gaza. These figures are urging Jews in the U.S. and elsewhere to raise their voices, issuing what they call a &#8220;distress call: Save our ship\u2014before Israel\u2019s deepening moral stain becomes irreversible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-24\" data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"83\">Friedman: Without Peace Shift, Israel Risks Global Pariah Status<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-10\" data-start=\"1875\" data-end=\"2286\">He argued that Israel had already neutralized Hamas\u2019s existential military threat months ago. Therefore, Netanyahu\u2019s government should inform the Trump administration and Arab mediators that it&#8217;s ready for a phased withdrawal from Gaza, to be replaced by a peacekeeping force made up of international, Arab, and Palestinian elements\u2014conditional on Hamas returning all hostages and leaving the territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-11\" data-start=\"2288\" data-end=\"2659\">However, if Israel continues pursuing Netanyahu\u2019s aim of indefinite war\u2014seeking an \u201cabsolute victory\u201d over Hamas, while flirting with far-right fantasies of ethnic cleansing and Israeli resettlement in Gaza\u2014then Jews around the world must prepare their children and grandchildren for a world in which Israel is a pariah state and a source of shame, not pride.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17791\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17791 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/88-3.jpg\" alt=\"Friedman noted that a growing number of retired Israeli air force pilots and defense officials are speaking out against Netanyahu\u2019s &quot;nihilistic&quot; policy in Gaza.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/88-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/88-3-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/88-3-768x461.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Netanyahu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-12\" data-start=\"2661\" data-end=\"2896\">Friedman predicted that eventually foreign journalists and photographers would enter Gaza without Israeli military escort\u2014and when they do, \u201cthe shock of what they see may trigger a powerful backlash against Israel and Jews worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-13\" data-start=\"2898\" data-end=\"3319\">He clarified that his warning is not based on ignorance of what Hamas did on October 7, 2023. Hamas, he said, deserves to be defeated. But as a Jew who believes in Israel\u2019s right to exist securely next to a Palestinian state, he insisted: \u201cIf my tribe doesn\u2019t resist this government\u2019s indifference to Palestinian civilian casualties and its creeping authoritarianism at home, then Jews everywhere will pay a steep price.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-14\" data-start=\"3326\" data-end=\"3382\">&#8220;We Don\u2019t Want to Become Like Our Worst Enemies&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-15\" data-start=\"3384\" data-end=\"3798\">Friedman referenced an open letter by two highly respected former Israeli air force pilots\u2014Brig. Gen. Asaf Agmon and Col. Uri Arad\u2014published in Haaretz. The letter was addressed to their colleagues still serving in the air force. The two belong to the \u201cForum 555,\u201d a group of 1,700 Israeli air force veterans and reservists formed to resist Netanyahu\u2019s judicial overhaul and defend Israeli democracy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-6\" data-start=\"3384\" data-end=\"3798\">In the letter, the signatories did not downplay Hamas\u2019s October 7 attack, calling the war initially justified. But they warned that the war had \u201clost its strategic and security objectives\u201d and now primarily serves the \u201cpolitical and personal interests of the government.\u201d They described it as increasingly looking like a war of vengeance, driven by officials who claim there are \u201cno innocents\u201d in Gaza\u2014citing one Knesset member who boasted that the government can now kill 100 Gazans a day without raising concern.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17703\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17703\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17703 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5555-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"PTSD Among Israeli Troops Rises as Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire Deal\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5555-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5555-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5555-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5555-2-390x220.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5555-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Israeli war crimes in Gaza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-17\" data-start=\"4328\" data-end=\"4510\">The pilots wrote: \u201cHowever terrible October 7 was, it doesn\u2019t justify total moral detachment or disproportionate use of lethal force. We don\u2019t want to become like our worst enemies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-18\" data-start=\"4512\" data-end=\"4824\">They highlighted the night of March 18, when the Israeli government violated a ceasefire deal for hostage release and launched an airstrike that killed nearly 300 people, including many children, while targeting a few Hamas commanders\u2014without providing a satisfactory explanation for the mass casualties.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"ai-optimize-19\" data-start=\"4831\" data-end=\"4864\">Diaspora Voices Must Rise<\/h3>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-20\" data-start=\"4866\" data-end=\"5121\">Friedman also received a separate open letter from Nimrod Novik, former senior adviser to Shimon Peres, on behalf of Commanders for Israel\u2019s Security, a group of 550 retired senior officials from Israel\u2019s defense, security, and diplomatic sectors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-21\" data-start=\"5123\" data-end=\"5217\">The letter urged Jews in the diaspora to speak out against the madness in Gaza, stating:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-23\" data-start=\"5220\" data-end=\"5443\">&#8220;Some in the diaspora have faced criticism for voicing concern about Gaza. They\u2019re told to stay silent if they don\u2019t serve in the IDF. We reject that. Open, honest dialogue only strengthens Israel\u2019s democracy and security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ai-optimize-22\" data-start=\"5445\" data-end=\"5707\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Friedman concluded his article by aligning himself with these voices, saying this is the only way to truly support Israel, and called on Palestinian state supporters to likewise speak out against Hamas\u2019s extremism and work toward a peaceful solution in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"pointer-events-none h-px w-px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-edge=\"true\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-In a New York Times column, prominent American Jewish commentator Thomas Friedman warned that the way Israel is conducting its war in Gaza is paving the way for a global redefinition of how Israel and Jews are perceived\u2014and not in a positive direction. 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