They survived the Holocaust, moved to Israel, and built a life here. Then came Oct. 7 and they became refugees again.

"While we are still gathering the facts of this attack, we know it was carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq," Biden said in a statement.

Nearly 18 times, the people have mobilized in protest against religious despotism and swamp-like situations, only to be met with brutal repression, resulting in countless deaths and injuries. Each failed uprising has left the society more fragmented, intimidated by the regime's overwhelming force, and ultimately, despairing.

Among many other things, the Supreme Court of Israel insists upon its right to vet the personnel decisions of the Knesset in the names of reasonableness. In other words, it will substitute its tastes, desires, goals, preferences for those of the duly elected representatives by the electorate of that nation.