Cross posted from Grandma's Army
Since its inception, Israel has not been allowed to take its existence for granted, like every other nation on earth.
Although Israel is just a “dot” on the map, there are more international journalists in Israel per capita than in any other place in the world. The eyes of the world quite literally watch and judge whatever takes place there.
Even after decades of independence, the existence of the State of Israel is still not recognized by some states and international bodies, while others are even pledged to bring about its destruction. In addition, criteria of judgement which differ from those applied to any other nation, are applied to Israel.
Having achieved independence, Israel still found itself in an ongoing battle for recognition and for its right to life. Under constant threat of violence or war, Israel’s achievements have, nonetheless, been remarkable:
It has taken a neglected, desolate landscape and turned it into a place of farms, forests, nature reserves, and thriving towns.
It has taken immigrants from a hundred countries, speaking eighty languages, and turned them into a nation.
It has taken a people, devastated by the Holocaust, and given the opportunity to make a life for themselves.
It has created a modern economy, with almost no resources, other than the creative gifts of its people.
It has sustained democracy in a part of the world that has never known it before.
It has taken Hebrew, the language of the Bible, and made it speak again.
It has benefitted the world with many innovations in every sphere of human endeavor.
One of its many challenges is the blatant falsehood that Israel is the aggressor; that it has not sought peace. The choice is not between supporting Israel or supporting the “Palestinians”, but between peace or violence. Peace is sacred, violence a desecration. Too many lives have been lost, and too much blood has been shed.
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Hezbollah knows how to incite Israel to attack Gaza and to blame Israel for aggression and destruction. Even Jews, unless they keep up with news in Israel (and many don't) are not aware of the constant threat to Israelis -- on the street, in restaurants, buses, etc. It is one-sided. Injury to one person or several people is not reported by media. Palestinians can create demonstrations in many countries about their plight in Gaza but almost everyone know nothing about the constant aggression of Hezbollah, and think that Palestinians are innocent and no not cause any harm. Who knows what led to the creation of the wall in Gaza? Who knows that Jewish settlers of over 20 and 30 years in Gaza had to be evacuated by Israeli police from their homes for the sake of PEACE in Israel (a very stupid action by Israeli politicians). Arabs (Palestinians) can live peacefully in many countries, including Israel; can a Jew of Christian live in an Arab country: Egypt, Syria, Lebanon? Even former President Carter was ignorant of this fact, and accused Israel of Apartheid and believed that giving Arabs (Palestians) land in Israel would bring PEACE. How ignorant and stupid he is. They falsely got acknowledged to be a nation though Palestine has never been a state, called themselves the Palestinians of the Holy Land, and claimed a country that has never been theirs. Arabia, now Saudi-Arabia belongs to the Arabs, not Israel. Jordan, Kuweit, and Irak have been created from the Ottaman Empire for the Arabs, with Egypt, Syria, Lebanon etc. People are not interested learning on their own and fall for Palestinian falsehoods.
Hezbollah incites Israel to respond to their constant aggression and destruction, violence, not reported by media, and then successfully blames Israel for retaliation and destruction of homes and buildings in Gaza. They get media attention around the world by demonstrations of Gaza destruction and plight of Palestinians to the world that is not aware of the constant aggression and murderous acts of Palestinians and sympathy from ignorant people who get one side of the facts.
THEY ARE SO SUCCESSFUL, VICTORIOUS,IN THEIR GAME OF DECEIT, AROUND THE WORLD.
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