We fast on Tisha B’av to mourn the destruction of the Temple, and countless other tragedies throughout Jewish history. We cannot proceed on the path to redemption if we avoid the halachic requirements that we must fulfill in our times. There are many other wars to wage. Hamas is just one of many Arab/Islamic enemies. Fatah equals Hamas.
In order for Moshiach to come, we need to build up the degraded Jewish psyche, long before we rebuild the actual Beit Hakmikdah. It is essential to learn the Halachot of animal sacrifice, the laws of purity and impurity, and the structural dimensions of the Temple. But it is not enough. Just look at the Dome of the Rock and the Al Aqsa Mosque atop Har Habayit. Islam dominates and defiles our most sacred site. Sometimes the Arabs riot and throw boulders upon the heads of praying Jews.
We cannot build the Beit HaMikdash if we cannot see the grotesque travesty and chillul Hashem of Arab/Muslim domination in Eretz Yisroel. A sick soul that cannot see the degradation of the Jew in Eretz Yisroel can never attend to the preservation of the Jewish body.
While we mourn our dead in Israel, Hamas celebrates their victory in Gaza. The “civilians” of Gaza who collectively voted for Hamas will dance like cannibals at a feast, as they hand out sweets, and revel in Am Yisroel’s collective pain.
This is the portrait of Amalek. And so, in accordance with the tenets of their bloodthirsty ideology and their eternal war with The Almighty, it won’t be long before the sirens start to scream again.