Every rabbi eventually learns an uncomfortable truth: it is much easier to condemn the sins of others than the sins of our own. The prophets of Israel understood this. Nathan did not rebuke the Philistines; he rebuked King David. Jeremiah did not devote his ministry to the moral failures of Babylon. He called his own people to account. Covenant begins with self-examination. That is why I found myself nodding in agreement as I read Bret Stephens’ recent column in The New York Times warning that Jewish terrorism in the West Bank poses “a direct threat to Israel’s security and statehood, and thus to Zionism itself.”