Could
Hamas Gaza Terror Rockets Pass Israel, Reach New York, London,
Paris?
By
Joel Leyden
Israel News Agency
Jerusalem,
Israel --- June 24, 2012 ... It's a beautiful, quiet, sunny day
in New York. The birds are singing, children are laughing in green,
pristine parks and parents are sipping on their Starbucks. All
of a sudden an air raid siren goes off. You can hear the words:
"Code Red" as you watch people run for their lives seeking
shelter in a cement bunker.
Was it another round of Islamic Jihad, Hamas missiles reaching
the Big Apple, or London, Paris and Rome?
With US security much improved by Homeland Security, the NSA,
CIA and the FBI since 9/11, this scenario today is quite remote.
But a non-lethal simulation created by both Jewish and Christian
groups in the US and Europe might give both Americans and Europeans
a better understanding what Israel has gone through in the past
week.
Over
150 Islamic terror rockets and missiles have slammed into Israel
as one million Israeli civilians are now forced to live in air
raid shelters.
Why
are rockets hitting Israel?
Because
Israel is a democracy.
As a free democracy it is a threat to Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Iran
and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Because Islamic terrorists can reach Israeli cities and towns
such as Sderot, Beer Sheva, Ashdod and Ashkelon.
Why is Israel
not responding to stop these missile attacks?
The IDF - Israel
Defense Forces are but with limited force. Israel knows that
Syria and Iran could be addressed much more effectively by a democratic
revolution. The governments of Syria and Iran are no longer stable
and a fallen Islamic dictatorship due to instability is a far
better thing than an all out missile war killing thousands of
civilians.
But
as Israel waits for Bashar al-Assad and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to
take stage left - where is global support for the only democratic
nation in the world whose civilian population is now being attacked
with rockets?
No
headlines in New York, Chicago, Manchester or Stockholm.
Where
is public awareness? No headlines in Philadelphia, San Francisco,
Brazil or Toronto. Nothing in the newspapers of Chile, Greece,
Russia, Turkey, Japan or China.
Is
that not the job of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs?
Yes, but they lack the moneys and manpower to create an effective
PR campaign.
In contrast, when a Palestinian twists his ankle, millions of
dollars pour in from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and Iran for
elaborate PR campaigns such as the Flotilla and the March on Jerusalem.
This
morning at a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israel Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks:
"Regarding
events in the south, the IDF is taking strong action against those
who are attacking us and it will take even stronger action if
need be. Our policy is to use force in order to restore security
and quiet to the residents of the south."
Mr. Prime
Minister what good is Israeli policy when the world does not understand
where it is coming from?
Why have Cabinet meetings on a Sunday, when the world is off fishing,
sleeping, drinking or playing football?
Would it not be better to have Cabinet decisions going out to
the press on a business day when diplomats, journalists and the
general public are listening?
Israel,
whose defense on the battlefield is second to none, but severely
lacks logistical information going out to the global public.
But
that might change.
A
group of Jews and Christians in the New York area are now discussing
the idea of creating a Support Democracy, Stop Terrorism Day
in the US, UK and France.
This
public affairs action, being coordinated by JewishPr.co,
would consist of placing two teams of volunteers on opposite sides
of the Hudson River. One group, dressed up in Arab Hamas headgear
would be filmed preparing for a missile attack on New York. The
missiles would be nothing more than plastic and paper but the
message would be stronger than cement.
As
the Arab group prepares to launch 100 paper rockets towards New
York, another group of volunteers in New York's Central Park would
be preparing to set off an air raid siren. A few, real "used"
Katusha and Grad rocket shells, taken from police headquarters
in Sderot, Israel would be placed on the ground. Children from
a nearby Jewish school would count to 15. Fifteen seconds - that's
the period of time that children in Israel have to get themselves
into a cement air-raid shelter.
Then,
staring into the cameras of AP, Reuters, New York Times, CNN,
FOX, BBC, Daily News, Newsday and the New York Post
they would all ask: "Can you help us? Please don't let us
die".
Perhaps
a few in London would consider this "over the top" while
others, parents with tears in their eyes in Sderot, Tel Aviv,
Jerusalem, Ashdod and Ashkelon, Israel would respond: "is
saving the lives of innocent children living in the only democracy
in the Middle East, worth your time and support?"