How Many Times?
How many times must Israel fight in order to maintain itself and protect it's citizens? Before and since the declaration of statehood on May 14, 1948, Israel has faced wave after wave of all manner of threats, from the fedayeen, to Arab armies invading, to today's terrorists, and lately by divestment from so called Christian churches. I say so called Christian churches because they are punishing Israel for taking common sense measures to protect the lives of innocents while rewarding the very people who are maiming and killing Israelis.
The MSM speaks of the "lull" in terrorist attacks. There has been no "lull". An almost daily barrage of Qassam rockets rain down and kill and maim those who are at home or at work. The "lull" they speak of is merely the space of time between the terrorist homicide bombers. There is hardly any mention of the drive-by shootings that kill Israeli teenagers waiting rides. There is hardly any mention of the number of teenage homicide bombers who are intercepted by the Israelis before they can explode their lethal weapons at the targeted hospitals, malls, buses, or whatever target has been dreamed up.
Why should Israel be taken to task for building the security fence? I don't like that it has to be built. But Israel has as it's neighbors those that want to push it into the sea.
It seems at times that Israel is besieged and yet even in this atmosphere, continues to thrive. Against all odds, the miracle of modern Israel exists. The Israelis have taken a land that had been neglected for centuries under the Ottoman Empire and turned it into a land that is fruitful. Just a glance at the Jerusalem Post technology section will show the innovations Israelis are coming up with. One of the most promising is the transplanting of ovarian tissue to overcome infertility of those who had gone through chemotherapy.
Yes Israel, may appear to be besieged but she isn't. She faces daily threats and responds swiftly, while maintaining a society that is vibrant and full of innovations. So, how many times must Israel face threats before it's neighbors realize that it can actually help them? How many Israelis must be killed before the world denounces Hamas, Fatah, and Islamic Jihad as the terrorists they are, classifies them as such, and quits trying to turn them into some sort of quasi-legitimate political group as was done with the PLO?
posted by SEAWITCH at
5:08:00 PM
8 Comments:
"She faces daily threats and responds swiftly, while maintaining a society that is vibrant and full of innovations"
Israel goes through the same hell every day.
If it is not the bobms or rockets it is the anticipation.
felis,
The bravery with which the people face the daily threats is unbelievable.
The application of the Israel Double Standard by the mainstream media, and by the Presbyterian Church which has voted to apply economic sanctions against Israel (for defending herself against child-killers!!!!) is part of a pattern of simmering bigotry against Jews.
The refusal of the EU to call terrorism against Israel for what it is, the same offense by the mainstream media, and the general feeling that israel has no right to defend her citizens against attacks by those who avowedly, and proudly, broadcast their aims to wipe the map clean of Jews, is nothing less than slow-walked genocide-abetting.
Anyone care to venture a guess how many flags are flying half-staff around the world to mourn the Israeli dead from the 5 most recent years of Palestinian Arab Muslim atrocities?
How about ZERO?
I drive to work every morning down Massachusetts Avenue in Washington, AKA "Embassy Row" for the many foreign embassies there, and I noticed lots of flags at half-staff. How many around the world are observing two minutes of silence for the incredibly disproportionate number (relative to the general population) of Israelis murdered by Palestinian Arab Muslims in bus bombings and similar atrocities?
How about ZERO?
Go here for a list of Israeli victims of what the mainstream media would have you believe are "militants" (whatever that means) - not terrorists, which is what they are, and would be called if the victims were other than Israeli Jews:
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Terrorism/victims.html
A final thought -
When Israeli busses were blowing up, and the Palestinian Arab Muslim bombers were packing the bombs with nuts, bolts, nails, and rat poisin (so that those passengers who were not immediately slaughtered would be maimed and suffer the effects of the poison - usually massive internal bleeding), the result was always heavy diplomatic pressure on Israel to show RESTRAINT when responding to these atrocities.
Look up the US State Department briefings - it's been like a broken record.
Who is lecturing the British now to show "restraint"?
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
Li'l Mamzer,
Any objection to using your comments in my post? Do you mind telling me where you are from? You can e-mail me at navarone1978athotmail.com
My grandfather was Jewish. I meet him late in his life. We used to have discussions about the state of the world in the 1980's before he died. He used to say the Holocaust could happen again, even in the US! I used to tell him the world had changed and that wouldn't be possible, very young and naive back then. He knew human nature better than I. For he had spent the first 10 years of his life in the Ukraine before his father moved everyone to the US in I believe 1914.
The ADL is reporting on the uprise in reports of anti-Semitism. I had lost faith in the UN long before it's inability to call a spade a spade.
Please add your voice to the outcry against the bias aganst Israel and against Jews.
Li'l Mamzer,
We are with you and with the Israeli people.
patrickafir,
I am glad to see that more and more people are writing about supporting Israel. And as you say, never again.
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