What would you do? That can be a very useful question. It can be both clarifying and humbling when evaluating complex situations.

To illustrate this, let's apply it to a real-world example.

In May 2021, Israel and Hamas fought a brief war in Gaza.

Nearly everyone knows that Hamas started the conflict.

Firing rockets into a neighboring country is the very definition of aggression.

And Israel responded as any country under attack would.

Yet many blamed Israel, not Hamas, for the violence.

People are certainly entitled to criticize the Jewish state, even when it defends itself.

But before you do so, ask yourself a question. The one I posed at the opening.

What would you do?

So congratulations. You have just been made Prime Minister of Israel.

And Mr. or Madam Prime Minister, we've got a problem.

Hamas is firing hundreds of rockets out our cities.

Yes, our missile defense system is stopping most of these from hitting their targets.

But many are getting through.

In recent days, Hamas missiles killed an Arab-Israeli citizen and his daughter, as well as a five-year-old Jewish boy.

Millions of your people have been forced into bomb shelters.

The economy is shut down.

Your citizens, Jews and Muslims alike are terrified in demanding action.

What are you going to do?

You have two options.

Option one, do nothing.

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