I am happy, therefore, to share part of an e-mail that I received from a Jewish friend, in response to one that I had sent to him. In the light of the increasing isolation of Israel, by the international community, it makes very interesting reading. Remember, the following is not written by a politician; it is not written by a journalist; it is not even written by a rabbi. It is written by a retired gentleman who is enjoying a winter holiday in the land of his ancestors. It is written by a contemporary eye-witness. It is written as thoughts to a friend. I believe that all of that gives it a credibility that many of the media reports seem to lack!
"I have received your e-mail whilst I am enjoying the sunshine and blue
sky of Netanya, on the Mediterranean coast of Israel, only 8 or so miles
from the West Bank.... Now here's a thought ... From a high floor of a multi-storey building I can see Tulkarm in the West Bank!! Hence
Israel's preoccupation with security and the future of the West Bank.
Who wants Hamas on its doorstep ? Even Egypt fears them because of
their radical extreme Sharia regime record of judicial murder and
intimidation. In fact Egypt has blocked all clandestine tunnels it can
find allowing "free" movement between Gaza and Egypt.....in effect Egypt
has blockaded Gaza but you don't hear anything of that in the Western
Media, yet the opponents of Israel ignore the fact that humanitarian
supplies are still reaching Gaza from Israel on a daily basis and
truckloads are getting through from Israel but not from Egypt. Nor do
you hear any outcry that Spanish checkpoints are now delaying movement
of traffic for as long as three hours across the border to Gibraltar
.... and just for political, not for security, reasons, whereas when
Israel does it for security reasons and in doing so still apprehends
persons with malicious intent, yet there is a wild outcry against Israel
from people who ideologically oppose Israel's very existence." (emphases added).
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