I swear, pretty much every report I've seen on the Hamas-orchestrated riot and border crossing going on in Gaza characterizes the goons doing the rioting - and, yes, getting shot for it by the IDF - as "protestors."
This matters. These people are waging war. Three of the dead Gaza citizens are armed terrorists. Rioters are hurling pipe bombs.
Sure, there are two events of significance associated with this day to which they are attaching this act of war: the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem today, and the birth of the modern state of Israel 70 years ago. But basically they just think the momentum of events is on their side and that the time is ripe for another attempt to destroy Israel. The 1988 Hamas charter makes that aim explicit.
Palestinians are indeed an abused people, but the abuse is not coming from Israel. Yes, the citizens of Gaza are living in squalor, with insufficient - well, just about everything. But the "government" there always seems to have plenty of funds for rockets and tunnels.
Not that Fatah, which runs things in the West Bank, is any better at governance. Abbas, like Arafat before him, has a fat bank account. He has a track record of expelling Fatah members who insist on democratic reforms.
But at least it has the savvy to present something less out-front than the Hamas constantly-bared-fangs stance to the world.
But my main point here is that the choice of term to depict the multitude of hate-filled monsters amassed on the Gaza border confers a legitimacy that is wholly undeserved.
The next word in relation to this to keep an eye out for: "martyr."
Let us know when peace arrives in the region. I know you don't like that word, but Kushner who spoke at the big ceremony yesterday used it. I don't think Nettie used the word when he called it a glorious day for Israel (all 6.5 million Jews there; only 14 mil world wide--less than .2 % of mankind. Man, that's some kind of chosen race, huh?) Are you one of those who will cheer on Armageddon?
ReplyDeleteThe number of Jewish people has nothing to do with their special relationship with God.
ReplyDeleteNo, I don't cheer on Armageddon. Why would I?
I thought perhaps you were aligning yourself with other fundies. Sorry, I don't believe that special relationship with God crap. I do wonder why the rest of us poor schmucks gotta believe in His Son to be special, i.e., saved. So the Jews get a pass on this too?
ReplyDeleteWhat the relative population of Jews has to do with the "conflict" is everything.
ReplyDeleteRe: special relationship "crap": It's what the entire narrative of the Old Testament is about. God chose a Jewish girl to bear His son.
ReplyDeleteRe: "poor schmucks gotta believe in His Son to be special": He told us flat out that no one comes to the Father but through Him.
Re: Jews getting a pass: That's a point of theology about which there are varying theories. I can't say conclusively, other than to say he put them in a unique position to be beckoned by the Word. They come to it with an understanding of who God is.
Re: conflict: How narrow or broad are you setting the parameters? Are you talking about the latest Hamas-incited violence on the Gaza border, or the entire array of Mideast forces that have wanted to destroy Israel since 1948?