Out of the Woods

When I started reading this essay, I nearly started shouting, "Yes." Hal Lindsey so succinctly writes exactly the article I’ve had rattling around in my head but could never get down in words. This should be required reading for anyone and everyone who wants to make an informed opinion about the current conflict between Israel and Hamas. Here is the beginning of the article:

As the current Israeli war against Hamas in Gaza continues, the worldwide propaganda assault against Israel grows exponentially. In the light of this, it’s important to review a little history about Gaza. In 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew from Gaza and completely turned its administration over to the Palestinian Authority. All of the Jewish settlements were disbanded and their residents forcibly removed. The Israeli agricultural, commercial and residential assets – which were considerable – were left for the Palestinians.

They promptly trashed and destroyed these valuable assets that would have greatly helped them feed their own people. They were given the freedom to develop what easily could have been something like a "Hong Kong" of the Mediterranean. Many nations poured billions of dollars into the coffers of the Palestinian leadership to help them realize that dream.

Instead, the Palestinians used the money to build a terrorist army. They purchased weapons and munitions to equip that army. They smuggled into Gaza a formidable arsenal and began to launch daily attacks on Israel’s cities.

They didn’t even pretend to build an economic infrastructure that would enable the Gazan citizens to support themselves. That’s why the partial Israeli closure of the crossing points has made life so difficult for the average Palestinian. Most of them can only find work in Israel. There is none in Gaza.

Why? Because all of the economic development money was poured into terrorism. Despite this glaring fraud, the world insists on rewarding the Palestinians for their open deception.

This is the war with Hezbollah all over again. The U.N. demands a ceasefire and promises to send in peacekeeping troops to mediate the situation. When Israel complies with world opinion, their enemies ignore the mandates and take the quiet time to rearm for the next time, which is a clear violation of the U.N. agreement. Hezbollah now has three times as many rockets as before the 2006 conflict, many with longer range, even though the U.N. promised it would stop that from happening.

When is the U.N. going to dispense with their idiotic political correctness and see the situation for what it is? The international community would never tolerate one country shooting rockets into another anywhere else in the world. Yet, Israel is expected to sit on its hands and allow Hamas to indiscriminately target its citizens. And, of course, Iran is giddy that attention has been diverted away from their nuclear weapons program so they can finish their bomb in peace and finally blow Israel off the map.

I applaud the U.S. for blocking U.N. resolutions calling for a ceasefire. I just hope the incoming administration sees it the same way. And I’m still waiting for an answer to the question of why members of a "peaceful" religion (Islam) want to annihilate an entire population that just wants to be left alone to live their lives in peace.

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