It seems as if Israel has finally started showing some teeth after endless rocket attacks by the Hamas. Once again, it is also time for the anti-Israel sentiment, if not antisemitism to rear its ugly head right here in America.

    There were times this past week that I could not bear to listen to talk radio anymore because of the ignorant people calling in blasting Israel for defending itself. It saddens me to see how uninformed so many of my fellow citizens are. Before bothering to take a little time to investigate the situation, with perhaps a little history lesson on Israel and the middle eastern region, they rant and rave about how Palestinians are being murdered with absolutely no regard for what it must be like for Israel to have entered into peace agreements time and again conceding land, like the Gaza Strip on which the Palestinians reside, and have them broken for no apparent reason. The Israelis are repaid with rockets being fired into their land. I don’t think any American can imagine what it must be like to have bombs going off at any given moment in the back of their homes. Perhaps some of us should have the opportunity to experience some of the carnage that the Israelis have had to endure. We had 9/11, but that was a whole seven years ago with no attacks on the homeland, thanks to President George W. Bush and his determination to play hardball, resulting in losing the popularity contests the democrats want so bad to win at all costs.

    I hate the fact that innocent civilians are dying in Gaza like most people. I believe that the people should take control of their destinies. They elected a terrorist organization to run their territory. They are well aware that Hamas situates it strategic operations among the citizenry to ensure maximum casualties, if retaliatory strikes occur as a result of their evil deeds. Shouldn’t the people have to deal with the consequences of allowing this to happen to them? They are capable of protesting against Hamas. They surely get motivated and take to the streets to denounce the United States and burn its flag. The people outnumber the terrorists. Moderate, so called peace loving Arabs, outnumber the terrorists. So where is the righteous indignation and the rising up to say enough is enough? The terrorists or extremists would have to pack up and go.

    I wish that Americans that advocate for the Palestinians, learn once and for all, that there is no Palestinian nation. There never was such a nation known as Palestine in the history of the world, therefore, the Israelis are not encroaching on a sovereign territory. The land of Israel is a recognized and sovereign nation by most of the world. Why should the Israelis support the formation of a Palestinian State when the Palestinians refuse to concede Israel’s right to exist? It is about give and take, and Israel has been doing all of the giving with its territories as a result of international pressure, unfortunately, the U.S. was included in the process. It has been deemed “land for peace”. Where is the peace? That is all that the people of Israel want, is the right to exist and exist in peace.

    I can deal with the pictures and stories of hatred toward Israel from overseas. These are deluded and backward people that are no more than a means to an end at the hands of  these extremist groups they revere. Israel deserves better from civilized Americans. I guess that we are just too comfortable and decadent in this nation that we can’t even take the time to see what the fuss is all about, outside of what the television tells us. Heaven forbid, this might require strolling across the room to do gain some education on the computer via the Internet before forming an opinion and calling the radio shows with nothing more than recycled here-say or worse, just good old fashioned stupidity.