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by Douglas Murray
• March 30, 2016 at 5:00 am
- The facts show
is that all these "excuses" for terrorism are incorrect.
Israel is not, for instance, carrying out the "war
crimes," "apartheid" or "genocide," which
propagandists have persuaded Europeans that Israel is engaged in.
Israel is fighting an enemy that breaks every rule of armed
conflict, and Israel responds in a manner so precise and so moral
that allied nations are concerned that they will not be able to live
up to the Israeli military's moral standards the next time they go
to war.
- Well, what a
shock the rest of the world will one day have to undergo. Because if
you allow an "excuse" for one false narrative of Islamic
extremists, you will then have to allow it for the others. You will,
for example, have to accept the word of ISIS that Belgium is a
"crusader" nation, deserving to be attacked because it is
involved in a "crusade."
- The question is
not why it took over 24 hours for the UK to find Belgian-colored
lights to project in solidarity, but why after 67 years of terror,
it still has not found the simple blue and white lights to project
the flag of Israel onto any public place.
The night after last week's terror attacks in
Brussels, public buildings in Britain, such as the National Gallery in
London (left) and Manchester town hall (right) were lit up with the
colors of the Belgian flag.
The day after the Brussels terror attack, landmarks in the UK were
lit up in the colors of the Belgian flag. Portions of the press in
Britain excoriated the country on this. Why, they asked, had the
now-traditional, mawkish ceremony occurred the day after the attacks
rather than on the evening of the attacks themselves? Why were we a day
late with our lights when other cities had managed to do their
"solidarity" gesture straightaway? Such are our times. And such
are our questions.
If there is a question in all this, it is not why it took
more than 24 hours for the UK to find its Belgian-colored lights, but why
after 67 years of terror, it still has not found the simple blue and
white lights it would need to project the flag of Israel onto any public
place.
by Sima Goel
• March 30, 2016 at 4:00 am
- Sadly,
university students, unions, and those in show business who believe
they are lending their energy in support of the Palestinian people
might take a moment to understand that they are supporting
politicians -- both from the Palestinian territories and from
terrorist sponsors -- who are, in fact, using the Palestinian people
as pawns in a game of chess where oil, money and power are the
rewards.
- Rather than
promote boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS), well-meaning
idealists might consider how best to assist the Palestinians, whose
own leaders siphon off aid money they receive from other countries.
Students might consider how to establish industries to improve the
Palestinian job market, instead of boycotting Israeli companies that
employ thousands of Palestinians. They might make an effort to
understand the real situation and work towards promoting a lasting
peace, instead of misguidedly worsening the plight of Palestinians.
- Peace requires
empathy; the BDS movement, with its secret aim of destroying a free
and democratic nation, promotes nothing but resentment, division and
hate.
People who claim they really care about helping
Palestinians would, instead of only trying to hurt Israel, consider how
to assist the Palestinians, whose own leaders siphon off aid money they
receive from other countries. Students might consider how to establish
industries to improve the Palestinian job market, and internal human
rights abuses, instead of boycotting Israeli companies that employ
thousands of Palestinians. (Image source: Takver/Wikimedia Commons)
The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement is busy
promoting anti-Semitism, with universities leading the charge.
Sadly, university students, unions, and those in show business who
believe they are lending their energy in support of the Palestinian
people might take a moment to understand that they are supporting
politicians -- both from the Palestinian territories and from terrorist
sponsors -- who are, in fact, using the Palestinian people as pawns in a
game of chess where oil, money and power are the rewards.
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