July 10, 2004
The Nature of Power
There are many voices regarding the conflicts in the nation of Israel. Often I have heard and seen in the news statements to the effect that Israel has lost all moral high ground by using its overwhelming force against the comparatively weak Palestinians insurgents. Some facts clearly have been missed.
My first major clue that I was being misled came to me as I listened to NPR several years ago. Israel had begun building a wall, claiming it needed additional defense for its citizens. NPR was interviewing an Israeli professor. They asked him if the wall had really slowed the attacks, and reminded him that it prevented many Palestinians from easy commuting to their jobs. They pointed out that there had been another bombing just the week before despite the growing wall.
The professor responded quickly. Before the wall there were bombings daily in the streets.
I was stunned. The papers and radio only occasionally reported bombings in Israel. Clearly the story was being more than slanted.
Is Israel just as morally debased as the Intifadas they counter? Consider the following picture:
That's an Israeli pilot. If he were a Palestinian, what would that plane be doing?
(Picture taken from A Prophetical Walk Through the Holy Land by Hal Lindsey)