Facts? Whatever

Last week was incredibly frustrating for me. The response of the international community to the incident in the Eastern Mediterranean regarding the flotillas was the usual knee jerk response to pounce on Israel. It appears that no one can see the issue from the Israeli point of view and the necessity of Israel to protect its citizens from Hamas obtaining weapons.

Israel has no desire to punish the people of Gaza and this is seen by the tons of humanitarian materials that are brought to Gaza by the Israelis. But Israel cannot sit idly by while ships are going into Gaza without being inspected for weapons. The Hamas government has in its charter the eradication of Israel. They have been firing thousands of missiles into Israel and since elections have consequences the people of Gaza are suffering for their choice.

The frustration stems from the apparent inability of the international community to recognize these facts and immediately take the side of the underdog over the Israelis even though Israelis are in the right. In addition, there is a segment of the liberal left across the world (including many Jews) that sympathizes with the Gazan people and feels it is the Israelis that are causing their sorrow when it is in actuality their Hamas government. These bleeding hearts should focus their attention on Hamas which uses aid money to purchase weapons to use against Israel instead of for the benefit of their citizens.

I was discussing with my father the situation and how I cannot believe that people cannot see the facts that are directly in front of their eyes. How can people not come to the conclusion that Israel is fighting for its security and survival and needs to prevent weaponry from entering Gaza. I mentioned to my father my frustration and he said something that sent a chill down my spine. He said now you are seeing a little taste of we went through in the 1930s in Europe. The facts do not matter. The anti-semitism distorts people’s logical conclusions. Hatred of the Jew trumps all common sense.

The world does not seem to be able to tolerate Jews defending themselves. It is unfortunate that the only time the world sympathizes with the Jews is when they are marching into ovens.