ARTUZ SHEVA
UJA donates $1 million to Gaza: Insanity or worse?
Ronn Torrosion

…This is a despicable act by American Diaspora Jews of whom it can only be said seem today to be enemies of the Jewish state. When representatives of the Israeli government appear before this body and ask them to speak out against a 2-state solution or for voluntary migration of Gazans, they are silent, but to fund Gaza and help free up Hamas resources for rockets, tunnels, and murder that they can do. The UJA, with nary a mainstream Orthodox or haredi Jew let alone a Sephardic leader among them live a life of ignorance, as they fund the very people that kill us, torture us, burn our babies, kidnap us, starve our hostages, and celebrate in the streets when we die. Not one Gazan gave information about where the hostages are being held, even when the Israeli government offered $5 million for information on each one. People braved the Nazis to save Jews. Not the Gazans. Not one “righteous Gentile” among them. READ MORE

JNS Jonathan Tobin: The futility of compassion for those who want to kill you As far as most American Jews are concerned, it’s probably the most Jewish thing any of the numerous organizations that represent them could do. UJA-Federation New York has announced the intended donation of $1 million to help Palestinian Arabs in the Gaza Strip. This humanitarian gesture was widely applauded by many of its donors and community members…However, the decision to allocate Jewish philanthropic funds to aid hostile neighboring Arabs is a bad one. It may be laudable, but it is wrong. Why? Part of the problem is the virtue-signaling aspect of this allocation. UJA wants to do this to be seen as caring for Palestinians as well as Israelis. Still, it is more about making its donors and activists feel good about themselves than actually ameliorating any suffering in the Strip.