On the anniversary of Israel’s creation by the United Nations 63 years ago, the Arabs are still unwilling to accept the Jewish ties to the land of their origin.
Mahmoud Abbas says he will never back down on the “right of return” for Palestinian refugees—to their original homes in Israel. This, of course, contradicts all peace efforts to date. If Israel were flooded with Palestinian refugees and their descendants, the Jewish state would become a Palestinian state—from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean sea.
Ismail Haniyeh called yet again for the destruction of Israel, which even the AP suspected he might be doing. Note the spin, though. Hamas calling for Israel’s destruction? Why, it’s an embarrassment to the PA.
Palestinians mark the occasion this year “with great hope of bringing to an end the Zionist project in Palestine,” Ismail Haniyeh, the prime minister of the Hamas government in Gaza, told about 10,000 people at a Gaza City mosque.
Haniyeh’s apparent reference to Israel’s destruction could prove embarrassing for Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. He recently reconciled with Hamas after a four-year split and is trying to market the Islamic militants to the international community as an acceptable political partner.
An Israeli Arab truck driver killed one, wounded 17, and says it was an accident. Not according to this eyewitness:
“We heard terrible slamming behind us in the car — boom, and another boom and another boom — until it reached us, and we simply flew up in the air,” a witness, identified only as Yossi, said on Army Radio.
“He went on and crashed into a bus. He got out and began to go crazy, throwing things at people. There was this poor innocent girl — he struck her on the head. She just fell down, and now people are treating her. What can I tell you? A terrorist attack.”
The media spin on all of these stories is the same: Israel is firing on “protesters.” Reuters is taking their reports straight from Syrian TV, including the false report that the “protesters” were killed on the Syria side of the border. Syrian TV, I would point out, is the same news outlet that is saying unarmed civilian protesters in Syria have killed Syrian soldiers. Way to dig into the story, Reuters!
You know, when thousands of people try to storm your borders, that makes them invaders, not protesters. But of course, the media can’t be bothered to change the narrative. This was a concerted effort by Iran, Syria, Hizballah, and Hamas to get Israel as much negative publicity as possible. They wanted civilian deaths. They knew the IDF would be there to turn back an invading army of civilians. And I’m sure they were taking notes. The next war won’t be just missiles, especially if Israel gets the chance to strengthen its Iron Dome defense and the missile attacks don’t do the job their launchers expect them to do. Don’t be surprised if the next war doesn’t involve waves of civilians. Israel’s enemies have seen what the Goldstone Report has done. They are crafty, and they learn quickly. And they have the willing hands of the anti-Israel media to aid them.
” This was a concerted effort by Iran, Syria, Hizballah, and Hamas to get Israel as much negative publicity as possible.”
Not to mention to distract from the ongoing slaughter in Syria. The following story must have really set them off:
An Arab Spring in Their Step
Note the second paragraphs where Syrian demonstraters compare the Syrian army unfavorably to the IDF! Must have cause a big round of head-exploding.
Dead civilians? Check
Media blitz by biased media? Check
Radio station blown up? Opps, that’s the 1939 check list.
What? Me cynical? Nah!
I agree that the “Palestinians” should go back to their original homes. Thing is, those homes are in Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia… pretty much every place but Israel. And the “Palestinians” also have a state already. It’s called “Jordan.”