Special Israel Alert -- 7/29/14

by Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: This is a special Israel alert.

Hamas Tunnel Horror
With each passing day, Israel is discovering how close Hamas came to striking a terrible and deadly blow. As many as 40 complex, fortified tunnels have been discovered by the Israeli Defense Forces leading from Gaza into Israel. The tunnels, in many cases, extend right into the middle of Israeli communities.

Credible sources in Israel are reporting that Hamas was planning a major attack on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which falls on September 24th this year. Hundreds of Hamas commandos, dressed in IDF uniforms, would have emerged in the middle of the night in dozens of Israeli communities. The chaos and death toll would have been catastrophic.

As the reality of this potential catastrophe sunk in, Israelis have united as never before. They are in no mood to be told by the U.N., "Euroweenies" or the Obama Administration that there must be a ceasefire.

Does "Morality" Require Equal Casualties?
Over the last several weeks of fighting between Israel and Hamas, a bizarre narrative has emerged in the media. It can be summarized as this: Since the fighting began, more than 1,000 Palestinians have died, most of them civilians, while around 50 Israelis have died, most of them IDF soldiers. The critics contend this is disproportionate and undermines the morality of Israel's actions.

As Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal points out, this is pure nonsense.

First, every death in Gaza is quickly described by Hamas propaganda as a civilian death. But more importantly, when did the object of war become striving to suffer as many casualties as your enemy?

Stephens points out that in World War II, 67,000 British civilians and 12,000 American civilians were killed. Genocidal Nazi Germany lost more than one million civilians. Many were women and children. Presumably, quite a few did not support Hitler. Nonetheless, the ultimate responsibility for their deaths rested on the Nazis who started the war.

The moral thing to do was to bring Germany and Japan to their knees. A German/Japanese victory in World War II or a ceasefire that allowed both regimes to survive would have been evil to the nth degree.

What about urban warfare? Stephens cites the battle for Fallujah in Iraq -- a hellhole of jihadists similar to Gaza. The U.S. went into Fallujah in 2004, and by most estimates 800 civilians perished and 9,000 homes were destroyed.

When U.N. busybodies and the "American is always wrong" crowd lashed out at the U.S. military, most Americans rejected the carping. It was war. And by the way, losing the war in Iraq would not have resulted in the end of America.

Fast-forward to Gaza today. Hamas, which was voted into power by the Palestinians in Gaza, is genocidal. Just like Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, ISIS and the mullahs of Iran, it yearns for another Holocaust of Jews -- and Christians. If the enemies of Israel ever get the power, they would not hesitate to kill every Israeli Jew. Israel is doing its best to defeat the jihadists -- an effort in which our leaders appear to be AWOL.

Hamas -- Not Israel -- Struck Hospital
Evidence is growing that the "hit" on the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City this week was not an Israeli bomb but instead a misguided rocket fired by Islamic Jihad. Radar and sensors detected the paths of four rockets fired by Islamic Jihad at the time and Israel has released aerial photographs tracing their paths. The Israeli Defense Forces confirm they did not carry out any strikes in that area.

Of course this information will not stop the Israel-bashers at the U.N. and in the media. In addition, the radical Islamic world will not accept the facts either. From the earliest ages, children raised in radical Islamic cultures are taught that Jews/Israelis are the source of all suffering and must be destroyed.

Iranian General Promises End of America and Israel
The Daily Caller reports that Iranian Brigadier General Hossein Salami has promised that Iran will seek revenge for the deaths of the Gaza "martyrs." Iran is currently negotiating with the Obama Administration on its "right" to have a nuclear weapons program.

General Salami said, "We are confident that Allah's promise will come true and in the end the Islamic world will be the graveyard of America and the Zionist regime's policies. The flag of Islam will be raised."

I feel confident that General Salami is in for a big disappointment and that the God of Abraham will prevail!
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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families where his articles are also shared.

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