Something Sick is Happening in Jerusalem

by Jonathan Feldstein

Israelis pick up their gas masks in one of Jerusalem's malls. The big ones are for the Iranian weapons, the mid sized ones for the Syrian weapons, and the small ones are for the Hezbollah and Hamas weapons.

by Jonathan Feldstein
Something sick is happening in Jerusalem. It’s so sick that it makes my heart race in fear, and my blood boil in anger. Making matters worse, it’s not just happening in Jerusalem, but throughout Israel.
Since the 1990s, when Iraq threatened Israel with chemical weapons, Israel has undertaken, at no little expense, to distribute gas masks to all its citizens. Over the years, old gas masks have been replaced by new ones and, as more modern threats have arisen, and new efforts made to be sure that all Israelis are protected.
The latest threat involves Syria. It’s a well known fact that Syria possesses numerous long range rockets that can strike most parts of Israel, placing 4/5 or more of Israel’s population in range. It’s also known that Syria possesses chemical and/or biological weapons that can be loaded onto these rockets and inflict immediate death of many, and mass casualties of countless others, some who would die eventually of exposure to these weapons of mass destruction. Anyone not living in a cave the past year knows that Syria is unraveling at the seams and engaged in a bloody internal war that could risk these weapons getting into the hands of someone who wouldn’t hesitate to use them.
Living under the threat of such a disaster is indeed sick. Not because we live here, but because we face the daily threat of any of our neighbors unleashing a rocket attack, suicide bomb, border infiltration, or any other way to kill and maim as many Israelis as possible...Continue reading...