By William Kevin Stoos
“There will be peace in the Middle East when the Arabs love their children more than they hate the Jews.” Gold MeirOur friend and ally, Israel, is a small but powerful island of democracy, industriousness, peace, and prosperity in a boiling cauldron of religious fanaticism, hatred, and ignorance that is the Middle East. After fighting for independence, it has overcome every obstacle, and faced and defeated the united armies of all its Arab neighbors. Time and time again, it has suffered from homicide bombers, random terror attacks, and rockets raining down on peaceful villages. Although a handful of Arab states have recognized the right of Israel to exist and have denounced attacks on Israel, many remain openly hostile to the Jewish state or subtly support and finance Hamas and Hezbollah in their efforts to eliminate the Jewish people from the face of the earth. Others, like Saudi Arabia, publicly condemn terrorism yet remain the biggest financier and cheerleader of jihad in the world. (See, Shadow World, by Dr. Robert Chandler, and “Dangerous Illusions—Book Review of Shadow World by William Kevin Stoos ” amazon.com (2008) and Stoos Views) When Israel is attacked by Hamas and Hezbollah, the Arab street protests, condemns Israel, and calls for its destruction. The pathetically irrelevant U.N. also condemns Israel for “over reacting,” and protests the “disproportionate” use of force by Israel when it retaliates with military force against Hamas or Hezbollah. Sadly, such retaliation inevitably leads to the innocent loss of life among the civilian populace—behind whom the cowardly terrorists are only too happy to hide. This of course begs the question: “What is proportionate?” When your neighbors equip, finance, and harbor Hamas and Hezbollah and vow to wipe your country off the map, when you are struggling for your very survival, the terms “ proportionate response” and “ equivalency” sound hollow and irrelevant. Read more ...
Source: Canada Free Press
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