Olivier Guitta has a heartwarming post at The American Thinker, although some may not think so. At a time when the representatives of nations at the UN denounce Israel’s building of a barrier, it might do all of us some good to hear a different story, one you might not expect.
“I do not know of a single country in the world who would have welcomed us like Israel did. We were Muslims and it is the Jewish state, which embraced us with love and affection. The entire world witnessed what happened in Sarajevo and only Israel came to our rescue. This is the true state of Israel and not what foreign TV networks show you every night. If Israel was a racist state, how come they took care of Muslims like us? Our story is a message for those who really want to live in peace in the Near East.”
This is from a Muslim saved by Israel. Of course, Arafat is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. I wonder, how many Jews has he saved?
But it is high time to remember that Israeli Arabs remain far the best off among the Arabs of the Middle East. In fact, Israel is still the only place where the condition of women is one of fundamental equality, and where they can vote. So, instead of always pointing the finger to the most tolerant country in the Middle East, why is the UN not taking care of more pressing issues in Iran, Syria, Saudi Arabia or Sudan, where Christian minorities were and still are being slaughtered day in the millions?
The entire Middle East problem can be summed thusly:
Israel has long had the weapons needed to slaughter its enemies, but because of its morality, it does not have the will to use them.
Israel’s enemies have the will, but they lack the weapons.
The “world” thinks that the fact that Israel’s enemies don’t have the weapons is very unfair.
Comment by John Rogers — July 21, 2004 @ 11:23 am
I think it is also the only country in the Middle East where “honor” killing (i.e. killing your daughter or sister because she has shamed you) is just plain murder.
Comment by David Boxenhorn — July 23, 2004 @ 1:36 am
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I guess he never heard from those Muslims in Sarajevo. I wonder if it’s worth pointing these things out.
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