Wednesday August 6, 2014
From: Gary L. Bauer
Carter’s Back
Once again as a Christian I find myself embarrassed by the moral blindness and anti-Semitism of former President Jimmy Carter. Yes you read that right – anti-Semitism. Carter is not merely a critic of Israel’s government and foreign policy. His critique of the Middle East conflict is so twisted that a rational person can only conclude that his heart is infected with Jew-hatred.
The latest evidence is Carter’s embrace this week of Hamas as a “legitimate political actor,” while lambasting Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. Never mind the 3,000 or more missiles Hamas fired at civilian targets in Israel. Never mind the underground tunnel system built for the purpose of launching a surprise attack on Israeli neighborhoods that could have killed thousands of defenseless Israelis. Never mind the Hamas Charter of raw hate claiming not only the land of Israel but the whole world for Islam.
In the last three weeks even Israel critics have said Hamas cannot be a “partner” for peace. They are our era’s Nazis. But their murderous plans have now been exposed. Jimmy Carter runs toward them, embraces them and demands America reward them with recognition. Shame, Mr. Carter. Shame.
Israel’s Right To Exist
Israel is not fighting the equivalent of our wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. Other than on 9/11, the US population has not faced large-scale, daily attacks by jihadists on our homeland. Israel is facing that. Daily for weeks 70% of the Israeli people have run into bomb shelters because of Hamas rocket attacks. Imagine Al Qaeda firing rockets into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada requiring 70% of us, more than 200 million people, to run into shelters. Imagine if our military discovered miles of tunnels reaching deep into our country packed with weapons and explosives, and if jihadists were using those tunnels to launch surprise attacks on US border neighborhoods. While the US would try to avoid civilian casualties, we would not let anyone stop us from doing what had to be done to restore normal lives for our citizens. How dare we insist that Israel follow a set of rules that we would not adhere to if our very existence were in jeopardy.
Israel is facing an existential threat, meaning a threat to its very existence. Many at the UN who are pointing their fingers at Israel would not shed a single tear if its enemies overwhelmed it and carried out a second Holocaust.
The west must stand with Israel today or risk facing the growing Jihadists forces alone tomorrow.
The Ghost Soldiers Of Hamas
Last week I wrote about how every media report out of Gaza showed images of heavily-armed Israeli troops juxtaposed with scenes of civilians suffering in Gaza. Where was Hamas? Why did we never see the “holy warriors” who have declared that their goal is the complete destruction of Israel. Now in the 2nd day of the Gazan truce, the facts are slowly leaking out. Proof is growing that the reporters covering the conflict were subject to intimidation and threats on their lives if they did not follow the Hamas propaganda line.
Cliff May, Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, has published an outstanding exposé column on this in the Washington Times. You can link to it here. This is a brief excerpt:
“Israeli filmmaker Michael Grynszpan wrote on Facebook that he had met with a Spanish journalist who had just left Gaza and asked him why TV viewers are not seeing Hamas fighters in action. Mr. Grynszpan said he was told: ‘It’s very simple. We did see Hamas people there, launching rockets. They were close to our hotel, but if ever we dared pointing our camera on them, they would simply shoot at us and kill us.’”
Covering a war zone is incredibly dangerous. Nonetheless, members of the media have an obligation to inform the public of the threats they were dealing with. If they feared for their lives they should have exited Gaza rather than allow themselves to be turned into propagandists for Hamas.
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