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Sometimes, Results Take a Generation (Times of Israel - 15 Oct 2025)
It is said that Moses led 600,000 men, along with more than a million women and children, out of Egypt in search of the Promised Land. Yet they wandered in the desert for forty years so that an entire generation could pass away. The adults who had lived as slaves were not the ones to enter the Promised Land, for they carried within them the mindset of bondage. To me, this remains the most compelling explanation for why a journey that could have taken only a few weeks, from Cairo to Jerusalem, lasted four decades.
In our hyperconnected age, we have lost patience with time itself. We receive information instantly and expect outcomes just as quickly. When something happens, we anticipate consequences within hours or days, not years. Few today can comprehend the idea that meaningful change, real, lasting transformation, may require the passing of an entire generation.
The generation that emerged after World War II was profoundly different from the one that inhabits today’s world. It grew up anchored in conservative values, with family and faith as the compass of life. Judeo-Christian ethics and moral principles shaped much of the Western conscience, offering a clear sense of right and wrong. Today, that moral map feels blurred. It has become difficult to discern which values or ideals truly guide our social, political, economic, and spiritual course. Those of us born in the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, and even the ’80s often struggle to understand what moves the new generations, what they feel, what they believe, and what they are willing to stand for.
Now consider the Palestinian population in Gaza. Since Hamas seized power in 2007, an entire generation of children and young adults has grown up under a regime that frames life as a perpetual war against Israel. Many have been indoctrinated from an early age to hate and to fight, not only against Israelis, but also against Jews worldwide and those who stand with them. Violence, deceit, and destruction have been glorified as forms of resistance.
On the other side, many Israelis, diaspora Jews, and much of the Western world have developed, at best, deep mistrust, and at worst, open resentment, toward Gaza’s belligerent leadership and the population shaped by it. Decades of terror and bloodshed have hardened hearts on both sides.
Meanwhile, the world at large has also changed. A growing number of young people appear less educated, more easily manipulated, and quicker to anger. They act like plants without roots, disconnected from history or heritage, fiercely, and often violently, protesting causes they barely understand. At the same time, those who thrive on chaos have learned to exploit the system, infiltrating institutions of influence and amplifying distorted narratives to manipulate public opinion.
It has taken a generation to reach this point, and it will take another to reverse course. The young Palestinians of today, raised amid conflict and propaganda, are unlikely to become peaceful, forward-looking citizens overnight, even if offered a visionary peace plan. That transformation will depend on the next generation, one yet to be raised on hope instead of hatred.
For now, Israelis and diaspora Jews continue to hold deep grievances toward Gaza, and, to a lesser degree, the West Bank, where even until recently, the act of killing an Israeli was celebrated. Trust will not be rebuilt quickly. A generation will have to pass before genuine reconciliation can take root. Until then, we must do the best we can, with faith, with patience, and with the conviction that some results, the most meaningful ones, simply may take a generation.
https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/sometimes-results-take-a-generation/
( Por: Yehudi Sabbagh , 15/10/2025 )
