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Islamic Jihad, Iran, Syria, Gaza - Why Israel Needs Your Support
By
Joel Leyden Jerusalem,
Israel --- November 14, 2012 ... Why does Israel need your support?
As you read this article, Israel faces a host of growing, lethal threats: 124 rockets from Gaza in the last four days, mortar fire from Syria and continuing terror attacks from Sinai. At the same time, the Palestinian leadership refuses to negotiate with Israel while Iran crudely threatens the Jewish state and advances its nuclear weapons program. At this critical moment, it is vitally important for Americans to unequivocally support Israel’s right to exist in peace and security and its current security operations to defend its citizens. Israel is facing a dramatic increase in Islamic terror attacks along three borders and weapons buildups elsewhere. Since Saturday,
terrorists in Gaza have launched over 140 rockets. Since the beginning
of the year, terrorists in Gaza have struck Israel with nearly
800 rocket attacks. In response, Israel is carrying out targeted
operations against Hamas leaders and long-range rocket launching
sites, which directly place 1 million men, women and children
under the threat of attack. In Lebanon, Iran backed Hezbollah has amassed more than 60,000 long and short-range rockets and missiles - 10 times what it had during the 2006 war with Israel - while Syria and Iran have 3,500 missiles aimed at Israel, the IDF’s Military Intelligence research section told the Knesset earlier this year. PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas refuses to negotiate with Israel. Instead, he is seeking “statehood” at the UN General Assembly. Abbas continues
to refuse to sit down at the negotiating table with Israel despite
repeated efforts by Israel to condition the environment for talks,
including helping the Palestinian economy and removing barriers
to Palestinian travel in the West Bank. Instead of negotiating,
Abbas insists he will push forward on November 29 with an effort
to garner nonmember state observer status at the U.N. General
Assembly, and subsequently, use this recognition to attack Israel
in international legal fora. Iran continues to threaten the existence of Israel and aggressively advances its nuclear capabilities.
Iran continues
to expand its nuclear program in violation of multiple mandatory
UN Security Council resolutions. The number of centrifuges installed
at its Fordow enrichment site doubled from May to August and its
stockpile of low-enriched uranium could, if further enriched,
produce the cores for six nuclear weapons. Ahmadinejad's definition of freedom and justice is Sharia Law. The US State Department just issued the following statement: "We strongly condemn the barrage of rocket fire from Gaza into southern Israel, and we regret the death and injury of innocent Israeli and Palestinian civilians caused by the ensuing violence. There is no justification for the violence that Hamas and other terrorist organizations are employing against the people of Israel. We call on those responsible to stop these cowardly acts immediately. We support Israel’s right to defend itself, and we encourage Israel to continue to take every effort to avoid civilian casualties. Hamas claims to have the best interests of the Palestinian people at heart, yet it continues to engage in violence that is counterproductive to the Palestinian cause. Attacking Israel on a near daily basis does nothing to help Palestinians in Gaza or to move the Palestinian people any closer to achieving self determination." We thank the US government for its unwavering support. What we, Israel, are asking is for the support and understanding from each and every US citizen. Israel is
not occupying anyone's land. It is Israel and every Western democracy
that Islamic Jihad is targeting to occupy.
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