Throwing children to the wolves »
Posted By tehranchik 2 months ago in Political NewsWhy would anyone with even a pretense to moral values want to throw a child to the wolves? That is what our government is preparing to do. The cruelty has been compounded by a seeming reprieve.
Children of foreign workers who have been designated for deportation are being permitted to complete the school year. That sounds like a magnanimous concession.
But how can they concentrate on their lessons when they have such a cloud of uncertainty hanging over their heads? How does the fear of separation impinge on their lives?
How would we react if the children of Israeli or Jewish workers in another country were treated as we plan to treat 1,200 innocent children whose only sin is that they were born to foreign workers in the State of Israel, the country bequeathed to its citizens through biblical testimony? That same Bible exhorts us to be kind to the stranger within our gates.
Is deportation or the threat of it a kindness? What has happened to our moral values?
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