I do not mean the following as any kind of apology for Israel’s enemies, but the fact remains that much of the physical, psychological, and political harm suffered by Israel is self-inflicted as a consequence of its aggressive and, at times, criminal behavior. Israel’s indifference to non-Jewish human life is becoming more and more evident as it continues its efforts towards colonization and ethnic cleansing in Gaza and on the West Bank. Israel continues to sow the wind and act aggrieved when it must reap the whirlwind. The United States, indeed, the Western world generally have been Israel’s woefully naive accomplices, and Israel refuses to cooperate with them while demanding their assistance. There is no end to all of this in sight. However, some terrible cataclysm seems inevitable.