Masada -- that bastion of Jewish rebellion against persecution by Rome.  Exemplary of Jewish innocence, perseverance and dedication to God above.

Except it's all hogwash.

These Jews committed suicide, which in the Judaic faith means eternal damnation in the eyes of the Lord.

These Jews lost their faith that the Lord would come to smite their enemies.

These Jews invited the wrath of Rome by rebelling against Roman rule.

These Jews were wimps who hid like cowards on top of what they thought was an impregnable defensive mountain top, hoping to outlast the Roman legions surrounding them in the hot dry desert.

There is nothing to commend and praise about these scared, whimpering sinners of God and traitors of Rome.

They used typical Jewish Taqiyya to slaughter Roman soldiers then ran like frightened chickens for Masada before Roman legions caught up with them.

Even even by Jewish standards, the Jewish historian Josephus agrees that these Jews were cut-throat terrorists.

Masada In 66 CE, a group of Jewish rebels, the Sicarii, overcame the Roman garrison of Masada with the aid of a ruse. After the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE, additional members of the Sicarii fled Jerusalem and settled on the mountaintop after slaughtering the Roman garrison. According to Josephus, the Sicarii were an extremist Jewish splinter group antagonistic to a larger grouping of Jews referred to as the Zealots, who carried the main burden of the rebellion. Josephus said that the Sicarii raided nearby Jewish villages including Ein Gedi, where they massacred 700 women and children.