Palestinian Conflict a Smoke Screen

To all supporters of the Palestinian cause at the expense of the Jewish cause, and to all those who oppose Israel’s right to exist, I present the following commentary and response:

Anonymous Commentator: “Minister Neal Dozier is out of line to oppose the mosque in Pompano Beach, Florida. So is anyone who does not understand the human rights issues involved. We who have backed the civil rights movement of the 70s, the opposition to Hitler’s policies in the Holocaust, and all other such human rights violations, support the efforts of Mr. George Galloway to bring the true issue to the American people by his public appearances. The true issue is the rights of the Palestinian people whose homeland was confiscated in 1948 by terrorist Jewish thugs and the people driven out by superior arms supplied by Britain and America. We are against the American support for the apartheid regime in Israel, just as we are against racial discrimination in America, South Africa and all other parts of our world. We would be against any Islamist movement to deny human rights to Jews or any other religious community.”

Response: The Palestinian issue is a smoke screen for the ‘true issue’ in the Middle East. The truth is simply that no Arab, whether Palestinian or from any of the Arab countries, wants the existence of any Jewish state in the Middle East, especially one that not only survives, but also prospers. The one redeeming feature of Hamas, is that they are honest enemies and openly express their hatred of Jews and the Jewish State. Mr. George Galloway’s appearance as the speaker at this new Mosque in Pompano Beach, Florida, obviously feels the same way. It is hard to see how he believes in a Jew’s human right to exist when he supports the very people who want to eliminate the state of Israel. 

To the commentator, I pose the following questions: If all the land in the West Bank and Gaza were to be given to the Palestinians, would there be peace? If Jerusalem and the rest of the land claimed as Israel were also given to the Palestinians, would there be peace? If these territories were given to the Palestinians, could a Jew live there in peace? The answer is no to all three questions. To think otherwise is ignoring the facts. Just look at the city of Hebron and see how a few hundred Jews need to have 24/7 military protection because their families lived there and they want to continue living there. Or listen to Palestinian leaders say that all Jews have to leave their land when a Palestinian state is created. Israelis never asked their Arab neighbors to leave Israel, only to live in peace. How is it that Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia don’t have enough land in the Middle East for all of their Palestinian brothers to live in?

Throughout history Jews have been persecuted, murdered and enslaved. The Nazi’s goal to exterminate the Jews was supported by many Muslims and their leaders, and is only the most recent example of Anti-Semitism at its worst. The Holocaust proved to Jews around the world that they needed to go back to their homeland Israel, where they might be able to survive as a people. But, as the land of Israel and the Jewish people prospered, so has the Arab hatred grown against the Jews.

If the Palestinians, not to mention Hezbollah, Syria, Jordan and Iran would put down their weapons to live in peace with the Jews in Israel, there would be peace, and all would benefit. If the Jews put down their weapons to live in peace with the Arabs, they would be killed. The Palestinians are pawns in the true issue, not the heart of the issue.