The reaction of most of the nations of the world to the Gaza War brings home something long stated in this week’s Torah portion: “You are the smallest of the nations.”
Today we can sense that all too well when we see the bias, the selective blindness, and the skewed sense of morality which Israel is subjected to by ‘the world’.
From where can we draw the strength to survive and thrive in such a hostile environment?
Says Moses, “For this (the Torah) is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, who shall hear all these statutes, and say: Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”
When we are guided by and unabashedly stick to the Torah’s principles we fare best, have nothing to apologize for and eventually, will even gain the world’s respect.