What is the Secret of Israel's Interest in Pharaoh in Their War?

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA—A Turkish writer has penned an article in Al Jazeera with the intriguing title above. What is the Secret of Israel’s Interest in Pharaoh in Their War?

“In the war against Iran, a similar approach to the slaying of the firstborn mentioned in the Torah must be applied; if it is not possible to reach high-ranking officials, then the children must be targeted.”

This single sentence, remaining from a deleted post in Hebrew on the “X” platform, is sufficient to reveal how far the moral and theological boundaries of this war have been stretched.

The author of the post is Israeli academic Orit Perlov, a member of the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University.

Our friend, Turan Kashlakji, forwarded this post to us and commented: “Perlov argues that an extreme religious approach must be applied in the war against Iran, and that Iranian children should be killed in a manner similar to the plague of the slaying of the firstborn mentioned in the Torah.

According to this, such tactics have previously been applied in Gaza, where more than 14,000 children have fallen according to UN data, and she proposes implementing the same model in Iran and Lebanon.

Debates often arise regarding how serious such statements are, but one statement can sometimes reflect an established mindset.”