This has been long in the making. Since the outbreak of the present conflict, my views have been misunderstood by friends on the other camp who might have things taken out of context, and reduced to fragments. What follows is my comprehensive response to the issue as a whole. It also reflects a development in my own perspective: while my commitments to biblical truth, conservative politics, and the integrity of international law remain unchanged, I acknowledge that certain emphases have shifted between October 7 and today. That shift arises not from abandoning my convictions, but from seeing the immense human suffering with clearer eyes. The recent conclusion by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry that Israel has committed genocide against the Palestinian people presents an immense moral and jurisprudential challenge. Genocide is the gravest of crimes in international law, defined under the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide as ac...