I've been painting
animals and designs on cardboard all week in preparation for kid's camp, and so
I thought a painting analogy would suit me well...
I can't claim to be
any expert on current events, but I will say that Israel has been made out to
be the bad guys. The media portrays
Israel in such a bad light, comparing the death toll between Gaza and Israel as
if that's all we really need to know and implying that the one with the higher
number is the real victim. Honestly, Gaza is a victim... but not of Israel...
Gaza has lost many; Israel, only 18 soldiers and
some casualties. But let's look at why.
First of all, Hamas,
a terrorist group which is located in various places in the Middle East and
also governs Gaza has been constantly making it rain rockets over Israel for
the past month. They have terrible aim,
but they are purposely shooting in the direction of major cities and populated
areas with intent to kill civilians.
Thankfully, Israel has an amazing defense system called the Iron Dome,
which has a success rate of 90% (which means they have intercepted most of the
hundreds of rockets streaming into the country). When that happens, as a government, what do
you do? Should you just sit there and
let all your resources and money drain into this very expensive defense system
and let your economy come to ruin?
Should you sit there and take it and show all your other enemies that
you will do nothing if they all gang up and attack you? No.
You take strategic action. You
take out those rocket launchers. You
secure safety.
I don't know about
you, but someone shooting rockets into your country with intent to kill--even
if they don't end up killing anyone--is still a threat to your safety. When I heard a siren, and waited to see if I
was going to be blown up, my life was changed.
I suddenly became personally involved.
I don't care who you are, this is NOT okay. Something must be done.
Israeli's are used
to it now. But that's not something that
a person should be used to.
So Israel has taken
action. They have returned fire. The problem is that Hamas is shooting their
rockets from elementary schools, public libraries, neighborhoods. They know Israel values life. So, what has Israel done to avoid taking
those lives? They give warning shots. They give people fifteen minutes to
evacuate. They drop leaflets in the
areas they intend to bomb, informing the civilians to get out of there. They have even texted families
beforehand. What does Hamas do? They tell their people to stand on the
rooftops to protect their launching pads.
The people of Gaza are torn between saving their own skins and obeying
their government. Hamas doesn't give a
rip about the people they govern, They
only care about saving their resources in order to destroy Israel. And so, Israel follows through with what they
have said, and many lose their lives.
Gazans (is that how you say it?) are victims to their own
government.
It's terribly
sad. We should really pray for the
Gazans.
To avoid further
death tolls, Israel has taken to ground action.
And now Israelis are dying.
I don't understand
anti-Semitism. It's like a disease that
has infected people who shouldn't even care so much about Jews. I, mean, let's be honest, it's the size of
New Jersey. Since when did the world
care so much about it? Riots in France
against Israel? It's like it came out of
nowhere. Why do people hate Jews so
much? Haven't they been through
enough?! I foresee a huge debate on
facebook coming up to answer this question.
But, why are people so focused on Israel, when there are terrorist
groups like ISIS taking over huge areas of the Middle East, who are committing
unthinkable atrocities to their people and plan to infiltrate and terrorize the
United States? They're already in
Arizona (read about that here: http://mobile.wnd.com/2014/07/new-border-risk-isis-ties-to-mexican-drug-lords/)! Why get
so angry over Israel, when there are even worse problems on the horizon?
Anti-Semitism =
Racism. Racism and prejudice are
ugly.
Americans who buy
into how the media is painting the picture are just ignorant and don't really
have a right to an opinion on this matter.
Maybe that sounds harsh, but most people don't really do their homework,
and so they form an opinion based on one little snippet they saw on TV. Those people shouldn't be saying
anything.
Now is a time when
Israel really needs support. If you love Israel and want to do something, show your
support. They think Americans have
abandoned them because all they are seeing on the news is riots against Israel,
and Barack Obama disrespecting Netanyahu.
But if there was any time to show support to Israel, now would be it. I don't know what that really
means right now. One Canadian sent
thousands of toys to Jewish kids. Not
everyone can do that, nor should they necessarily. But I mean, if you feel so led, and if you
have the means, do something.
I'm still pondering
what that means for me.
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