Antiochus was a cultural imperialist, which is bad enough. The IDF’s enemies are genocidal, which is even worse. In addition, the Maccabees’ campaign against the Seleucid Empire was regional.

1 Maccabees is one of the deuterocanonical books ... in the part alotted to Seleucus and his heirs. Generations later, Antiochus IV Epiphanes rules the Seleucid Empire 175-164 BC.

Antiochus’s empire had taken control of Judea ... political maneuvering than bringing their people home. TOMB OF the Maccabees near present-day Mevo Modi’im. (credit: Wikimedia Commons ...