A Long War

 He has made a marvelous fight in this world, in all the ages; and had done it with his hands tied behind him.  ~ Mark Twain Concerning the Jewish people

In 1948 on the 14^th of May, Israel became a nation. Ever since that day, the surrounding nations around Israel have either been in open hostility or in cold disdain. In their existence, Israel has been criticized by others, heavily and ruthlessly. To the very point of being ridiculously. This would seem fine, if half what people said was true. However, the truth as always, is rarely told.

In understanding more about the conflict that Israel has with the Palestinians, it’s important to realize that Israel has never been the aggressor. While opposing forces have always struck the first blow, Israel usually has always ended it.

 When war was first initiated by the Arab coalition, the Arab leaders were so sure that they would win. So confident that they would, they said to the Arabs living in Israel to get out because they were going to wipe out Israel and they wouldn’t care who they hit. This caused a massive exodus. Many Arabs left Israel, and the Arab coalition did not take over Israel. Leaving the people homeless and stuck in refugees camps where ironically their saviors mistreated them. 

The rest is really history. However, as we know, history repeats itself, this has been seen with those who attack Israel. First someone starts a fight with Israel, and then Israel ends it. This ending business has caused people to think that Israel is aggressive. Howbeit, they didn't start the fight, they ended it.

One of the greatest confusions and strife that has been caused is by the Media and the UN which has played a very large roll in the Israel/Arab conflict. With the media, they have repeatedly reported bias and often falsified news. 

For instance, there was a case of a woman who had been attempting to attack an Israeli soldier. While that happened, the news reported that the woman had been shot for no reason. Stating that their had been no knife at all. However, it was proven later on there was a knife. The news never reported this correction. In fact, when they reported the story, they even got the picture of the woman wrong, but put up a picture of a model.

Besides just reporting false news, the media seems to fail to report on the causality list of the Israelis, which includes Arabs and Jews. This blatant display, makes it seem that the Palestinian plight seems so much worse then it is actually. When in reality Israel is being regularly attacked by bulldozers, rockets, and suicide bombers.(women and children bombers to, not just men)

To further touch on this matter, would be the theatrics of of the Palestinians. We have heard Hollywood, and we have heard Bollywood. However, what most people don't know is Pallywood. Pallywood is where Palestinians pretend to have casualties that were never so. Crashed ambulances, wounded, burnt buildings and dead bodies that get up when the cameras stop rolling. While very ingenious on their part, the sad fact it’s not true, and the Media just seems to love it.

While Israel’s enemies do such acts, Israel has been seen as a monster. This is partly due to the media, but also to the UN. With the UN, they are always quick to judge. Often taking the time to criticize Israel for everything while atrocities are being committed around Israel and elsewhere. 

 Despite that, and though the UN does that to Israel, they know better. In an investigation, they found that Israel went above and beyond the rules of combat in the last Israel/Gaza conflict. Noting clearly, in that conflict when Hamas was hiding behind and deliberately ordering civilians to be human shields, Israel was calling and sending pamphlets to warn Gazian civilians to flee where they were going to strike to take out Hamas rockets.

With the good people of Gaza, they are run by a the terrorist organization called Hamas. However, the UN sees them as a legitimate country while only a few years ago they were terrorist that the world saw as bad as Al qaeda, which is basically the father of ISIS. The thing is, the media and the UN seems to trust Hamas compared to Israel. Hamas uses human shields, shoots rockets from hospitals and schools, and is a terrorist group.

 

Sometimes people question those who try to support Israel. Often labeling them as "Zionist". However, whatever people think of these so called "Zionist", they are just Humanitarians. The reason is, a humanitarian tries to protect all humanity, and Israel has shown that. Supporting someone who has woman rights, Education for everyone, freedom to vote, and doesn't lynch gays sounds pretty humanitarian.

With all this evidence, which is out there if one looks, it would seem that people should be more aware. There should be no conflict about the Israel/Arab conflict in Palestinian. People like to talk about gray instead of black and white. However, there just doesn’t seem to be any argument to be had about Israel being the good guy: Res ipsa loquitur.