Just a few days ago Israeli citizens watched television
broadcasts of the return of former exiled Hamas leader Khalen Mashaal’s return
to Gaza to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the founding of the
terrorist group. Literally hundreds of
thousands of Hamas members and Arabs living in Gaza assembled to hear Mashaal
and Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh shout insults, epithets, and warnings to
the nation of Israel. Even children were
dressed in Hama military uniforms.
Now stop thinking like an American and start thinking like a
Jew living in southern Israel. Start
thinking about what it would feel like to be watching live TV and seeing hundreds
of thousands of your worst enemy being incited to conquer your country and kill
you – and they are only ten miles away.
That is not just a nightmare.
That is reality. Seriously, stop
reading for a minute and just try to imagine it. It is not just a reality, it is a frightening
reality.
Mashaal not only said that Hamas will “never recognize the legitimacy of the Israeli occupation,” but that
“Jihad and the armed resistance is the
only true path to liberation. We kill
the Zionists because they are conquerors and we will continue to kill
anyone who takes our land and our holy places.”
Before we discover more of what Mashaal said, let’s review:
·
Gaza was taken from
Israel by Egypt in the War of 1948
·
Gaza was taken back by
Egypt in the Six Day War in 1967
·
Israel subsequently
allow Palestinian refugees (from their own Arab countries) to live in Gaza as a
separate entity.
·
Hamas has repeatedly
and almost continually wrought terror in the south of Israel.
Okay. Now that we know
that Mashaal is another maniacal Islamic terrorist leader molded in the
likeness of Ahmadinejad and Arafat, we can keep his tirades in proper
perspective. Things like, “Liberating Palestine, all of Palestine, is
the duty and right and goal of all Arabs and Muslims.” When he says, “Palestine” he is including
Israel. He went on to say that “From the sea to the (Jordan) river, from
north to south, we will not give up any part of Palestine. It is our country, our right and our homeland.” That is patently not true, but it is what he
believes to be the truth.
Israeli Vice-Premier wrapped up the situation, describing the
difference between Mashaal and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas it
that the latter wraps his extremist ideology in pretty words. He is absolutely right. Israel is not only surrounded enemy
countries, but it borders two very large terrorist threats with the PA/PLO in
the West Bank and Hamas in Gaza.
By the way, Hamas thinks that it won the eight-day war a
couple of weeks ago, because Israel agreed to a ceasefire rather than invade
Gaza. This is a clear example of the
twisted Islamic propaganda machine. They
could not tell the truth if it hit them in the face.
Our friends in Israel need our prayers. They are in a desperate situation. Normally it would be described as an impossible
situation, but “with God nothing shall be impossible.” (Luke 1:37)
Our prayers can shake the very heavens because our God is
Jehovah. He is the protector of Israel. People have tried to eradicate the Jews, but
that will never happen. Even if the
situation gets worse, and it will, the Protector of Israel will always save
them from oppression. Pray for the peace
of Jerusalem. (Psalm 122:6)
Foundational information for this article can be found at the
Times of Israel, International Business Times, and
Israel National News.
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