The New Tower of Babel: A Tale of Two Middle Easts

The ancient story of the Tower of Babel is often read as a divine punishment—a sudden fracturing of humanity into a "confusion of tongues." 

In reality, Babel is a timeless warning about the collapse of shared understanding.

Today, the Middle East stands as a vivid reflection of this narrative, split between those building "new towers" of progress and those trapped in the rubble of ideological hatred.

The Blueprint of 1919: A Lost Translation

In 1919, Prince Faisal wrote a remarkable letter to Felix Frankfurter, outlining a vision where the "educated among us" could transcend tribalism:

"We Arabs, especially the educated among us, look with the deepest sympathy on the Zionist movement... we regard them as moderate and proper... we will wish the Jews a most hearty welcome home."

Faisal was the architect of a "reformed and revived Near East." As I noted in a previous entry from 2014, this was a moment where the "educated" on both sides attempted to prevent the rivalry and hatred that has since consumed the region. Faisal warned that "less informed" parties—the anti-Semitic nationalists and extremists—would misrepresent these aims to the "peasantry." This was the first "Tower" of the modern era, toppled not by God, but by the "confusion" of radicalized ignorance and the Machiavellian maneuvers of colonial powers.

The Divine Pedagogy: From Tanakh to the Stars

In the Tanakh, the message of HaShem (YHWH) to humanity was never meant to be a static set of rituals, but a "Divine Pedagogy". This is the method by which HaShem progressively teaches and reveals the path of righteousness to a primitive mankind, adapting His communication to human understanding as it evolves through history.

Instead of culminating in a single individual, this pedagogy culminates in Tikkun Olam—the repair of the world through the collective pursuit of knowledge and moral clarity. It is the quest to create the utopian future for mankind that was later echoed by Gene Roddenberry in his vision of the 23rd century.

The Tanakh provides us with the moral scaffolding that allows a society to transition from barbarism to civilization. The overwhelming tragedy, however, lies in the corruption of "His words" by religious dogmatists. 

These corruptions have stalled the pedagogy, turning a process of education into a tool for tribal control. To reach the "Federation" future, we must oust these corrupted beliefs and return to the original Divine intent: the education of an enlightened, unified humanity.

The "Rose-Colored Glasses" of the West

A major obstacle to this future is the perspective of the liberal Western world, particularly in the USA. Many in the West view the globe through "rose-colored glasses," projecting their own stability and liberal values onto cultures that do not share them.

Living in a protected "Federation-like" "Kumbaya" bubble,(which is shorthand for a specific kind of forced, naive harmony), those outside of the "Middle East" have no inkling of the "Heart of Darkness" that still beats in much of the world. 

They assume that everyone, if given the chance, wants the same democratic freedoms. They fail to recognize that in many regions, the "language" being spoken is not one of civil rights, but of raw, primitive conquest. 

This naivety allows the "less informed" to exploit Western sympathy while they sharpen their swords. The "Kumbaya" bubble is a psychological defense mechanism used by those who cannot fathom the existence of the truth of the barbarity that still beats in the  "Heart of Darkness."

I wish all my readrs to comprehend that I am not just being cynical here; I am describing a documented psychological state that exists in "Western denial."

The Abrahamic Accords: HaShem’s Vision Reclaimed

The Abrahamic Accords are not just a political treaty; it is HaShem’s intended vision for ALL mankind. 

In a modern-day reversal of the division at the Tower of Babel, the Accords provide a "common tongue" of progress and mutual recognition. The Accords envision a Middle East built on technology, joint security, and mutual prosperity. It is a regional "Federation" where Israel and its Arab neighbors build upward together, reversing the scattering of Shinar.

Opposing the Abrahamic Accords set of agreements is the "Heart of Darkness" like those radical Islamic extremists in Iran and Yemen—who remain trapped in the rubble of ideological hatred. They do not want to build; they want to ensure that if they cannot reach the heavens, no one can.

Facing the "Klingons" Realistically

In this blog entry of mine of the realization to the truth, I was reminded of Gene Roddenberry's vision of the 23rd century of a "humanoid warrior" species developed by screenwriter Gene L. Coon in 1967 called "Klingons".

Both the Klingons and Hamas, Hezbollah, the IRGC, and the Houthis of radical Islam speak a "tongue" that the Western "Kumbaya" bubble cannot translate. It is a language where power is the only currency and conquest is the highest virtue.

In the Star Trek universe, the Klingon Empire initially viewed the Federation’s talk of "peace" and "diplomacy" as a sign of weakness. Similarly, Hezbollah and the IRGC view Western diplomacy not as a bridge to peace, but as a tactical opening to be exploited. This strategy is deeply rooted in the seventh-century Truce of al-Hudaybiyya (Sulh al-Hudaybiyya). While the West sees a signed document as a resolution, the "Heart of Darkness" sees it as a Hudna—a period to "sharpen their swords" and wait for the moment of betrayal.

My comparison here is a warning. In the Federation's history, the Klingons were eventually brought into a state of peace because they followed a Code of Honor. Even at their most barbaric, there were rules, a hierarchy, and a sense of "civilized" warfare.

Unlike the fictional Klingons, groups like Hamas and the Houthis have corrupted the "Divine Pedagogy" into a cult of death. They do not seek a seat at the table of a "United Federation of Planets"; they seek to burn the table and everyone sitting at it. They represent a "Klingon" impulse that has lost its honor and replaced it with the Heart of Darkness—the targetting of the innocent as a primary religious duty.

In Star Trek, the peace treaty (The Khitomer Accords) only happened because the Federation stood its ground with unwavering strength. * The Federation didn't "Kumbaya" the Klingons into submission. They showed the Klingons that the Federation’s "common tongue" was backed by a phaser bank that could match their own.

The Abrahamic Accords can only succeed if they are backed by the strength of a "Federation" that understands the "Klingon" mindset. You cannot negotiate with the IRGC or the Houthis using the grammar of a liberal arts college; you must use the grammar of strength that they respect.

For us in Israel, specifically all of those screaming and protesting demanding a commision of inquiry. It is not "just" the abject failure of "King Bibi" and our Israeli failed form of government, but that of the non-Mizrachi mindset in our "intelligence branches". This failure was essentially like the failure of a Federation officer who has never left Earth. ("Their are always two sides to a coin!")

The Israeli leftist liberal camp looked at the  "Palestinians" (Klingons) and assumed and mistranslated "that" they were just "Arabs with grievances"  thinking that the conflict was one of "socio-economic dispute over land" who could be incentivized with the "Peace Now " acceptance of a "Two State" policy.

They failed to see that the Palestinian's on the whole are a radicalized "warrior cult" that is devoted to a religious war of annihilation! 

They have consistently misread the reality of the radical Islamic Moslem Brotherhood version of the "Heart of Darkness" and that lost translation led directly to the tragedy of the 7th of October.

Conclusion: Eradicating Ignorance through Tikkun Olam

The lesson of the Tower of Babel is that hatred and division must be faced realistically. We cannot build a stable region on the sand of "lost translations" or Western naivety.

The "Tower" of a stable world can only be rebuilt when the "educated among us" stand united against the forces of ignorance. True security requires an intelligence that is culturally grounded—not one that views the Middle East through the filters of the West. 

To reach the "reformed Near East" of 1919, the divine vision of the Abrahamic Accords, and the "United Worlds" of the future, we must accept a hard truth: peace is only possible when we oust the ideologies of the sword and stop pretending the "Heart of Darkness" can be cured by mere rhetoric.

This is the true work of Tikkun Olam—repairing the fracture of Babel by facing reality with strength and logic. Ultimately, the "Chance of a Peace Lost" was not just a historical footnote, but a warning that remains unheeded by the current Westernized intelligence establishment.