Hamas: The Lowest of the Low

Several friends have texted my husband and me asking how we are doing in light of the bloody war taking place in Israel. While they mean well, I find it odd that just because we are Jewish we likely feel worse than someone who is not a Jew. They're misguided.

A typical Hamas member.

Anyone with a heart and the capacity for empathy feels exactly like anyone else at this time: A war in which uninvolved civilians are ripped from their homes and killed -- including babies, toddlers and elderly survivors of the Holocaust -- is unspeakably repulsive. The shocking murder of 260 concertgoers, most of them in their teens or early 20s, is depressing enough to make one stay in bed all day, no matter their religious beliefs. 

The added insult of innocent American hostages being held in unknown locations -- starved, terrified and soon to be dead -- increases the unimaginable horror of it all.

For people like myself who suffer from hyper-empathy, it's almost impossible to bear. My being Jewish is not a factor. Human beings are human beings. Except of course Arab terrorists, who are a genus far below animals.