On the diplomatic front, it's clear that while Israel has a lot of disadvantages, it can actually do better in a number of ways. Too often, Israel's advocates are reactionary and on the defensive against aggressive Arab propagandists. Nikki Haley, the US's new UN Ambassador, has shifted the strategy by openly going on the offensive against Hamas and other Palestinian extremists. Indeed, diplomatically, Jerusalem needs to follow this example and relentlessly go on the offensive. Rather than allowing the Palestinians to dictate the situation all the time, Israelis need to take up the onus of doing so. Palestinians cannot falsely claim to be indigenous and paint Jews as imperialists, yet destroy the land that they claim to love. No native people has ever done this. It is the Jews who beautified and cared for the destitute land upon our return, rather than letting it sit and waste away, or igniting it in a reckless tantrum. This point needs to be more adamantly made in the ideological and academic clashes about the conflict that often take place on college campuses. Moreover, we also need to display our own form of non-violent Zionist resistance. It is clear that Hamas intended for the March of Return to be bloody, and the flaming kite situation is more proof of this. Wisely, Israelis are adopting a position of "keep calm and carry on" in the face of this new "arson terror" while the military acts proportionally by striking terror targets. Israeli children are countering the fire, hate, and racism of the Palestinians with "peace balloons." In light of destroyed farmland in the south, the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has launched a campaign of "they burn, we plant" to replace trees and crops through donations.

The Gaza Kites & A Non-Violent Zionist Resistance

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