This is the text of my eldest son, written a week after October 7th. His unit was one of the first to engage in battle that morning; they repelled an attack by terrorists from the "Nukhba" special forces on the Urim base on the border with Gaza. He was wounded in that battle.

(Baruch HaShem, he returned to service after two months and is now fighting in Gaza)

The original text is in Hebrew, the translation is mine.

I have written quite a bit about how the psychology of the left works, how the approaches of the right and the left differ, and how this causes conflict—not only in Israel, but more broadly.

In today’s situation, I would highlight two main points:

The Israeli left cannot bring Israel to peace because, fundamentally, they are incapable of understanding those who wage war against us.