Recently, the Times of San Diego published an opinion piece titled “As a Father, Jew and Councilmember, I’m Appalled by Brutality in Gaza” by Sean Elo-Rivera. While I respect the sincerity behind that essay and the concern it reflects for the lives of all children, it represents a troubling trend in our public discourse: invoking Jewish identity as a moral credential to justify arguments built on ahistorical comparisons and dangerous false moral equivalence.

Jewish values do indeed reject indiscriminate violence, dehumanization, and cruelty. But applying those values to the current war in Gaza requires moral clarity — starting with an honest account of who is responsible for this war and the suffering it causes. That responsibility lies squarely with Hamas: • An openly genocidal terrori

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