Few want to consider that the impulse to genocide has deep roots in human nature, and even in Jewish religion itself

 

Mandy Patinkin on Gaza: "How Could It Be Done To Your Ancestors, And Then You Turn Around And Do It To Someone Else?"

But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth.

-- Deuteronomy 20:16

 

They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works.

 

 -- Psalm 106:34