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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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