Judas attacks the harbor of Jamnia in…

Judas attacks the harbor of Jamnia in his anger at the inhabitants' hostility.

There is evidence that the ruthlessness exhibited by the Hasmoneans toward the Greek cities of Palestine has political rather than cultural origins, and that, in fact, they are fighting for personal power no less than for the Torah.

In any case, some of those who fight on the side of the Maccabees are idol-worshipping Jews.