September 11, 2001, was a day that had profound effects on all Americans and citizens of other countries worldwide. Everyone was asking why it happened, and I know of no one who wasn’t horrified or didn’t have sympathy for the families of the victims, although it is said that many people in Muslim countries were joyous and celebrating. Eventually, though, as the weeks passed, many Europeans and non-U.S. Westerners were voicing views that the United States should look carefully at what its foreign policies did to incite these horrific events, and that support of Israel had brought the terror on us, as if there were a rational reason that justified this crime. Some views even have gone farther, berating the "Jews" for supposedly claiming to be God’s chosen people, entitled to the land of Israel by the Bible, as if being Jewish is not only synonymous with the governing body of Israel but also with views of entitlement.