Jewish Perspective on Historic Grievances
by Steven Shamrak
During the last couple of months, I have had discussions with several Muslim activists, who are propagating Islam. We have been talking about Islam, Christianity, Judaism and the prophets, and of course about the war in Gaza.
When I told them that Israel retaliated to a brutal terror attack perpetrated by Hamas on 7th of October last year, most of them replied that it has to be viewed through “the historical perspective of occupation” and what Israel has done to Palestinian people. None of them has actually offered any details of what they meant. The only thing they mentioned is the attacks by Jewish ‘settlers’ on Arabs in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank).
Those conversations prompted me to review the factual history, and find out who actually has more grievances, Jews or Arabs, for the ‘sins’ of the past.
As I recall, at the end of the 19th century, the sultan of the Ottoman Empire welcomed the idea of Jews coming to his kingdom in hope that Jews will bring trade, industries and prosperity to his kingdom. At the time Arabs called Haifa “the city of jobs”, and many thousands of them came to the Promised Land.
Although, when the sultan realised that the Zionists were actually serious about creating the Jewish state, he began to encourage even more Muslims to move to the land by offering them tax benefits and exemption from army service. And they came - from Egypt, Bosnia, Iraq, Iran, Syria, and even from northern Caucasus.
I wonder, who actually has more Historical Perspective and grievances:
1. In 1922, the British controllers of the Palestine mandate encouraged Arabs who migrated to the Promised Land with – it didn’t take too much persuasion - to stage riots and pogroms through all mandate territory against Jews. This gave the British an excuse to remove Jews, for their ‘safety’ from Trans-Jordan and other parts of the mandate. After that, the British ceded 82 percent of the mandate to Arabs.
2. In 1947, Jews accepted the ridiculous partition plan proposed by the United Nations, by agreeing to accept the remaining 18% of the mandate. Jews accepted this idiotic plan. The Arabs rejected it, and seven Arab states immediately declared war against Israel.
3. From 1948 to 1967, Arabs made no attempt to create a Palestinian state. During that time, they conducted a War of Attrition, continuously attacking Israel.
4. Since Israel won the Six Day War in 1967, Jews were subjected to the endless number of terrorist attacks by so-called Palestinians, who were created in 1964 with the help of Soviet KGB in 1964.
5. After that, Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria have been continuously attacked by Arabs neighbours. Therefore, it is understandable that some Jews have had enough of this often deadly harassment, which they have been suffering and enduring for 60 years!
6. Israel forcefully removed 8,500 Jews and the IDF forces from Gaza. It was an opportunity for the enemies of Israel to show that they could peacefully coexist with the Jewish state. Instead, they elected Hamas, a bigger terrorist than Fatah; dug the tunnels in Gaza; brought rockets, and staged the heinous attack on 7th of October, killing 1,200 Jews in Israel.
This brings us back to the question: Who has more grievances, Jews or so-called Palestinians? What do you think?
Striking Hezbollah is Self-Defence!
Israel warned Lebanese civilians to "immediately" evacuate any buildings where Hezbollah is storing arms. On Monday, the IDF struck 300 targets in Lebanon in one of the most intense barrages of airstrikes in nearly a year of fighting against the Hezbollah terrorist group.
Food for Thought: by Steven Shamrak
When Hamas terrorists and other fake Palestinians say “the Occupied Palestinian land” they do not mean just Judea, Samaria and Gaza, which has not had Jewish residents since 2005, rather all of Israel. When they chant “Palestine from the river to the sea”, they mean destruction of Israel and the genocide of Jews. It is not surprising that the international Jew-hating anti-Semites support this slogan. However, the fact that peace-loving Jewish supporters of a two-state solution still have not learned a lesson from the history of the conflict is disturbing and disappointing!
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Israel Eliminated Hezbollah Command
The entire command structure of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, including its top commander Ibrahim Aqil, the head of Hezbollah’s Operations Unit and the Commander of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan, was wiped out by Israel on Friday in an airstrike on the terror group’s headquarters in Beirut. (The US has a $7 million bounty on Aqil head for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than 300 people at the American embassy and a US Marines barracks many years ago. Will Israel get the reward?)
Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran, says that the Iranian people will overthrow the Islamic regime. Reza noted that the people could be the solution the world has been looking for. "The best army in place are the people of Iran themselves. All they need in is the extra support so they can better organize their strikes, their demonstrations, and be able to rely on the kind of support that we witnessed towards the end of the Cold War." (The Mullahs’ regime change is the only solution. Give Iran back to the Iranians people. The West does not seem to like that idea. Only Israel can help them.)
UNRWA Demands Immunity for its Terrorists
The UN, with the support of the US Department of Justice, claims that UNRWA employees who participated in the October 7th massacre have immunity from prosecution. A full 10% of UNRWA employees are affiliated with terrorist groups, and at least 12 UNRWA employees participated directly in the October 7 massacre.
Israel has put a proposal on the table that would end fighting in the Gaza Strip and give the head of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, safe passage out of the enclave in exchange for the immediate release of all hostages held in Gaza, the demilitarization of the Strip and the establishment of an alternative governing power there. (This generous proposal will be rejected by Hamas, as all others have been. Although, an investigation is underway by the defence establishment in an attempt to find out if Yahya Sinwar is still alive, as he has had no contact with elements outside his organization for at least three weeks.)
No Ceasefire Before Biden's Out
The White House, State Department, and Pentagon officials now believe that a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is unlikely to occur before President Joe Biden's term concludes in January. “No deal is imminent,” one of the US officials said. “I'm not sure it ever gets done.” Despite Hamas’ rejection of all previous proposals, the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken downplayed pessimism over the prospects of a hostage release deal.
No to New Consulates in Jerusalem
The Knesset Committee sending for a Vote Bill Banning New Consulates in Jerusalem. The bill proposes that no new consulates will be opened in Jerusalem, only embassies, and that the state will work to encourage the opening of foreign embassies in Jerusalem. This is in order to strengthen Jerusalem’s status as Israel’s capital. (Long overdue!)
Iran Pledged "Unlimited Support" for Terrorism
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi vowed to keep up Tehran’s “unlimited support” for terror groups throughout the region. The “Axis of Resistance” includes Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Yemen’s Houthi rebels and other Iranian-backed terrorist groups in the Middle East. On April 14, Iran launched 300 drones and missiles at Israel in the first-ever direct attack on the Jewish state from Iranian soil. (Israel has to help the people of Iran to remove the Ayatollahs regime. Will the US help?)
‘Eiland Plan’ - Evacuate Northern Gaza
Retired IDF generals submitted a plan to defeat Hamas. According to the plan, the entire area north of the Netzer Corridor, i.e. Gaza City with all its neighbourhoods, will become a closed military area, barring the entire population from living there. The proposal complies with the rules of international law because it allows the population to evacuate the combat zone before the blockade is imposed. (This would be a good first step to remove all enemies, including the terror supporting population, from Gaza.)
Quotes of the Week:
"Memo to the USA and rest of the World: You say you don’t want a war in Lebanon. So then bring Israel a deal where its citizens are safe to go home. Israel has no territorial aspirations towards Lebanese soil. It just wants peace. But if you can’t control Hezbollah, just shut up, get out of the way and let Israel do the world a favour by defeating these terrorists!" - David Friedman, former US Ambassador to Israel – The international peacekeepers of UNIFIL were supposed to keep the peace and prevent Hezbollah attacks on Israel. Has any diplomat, NGO or the ‘Ugly Nazi’ cared about international law?
Prelude to a Full Scale Attack
by Dr Aaron Lerner
Forget about deterrence, those days are over. What we need is action, determined action that destroys Hezbollah's arsenals and eliminates its fighters and leaders.
We need to think beyond Wednesday, September or even 2024. The like-minded brass, including the current Minister of Defence, have shown in their recent policy recommendations that they are incapable of doing this.
Now the question is more if the operation just carried out is for the purposes of "deterrence" or to facilitate a massive strike now against Hezbollah's rockets and missiles etc.
Will Binyamin Netanyahu opt to go down in history as a "profile in courage" or "profile of a perpetual can kicker"?
‘Pager’ Attack
- Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon, Mujtaba Amani, lost an eye and was injured in the other eye from a pager explosion. (Why did he have a Hezbollah pager?)
- More than 4,000 Hezbollah terrorists were wounded, 200 critically, and at least eleven were killed across Lebanon by exploding pagers across Lebanon.
- A Hungarian firm, BAC Consulting, has been linked to the thousands of pagers that exploded in Lebanon. The Taiwanese company, Gold Apollo, whose name appeared on the pagers, said in a statement the AR-924 pager model was produced and sold by BAC.
- Hand-held walkie-talkie radios used by Hezbollah terrorists were detonated in Beirut's suburbs and the Bekaa Valley. The death toll from the attack is 25, with at least 608 injured.
Israel estimates the true number of dead from the exploding communications devices far higher than official Lebanese numbers.
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