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Terrorism:
Israel's Problem and the World’s
Make no mistake, American is not merely fighting Al Qaeda or trying to find Osama Bin Ladin. Such a notion is naive. America is fighting the same battle Israel has been fighting for years, that of an ideology of death to Western civilization by Islamic militants who are forcing Moslems all over the world to choose between an ideology of life and an ideology of death. I understood this problem even more on my most recent visit to Israel. Let me recap the situation for your understanding. A history of Islamic
Terror Islamic terrorism against
Jews is not new. Prior to its statehood
Israel struggled with Arab terrorism
and British indifference. Under the
British Mandate, Haj Amin Al Husseini,
a friend of Hitler's and later to become
the Mufti of Jerusalem, incited many
terrorist acts, notably the riots of
1921 when he spread leaflets to the
Arabs saying that the Jews were planning
to take over the Dome of the Rock. Another
terrorist network was organized under
Syrian Sheik Izzo al-Din-al Quassam
(later to become Hamas). In 1929 Arab
mobs killed over 100 Jews in the Hebron
massacre. The Great Arab Revolt of
1936-39 left hundreds of Jews dead.
Kfar Etzion Perhaps the epitome of
Jewish struggle with terrorism prior
to Israel's war for independence in
1948 was Kfar Etzion, a community we
visited in Hebron. It is a thriving
community now with the most tragic past.
This is the region where Abraham grazed
his flocks, and where Jehoshophat's
warriors gathered to declare victory
over the Moabites. Orthodox Jews purchased
the area of Kfar Etzion from an Arab
sheik in 1928. Arabs drove the Jews
out in 1929. Jews purchased it again
to become the basis for a fruit plantation.
An Arab uprising destroyed Kfar Etzion
in 1936. It was repurchased and resettled
again in 1939 by orthodox Jews. These
settlers vowed to cover the "shame of
the barrenness" from these hills. They
also vowed to make a home "for their
fellow Jews who suffered a horrible
fate in Europe." Two years later 60
concentration camp survivors joined
the communities at Kfar Etzion. By
the spring of 1947, the community was
flourishing; the fruit trees were producing.
The community was then subject to a
series of attacks. Early in 1947,
Kfar Etzion was cut off from Jerusalem
by Arabs; a supply train from Jerusalem
had been captured and soldiers lost
lives. Kfar Etzion by now had around
600 settlers who tried to defend themselves
but were no match against the Arab Legion
and thousands of Arab irregulars. Attack
after attack came. Finally the last
surviving 50 members of the kibbutz
escaped to the cellar of an old German
monastery that was within the grounds.
This hide-out was destroyed when an
Arab pulled the pin on a grenade, handed
it to a Jewish woman and made her throw
the grenade that resulted in the final
blood bath. A handful survived to tell
the story. We visited the site of the
massacre and viewed a film commemorating
their tragic history. Why should this
community even exist today? Only because
these settlers believe that that God
gave this land to the Jews. Now Gush
Etzion, one of the communities of Kfar
Etzion, is targeted for destruction
by the Olmert government as another
concession for peace.
Was Israel Stolen
from Palestinians?
It should be noted for
the critics that the Jews of Israel
have purchased their land at least once,
sometimes twice, sometimes three times.
and in the case of Kfar Etzion, four
times. Some rumor has been started
to the effect that, like the Americans,
who took land away from the Indians,
Israel robbed land that belonged to
some "Palestinians."
Palestinian is a term given to the 600,000 Arab refugees who became war collateral after 1948. Many do not realize that 850,000 Jews were also made refugees from Arab lands during the same period. Israel absorbed most of these Jewish refugees. The neighboring Arab countries refused to absorb the Arab refugees with the exception of Jordan. Israel and Jordan each absorbed roughly 100,000. Because the Zionist movement made the land livable, the Arab population swelled prior to the 1948 war. But make no mistake, Israel is a land that has been purchased, repurchased, made-liveable against incredible odds, and defended in countless struggles and wars. The PLO and Hezbollah
After the war for independence,
Israel would still face terrorism and
a series of wars. In 1964, another terrorist
organization was established which would
change the dynamics of terror forever,
the PLO. The PLO put Israel at the forefront
of its terrorist campaign and coined
for the world the term "Palestinian."
This term was given to the Arab refugees
from the '48 war. Its intended effect
would cause the hearer to think there
was a national people known as Palestinian.
Arab nations refused to absorb these
refugees so they could be political
pawns of Islamic hatred. In 1969 Yasser
Arafat emerged as the new leader of
the PLO. Arafat, the grandfather and
architect of suicide bombing, and the
ironic recipient of the Nobel Peace
Prize, was quietly determined to drive
Israel off the map. This visionary broadened
his arena and terrorist acts began to
occur abroad inspired by a cult of death
and martyrdom.
Even though Israel has
ceded land for peace by the urging of
the international community, peace
has not been accomplished. The recent
destruction of the Gush Katif settlements
in Gaza leaving 9000 Israelis homeless
may be viewed as a victory for Islam.
Since the evacuation, hundreds of rockets
have been fired at Israel and Mediterranean
beaches have been mined from this new
Islamic military zone, the Gaza strip.
More weapons have been smuggled into
Gaza now than since 1948. And Israel's
exit from the buffer zone in Lebanon
in 2000 prepared the way for the latest
Hezbollah attack on Israel. Still Prime
Minister Olmert wants to destroy settlements
in Samaria and Judea. One can only ask,
what will that accomplish in light of
recent history? In spite of pending
war in 1947 and the difficulties Kfar
Eztion faced, Ben-Gurion flew into a
rage at the idea of dismantling even
one Jewish settlement.
Terrorism begins
in Israel and spreads to the World
Terrorists attacks have,
ironically, increased since the Oslo
and Road Map peace accords and since
the razing of established and strategic
Israeli settlements in Samaria and Gaza.
Other targets of terror attacks have
been America, Spain, Britain, Chechnya,
West Africa, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and
Southern Russia when school children
were captured and killed by Wahabi terrorists.
Make no mistake, Israel’s problem
is the world’s problem as terrorists
group under names like Al Qaeda, PlO,
Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah,
Wahabi and Al-Aqsa brigade. Numerous
other Islamic terrorist organizations
like PKK exist in Russian satellite
countries. All terrorist groups, formed
by extreme Islam, have one ideology:
to wipe out Western Civilization, especially
the big Satan (The US) and the little
Satan (Israel). We know that should
Israel suffer massive annihilation,
America will be next!
The Indoctrination
of School Children
While in Israel, I was
able to listen to the rhetoric that
has resulted in more virulent terror.
Islamic propaganda targets school children
in the Muslim world through videos,
textbooks, newsprint, as well as sermons
preached on Fridays in Mosques. The
goal: to change moderate Moslems to
those who hate so much that they are
willing to die. The information following
is documented in film and newsprint
by Itamar Marcus of the Palestinian
Media Watch. The world needs to
know that what is being said in Arabic
is far different from the message Islam
sends to the West.
* Just recently Iran’s
leader declared that no Holocaust had
occurred and denied Israel's right to
exist.
* Al Qaeda leader, Zawarhi said that the elimination of Israel is the duty of every believer posted on the internet April 13, 2006.
*A soccer team for
14 year olds is named for a suicide
terrorist who killed 30 at a Passover
Seder. Each soccer team is named after
a suicide terrorist in glorification
of the "martyrs."
*A suicide camp for young girls , The Shahida Wafi Idris, gave thanks to UNICEF for their "whole-hearted support." July 18th 2003!! *In an Arabic crossword clue: "Jewish center for commemorating the lies of the Holocaust. The answer: Yad Vashem. *In Article 11 of Hamas’ Charter reads: "The land of Palestine has been an Islamic Wakf throughout generations and will be until the day of resurrection. Renouncing any part of Palestine [referring to Israel] means renouncing our religion. Another tactic of
propaganda is to erase the Jewish nation
(sound similar to Hitler)? *6/5/1997
"Our blood has more Hebrew blood than
the Jews." *Judaism: "Mosaic
Law seems to be an Islamic religion.
Texts prove that it is contamination
of Islam."
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