A year has passed since the
prelude leading up to the Gaza War of 2014. The reason for this war can be
summed up in a simple, rather hackneyed statement: The inability of Hamas to
recognize Israel's right to exist.
This can be viewed in a
number of ways. Apologists for Hamas and its supporters claim the "Palestinians'
legitimate right for freedom from Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine
since Israel's establishment in 1948 or "El Naqba" (The Catastrophe)".
Wars waged against Israel by its Arab neighbors is very much part of Israel's
history even before the Six Day War of June 1967. The June 1967 war was a war
for the destruction of Israel. The constant harping on the occupation just
added fuel to the non-recognition fire of Israel's Arab neighbors.
Today Israel has peace
treaties with Egypt and Jordan, which was not the case during the June 1967 War
and the October War of 1973.
The Arab States that are
officially still at war with Israel are now showing signs of pragmatism as they
face a very serious enemy that is common to all the players in the Middle East.
Since the Arab Spring that
is now a Middle Eastern nightmare and the fall of Syria, Libya to ISIS, parts
of Lebanon to Hezbollah that is Iran's proxy, Iraq to ISIS and Jabhat al Nusra.
All these Islamist terrorist groups share a common desire to establish a bloody
Caliphate based on Sharia law in its strictest interpretation. Those who do not
believe in their Islamist world view are killed. Their cruelty towards the
infidel is unbridled anywhere in the world today.
They are a threat to many
Arab states in the area.
The UN remains silent on the
genocide that ISIS and the Islamist terrorist groups commit against non-Muslims
and Muslims, who do not share their cruel world view. These savages seem to
have freedom to kill almost unhindered. The carnage in these countries is
hardly mentioned in the UN and the condemnation of their cruelty in that
pathetic world body is hardly more than an impotent squeak of displeasure.
So much energy is spent on
bashing Israel for human rights abuses against the Palestinians. Now the PA and
Hamas want to take Israel to the ICC in The Hague. Another flotilla made its
way to Gaza to attempt to break the blockade. Fortunately they were intercepted
by the IDF and taken to Ashdod port. Fortunately, no casualties on both sides
were reported. The crew members will be deported to their countries of origin. Why
are these so-called hypocritical human activists not going into Syria and all
the other countries where ISIS is massacring innocent people in order to demonstrate?
Human rights are non-existent there. They would not dare! They would be
beheaded by ISIS and they know that Israel is easy meat for them as the IDF is
no threat to their lives.
Hamas does not care about their people. They suffer from the usual fantasy syndrome of liberating their
people from the Israeli occupation by force and this includes terror. The
rhetoric coming from the Hamas leadership in Gaza is based on fantasy and they
believe that the more they fantasize the closer they will reach their goal of
Palestinian freedom from the Israeli Occupation. In fact, Gaza is not under
Israeli occupation. There is an Israeli blockade on their coastline and this is
because of security reasons which they have brought upon themselves.
The Palestinians in Gaza are
suffering because of Hamas fantasies of grandeur and their attempt to achieve
their goal of trying to destroy Israel, thus fulfilling their beliefs as
enshrined in the Hamas Charter.
Hamas does not care about
the Palestinian people anymore than ISIS and Jabhat Al Nusra care about theirs.
This is so obvious and their hypocritical human rights pundits fail to accept
this. Human rights are not part of the Hamas lexicon. The suffering of the Gaza
Palestinians is without a doubt the fault of Hamas who must be made accountable
totally.
Meanwhile the UN
Commission Report into Operation Protective Edge 2014 has
found evidence of both Israel and Hamas committing war crimes. The report was
unbiased and was involved in the results of the war on the population of Gaza.
It never went into any depth as to who was responsible for the hostilities and
terror against Israel that initiated a response. The launching of rockets into
Israel from populated areas in Gaza that provoked a response was stated in a
neutral fashion. Israelis, who lived on kibbutzim bordering Gaza, and who took
the brunt of rocket fire were not even mentioned in the report. The evidence
was based on reports about the destruction of homes and the loss of life of
Palestinians. The Report accused both sides of violations of International Law and
not the reason for Israel's retaliation, which is no less relevant as to the
results of heavy collateral damage by the IDF.
The report itself appears balanced. It accuses
both sides according to the dry letter of International Law of human rights
violations. It showed no depth as far as Hamas behavior is concerned and thus
lets them off the hook as to being the party that must be held responsible for
the IDF response despite the unfortunate tragedy that had resulted.
Israel was reacting within
its rights as any country would to defend its citizens from Hamas militant
aggression, whether it was building of tunnels for terrorist infiltrators into
Israel with the intention of committing terrorist acts, as well as the firing
of rockets from schools and civilian population areas enveloped in human
shields. It is important to note that this issue was mentioned in the report
and given some emphasis. However the innuendo of the report leans more towards
an anti-Israel stance rather than total objectivity.
