The Book of Exodus, 17: 8-10, describes Amelekites as attacking the Israelites as they crossed the Sinai on their way to the Promised Land. After crossing the sea to freedom, after achieving liberation from slavery in Egypt, the Israelites were filled with a spirit of energy, optimism, idealism, and exultation. That optimism was suddenly crushed by the world’s first recorded terrorist attack. The Amelekites, seeming to show up out of nowhere and without the slightest provocation, attacked the Israelite caravan from behind. The Amelekites attacked the back of the Israelite caravan, the part of the caravan where the women, children,...