Have you no sense of decency
By Neville Berman
Joseph McCarthy was an American politician who rose to prominence in the 1950’s by alleging that hundreds of members of the government, including members of the army, the press and many other organizations were communists bent on trying to destroy America. The accusations were never substantiated, and had no basis in reality. In 1954, McCarthy was investigated by the Senate. During the investigation, McCarthy accused the lawyer of Senator Joseph Welch of having ties to communist organizations. Senator Welch replied. “Have you no sense of decency?” It was a pivotal moment in the investigation. It was clear to everyone that McCarthy was a despicable demagogue with no sensitivity to the damage that he had caused by his lies. It marked the beginning of the end of the McCarthy witch-hunt. McCarthy became an alcoholic and died three years later at the age of 48. McCarthy’s legacy of lies unfortunately continues to this day in the form of lies about Jews and Israel.
To those that deny the Holocaust. Have you no sense of decency?
To those that deny the massacre, rapes, beheading, burning, mutilation of bodies, and hostage taking on October 7. Have you no sense of decency?
To those that deny that Hamas is a terrorist organization whose aim is to annihilate all Jews and the State of Israel. Have you no sense of decency?
To those that claim that Israel is a racist state. Have you no sense of decency?
To those that claim that Israel is an apartheid state. Have you no sense of decency?
To those that claim that Israel is a colonial state. Have you no sense of decency?
To those that claim that Israel is committing genocide. Have you no sense of decency?
To those that claim that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism. Have you no sense of decency?
To those who claim that Israel is occupying Gaza, when in fact it totally withdrew from Gaza in 2005. Have you no sense of decency?
To those who claim that Gaza is under an Israeli siege, when in fact Gaza has a border with Egypt. Have you no sense of decency?
To the United Nations, for refusing to pass a single resolution condemning Hamas. Have you no sense of decency?
To the United Nations for claiming that Israel is using disproportionate force and committing crimes against humanity in defending itself. Have you no sense of decency?
To the Secretary General of the United Nations, who claimed that Israel is starving the people of Gaza even though thousands of trucks of food have been delivered to Gaza. Have you no sense of decency?
To all the TV stations that call the murderous terrorists of Hamas, militants or freedom fighters. Have you no sense of decency?
To all those that aim to allow Hamas to continue to rule Gaza so that it can rearm and attack Israel again and again. Have you no sense of decency?
To the media that accused Israel of attacking hospitals, when they knew that situated below the hospitals were the headquarters of Hamas. Have you no sense of decency?
To the social media that claims that Israeli soldiers are raping women and killing babies. Have you no sense of decency?
To the media that invented the term “innocent civilians” for the people in Gaza that elected Hamas, and celebrate the killing of every Israeli. Have you no sense of decency?
To the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for recognizing the State of Palestine despite the fact that to be recognized as a State, requires UN Security Council approval, and that has not happened. Have you no sense of decency?
To the ICJ for accepting a false case of genocide against Israel when it is obvious that millions of Palestinians would be dead if Israel was committing genocide. Have you no sense of decency?
To the BBC for distorting the ruling of the ICJ that ruled that it was plausible that South Africa had the right to bring a case of genocide, into claiming that the ICJ had ruled that it was plausible that Israel had committed genocide. This was a deliberate distortion of the ruling of the ICJ in order to delegitimize Israel. Have you no sense of decency?
To the International Criminal Court for making a mockery of justice by charging two dead Hamas leaders for crimes against humanity, and at the same time charging the Prime Minister and former Defence Minister of Israel with crimes against humanity. Have you no sense of decency?
To the UNIFIL forces in Lebanon who totally failed to carry out their mandate to prevent Hezbollah from operating south of the Litani River. Have you no sense of decency?
To the Presidents of three of the leading universities in America who when asked if it is against university policy to call for genocide against Jews replied that “it depends on the context.” Have you no sense of decency?
To the Catholic church that has promoted antisemitism and blood libels against Jews for over 2,000 years. Have you no sense of decency?
To the Catholic church that promoted the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisition that carried on for over 350 years and resulted in tens of thousands of Jews being burnt at the stake for refusing to convert. Have you no sense of decency.
To those that have inverted the prophecy of Isaiah and have turned ploughshares into swords to use against Israel. Have you no sense of decency.
To those that cannot accept that the Jews have returned to their biblical homeland as predicted by the Jewish Prophets. Have you no sense of decency.
About the writer:
Accountant Neville Berman had an illustrious sporting career in South Africa, being twice awarded the South African State Presidents Award for Sport and was a three times winner of the South African Maccabi Sportsman of the Year Award. In 1978 he immigrated to the USA to coach the United States men’s field hockey team, whereafter, in 1981 he immigrated to Israel where he practiced as an accountant and then for 20 years was the Admin Manager at the American International School in Even Yehuda, Israel. He is married with two children and one granddaughter.
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