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| By Israel Insider staff March 15, 2008 |
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An op-ed writer in a Palestine newspaper has taken an outspoken stand favoring Israel's right to defend itself against Palestinian attacks. He writes: "If I throw a rock at a neighbor and hit them, I should have every right to expect them to come back and try and hit me with a stick. So I guess my question is, why do the Palestinians fire countless rockets at Israeli cities and then complain when Israel retaliates?"
It would be unheard of, and highly hazardous to the health of the author, Wayne Stewart, but for the fact that he was writing in the Palestine Herald, a community newspaper in Palestine, Texas.
Stewart, from the heart of Texas, writes with an insider's perspective on the Israeli reality: "As many as 50 rockets a night are fired at the Israeli cities of Sderot and Ashkelon. So far there only have been a couple of deaths on Israel?s side of the border lately, but that speaks more to the aim of the terrorists than their zeal for inflicting harm on the Jewish state."
"After weeks of these types of bombardment, Israel said, 'enough,' and sent in air strikes followed by ground incursions over the weekend, including a sweep through the town of Jebalya in Gaza. Launching hundreds of rockets at any country should merit reprisal, but remember, this is the Arab world and things don?t always go as they should."
"While Israel defended itself, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the peace process is on hold -- which is ridiculous in and of itself as Israel should never give up one inch of ground of their God given land. Also, as is expected in situations dealing with Israel, the EU, Turkey and U.N. chief Ban Ki-Moon have accused Israel of using excessive force."
"What is acceptable to the U.N. and other nations, to allow the Palestinians and the combined forces of Islamic states and terror organizations to drive the Israelis into the sea? Apparently if that happened, it would be OK. The problem is, Hamas has been given plenty of warnings that actions of this nature, such as launching weapons at Israeli cities, would happen if the bombardments continued."
Mr. Stewart concludes with some plain-spoken Texan common sense: "It is thick headed of politicians to think peace can be achieved between Israel and its neighbors. Israel?s Islamic foes want only one thing -- the destruction of Israel. They will forego even the most basic of necessities to achieve that goal. Billions of dollars have been funneled into the Palestinian people from the U.S. and other countries. Has the money gone to feed the residents of Gaza and the West Bank, no, only to buy more weapons with which to fight Israel -- yet we keep sending more -- it borders on insanity."
"Violence rings Israel, yet nations continually ask her to give up land and make strategic concessions that greatly imperil the tiny nation. The terrorists cannot be reasoned with, and that leaves only one solution, allow Israel to do what it needs to do to defend itself against an enemy sworn to its destruction."
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