Israel Commits War Crimes-Why We Should Care

For the last 60 years, the United States and most of the western world have had a love affair with the state of Israel. Any person, black or white, who denounces Israel for any of it's actions is labled anti-semetic, is banned from radio and television, and is never seen or heard from publicly again. Does anyone ever ask why?

I remember watching with the rest of the world in horror as Israel invaded Lebanon in the 1980's and again in 2006. I was sickned when the Israel Defense Forces allowed Christian mititias into Palestinian refugee camps to slaughter thousands of harmless refugees in Chabra and Chatilla. No person was ever charged with this heinous war crime while Charles Taylor sits before a tribunal in the Hague.

The plight of the Palestinian is very much like the plight of our own Native Americans. The Palestinians have lived in the area west of the Jordan River for thousands of years. Shortly after WW I the area was governed by the British as part of their imperial empire. The British decided, as part of their mandate, to establich a Jewish homeland in the area, with full consideration for the civil rights of the Arab population. The Arabs staged a revolt due to the increased immigration of Jews to the area. Just like the Native Americans, the Palestinians were denied the right to control who entered their own country. The Jews were flooding the country and were given better resources, like schools, hospitals, and banks. After WW II, the Western powers felt sorry for the Jews who had been the victims of genocide in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Russia. As a result, the British ended their occupation in 1948, but not before voting in the UN to create a Jewish state right along the coast, including half of Jeruselem. No single Arab or Muslim nation voted for the resolution. They declared war on the Jewish state. However, due to superior training and equipment by the British and US forces, the Jews were able to defeat the Arab forces, drive three million into exile, and continue to build settlements with impunity. Any Arabs who protest are either assasinated, have their homes destroyed, or driven into exile. Sound familiar? The same thing happened to the Native Americans here.

The Americans have set the tone with Israel. They have demonstrated that you can invade any country you wish if you percieve them as a threat. Torture anyone you like. Wiretap and assasinate anyone you wish. All in the name of national security. The Palestinians have no jets, tanks, APCs, or even flak jackets. They are fighting for their land with rifles, rocks, and poorly made rockets. Much like the bows, arrows, rifles and slings of our Native people. The Palestinians have no united front to assist them with anything other than good wishes. Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq do not assist them when they are enduring massive air and ground attacks meant to destroy their will to resist. Just as no nation assisted the Lakota, Apache, Navajo, Creek, and Cheyenne as their land was being stolen.

Now the Israelis are using Palestianians as human shields because they failed to get any to collaborate with them. The United States and Western powers have said nothing. The International Criminal Court of Justice has filed no charges. And somewhere, Charles Taylor is pissed!

I guess the reason the US and western powers blindly agree with any action taken by Israel is because we generally worship a Jew who we think will someday return. For Him to return, the Christians and Jews must control Jeruselem so that Jesus has a place to set up shop. It also makes it easier to visit the Holy Sites when you don't have to deal with any dirty stinking Arabs. The western powers have also determined that no Arab countries can have nuclear power, or weapons. Israel has nuclear weapons and power plants yet, the UN never demands inspections. The Palestinian leaders with any backbone are isolated, assasinated, or exiled. We never ask why because we know the reason, free land for Jesus!