Israelis lament their divides, and cling to them, as they mark a holiday commemorating the toll of disunity - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Israelis lament their divides, and cling to them, as they mark a holiday commemorating the toll of disunity - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Two days before Tisha B’Av, the Israeli scholar Tomer Persico warned that the country was facing another destruction of Jerusalem, this time of its “moral and religious core” brought on by Israel’s conduct in Gaza. Citing the verse from Lamentations, “Look, Lord, and see, children starve in the streets,” he pointed to the images of emaciated children now circulating the globe. “Our country has become one of a cruel minority committing crimes aga…