BBC Fair on Israel -- Finally!
Israel / Jewish World / Judaism / News / Short
Is the BBC Getting it Right?
· Updated April 6, 2012
I asked another local how it was that so many people could have escaped relatively unscathed from a building that was so completely destroyed. “Sometimes the Israelis call up the person beforehand and warn them that they have 10 minutes to leave the house, then they strike.”
Whereas the Palestinians aim at Israeli population centers in order to kill as many civilians as possible, the Israelis warn residents even before depriving terrorists of their homes.
“What do you mean when you say you are struggling against the occupation?” I asked one Gazan. “After all Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005?”
“We mean the occupation of Jerusalem, and Jaffa and Haifa and all the other places that belong to us,” he said without hesitation.
As expressed by this typical Gaza resident, the idea that Palestinian terrorism will end with “self-determination” is a pipe dream, the pursuit of which has already cost thousands of lives. Palestinian terrorism will only end once the Arab residents of Gaza and the West Bank recognize that the destruction of Israel is an unattainable goal, and abandon it in favor of a better life. Either that, or they attain it. Forcing Israel into further concessions weakens the first possibility, and strengthens the second.
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BBC Fair on Israel -- Finally!
Israel / Jewish World / Judaism / News / Short
Is the BBC Getting it Right?
· Updated April 6, 2012
I asked another local how it was that so many people could have escaped relatively unscathed from a building that was so completely destroyed. “Sometimes the Israelis call up the person beforehand and warn them that they have 10 minutes to leave the house, then they strike.”
Whereas the Palestinians aim at Israeli population centers in order to kill as many civilians as possible, the Israelis warn residents even before depriving terrorists of their homes.
“What do you mean when you say you are struggling against the occupation?” I asked one Gazan. “After all Israel pulled out of Gaza in
 2005?”
“We mean the occupation of Jerusalem, and Jaffa and Haifa and all the other places that belong to us,” he said without hesitation.
As expressed by this typical Gaza resident, the idea that Palestinian terrorism will end with “self-determination” is a pipe dream, the pursuit of which has already cost thousands of lives. Palestinian terrorism will only end once the Arab residents of Gaza and the West Bank recognize that the destruction of Israel is an unattainable goal, and abandon it in favor of a better life. Either that, or they attain it. Forcing Israel into further concessions weakens the first possibility, and strengthens the second.
Next story True Independence
Previous story A Safety Concern For Pesach