When you read this, bear in mind it does not come from an Israeli source, but the BBC which, as we all know, is known for its particular stance in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. And look who's doing the complaining... the UN!!!! Could this be the beginning of the messianic age???
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7875171.stm
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Let me get this right....
There's something I just don't get...
1. The Palestinians have been firing rockets at Sderot for about 8 years.
2. We moved all Jewish settlements out of the Gaza strip some 3 years ago.
3. Theoretically, there should have been no need, therefore, to continue firing rockets at Israel.
4. The Palestinians continued to fire rockets at Israel.
5. During these eight years, the world said nothing about the rockets being fired at Israel.
6. Israel finally had enough and retaliated.
7. The world was in an uproar - how could we do such a thing?
8. Israel bloodied the Hamas's nose and then left Gaza unilaterally.
9. Yesterday, in the Hague, it was decided to investigate war crimes that were committed by Israeli soldiers while in Gaza. (What was the crime - warning people before bombing the houses that they let terrorists fire rockets from?)
10. Today, a rocket fell in the centre of Ashkelon.
11. The world hasn't said a thing.
12. Why?
I think I get it - there's one rule for terrorists (they're terrorists, so they are allowed to behave like terrorists - they "do" terrorism, that's their job) and another for democracies (they have to behave in a 'civilised' manner even if the other side is killing their citizens).
Yet, by the same token, the world should be condemning Russia for what it did in Georgia and Chechnya. One would have thought that the Hague would have rushed to check out any possible war crimes that might have occurred there.
Some people might call this double standards. I'm afraid to me it reeks of good old Antisemitism in its finest (and most refined) form...
Just one final point - I see more and more of my moderate friends becoming much more militant and right-wing in their approach. As far as I can see, their reasoning is that no one else in the world is willing to stand up for Israel and they are all pulling together as a nation does when it is under threat. The problem is that our biggest threat is not the Hamas or the Hizballah. It is the silence of the world.
1. The Palestinians have been firing rockets at Sderot for about 8 years.
2. We moved all Jewish settlements out of the Gaza strip some 3 years ago.
3. Theoretically, there should have been no need, therefore, to continue firing rockets at Israel.
4. The Palestinians continued to fire rockets at Israel.
5. During these eight years, the world said nothing about the rockets being fired at Israel.
6. Israel finally had enough and retaliated.
7. The world was in an uproar - how could we do such a thing?
8. Israel bloodied the Hamas's nose and then left Gaza unilaterally.
9. Yesterday, in the Hague, it was decided to investigate war crimes that were committed by Israeli soldiers while in Gaza. (What was the crime - warning people before bombing the houses that they let terrorists fire rockets from?)
10. Today, a rocket fell in the centre of Ashkelon.
11. The world hasn't said a thing.
12. Why?
I think I get it - there's one rule for terrorists (they're terrorists, so they are allowed to behave like terrorists - they "do" terrorism, that's their job) and another for democracies (they have to behave in a 'civilised' manner even if the other side is killing their citizens).
Yet, by the same token, the world should be condemning Russia for what it did in Georgia and Chechnya. One would have thought that the Hague would have rushed to check out any possible war crimes that might have occurred there.
Some people might call this double standards. I'm afraid to me it reeks of good old Antisemitism in its finest (and most refined) form...
Just one final point - I see more and more of my moderate friends becoming much more militant and right-wing in their approach. As far as I can see, their reasoning is that no one else in the world is willing to stand up for Israel and they are all pulling together as a nation does when it is under threat. The problem is that our biggest threat is not the Hamas or the Hizballah. It is the silence of the world.
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