Whenever I have a conversation with a liberal Christian, which is often, and the subject is the Arab-Israeli conflict, my conversation partner never seems terribly interested in the existential threats to Jews in Israel.

I ask if the security fence is not a good thing, since it has stopped terrorists from murdering Jews. Homicide bombers are kept out.

That seemingly straight-forward appeal to humanity—that it’s a good thing, even if it means Palestinians are inconvenienced at checkpoints—is always met with derision. “Does that justify ‘fencing-in’ the Palestinians?”

Well, as a matter of fact, I believe it does. Again: Jews are not being murdered. That trumps everything else.

I also notice that Western liberals (the so-called “peace and justice,” or “non-violent” protesters) behave as if there are no real threats to Israeli Jews.

Actually, there are thousands of them, what with rocket stockpiles both in Gaza and Lebanon.

Will someone on the left acknowledge that this reality is simply not just?