CNN: America is going to war with Iran to “fulfill the mitzvah of remembering Amalek”

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I took a ton of heat last month when I stood up in public and questioned PragerU’s Shabbos Kestenbaum about Amalek.

We Need to Talk About Amalek

Chris Brunet: “I have very simple question for Shabbos, who is Amalek?”

Shabbos Kestenbaum: “Who is what? Who is Amalek? Oh, Amalek?”

Since then, the Overton window has shifted, and taboos are being smashed.

Just last week, Tucker Carlson asked Mike Huckabee:

Tucker: “What is Amalek? Tell me what it means.”

Huckabee: “I don’t know. You’ll have to ask Netanyahu.”

3 hours ago, at the time I am writing this, America bombed Iran.

2 hours ago, Donald Trump released a video declaring war on Iran:

Trump: “The lives of American heroes may be lost, and we may have casualties — that often happens in war.”

One hour after that, CNN put out an article declaring that the “timing of US-Israel attack on Iran bears symbolic meaning in Judaism” because it’s Purim on Monday, and Purim is a very violent & vengeful time.

For example, the Cave of the Patriarchs massacre took place during Purim of 1994. According to one writer, killer Baruch Goldstein saw the Palestinians as Amalek and “carried out the massacre on Purim, one week after he would have heard the biblical retelling of the command to wipe out a rival nation. As the journalist Peter Beinart and others have written, the timing was not a coincidence.”

Below is a screenshot of today’s full CNN article. Here is a direct link.

The article invokes Amalek three times and explains that the biblical passage commanding Israel to remember and eradicate Amalek is read publicly before Purim to fulfill the mitzvah of remembering Israel’s enemies.

Tal Shalev is a Senior CNN Reporter

At the very moment American bombs are falling, CNN’s news desk is highlighting ancient scriptural eschatology to justify the bombs.

That is not a neutral editorial decision.

That is propaganda.

What infuriates me is American foreign policy being wrapped in ancient religious extremism while American lives are put on the line. This is supposed to be the United States of America. Our wars are not supposed to be fought over foreign theological ethno-grievances. They are supposed to be fought, if at all, for clear national interests that serve the American people.

If you believe this war meets that standard, say so.

If you don’t, say that too.

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