Hamas War

Saturday, January 20, 2007

G-d Forbid! From the north?

Just after deciding on posting the fictional attack from the south, I received an email with a true report about what's happening in the north. I asked the sender for permission to post it.

Permission received.

To understand the seriousness of the situation, you must remember that last summer the Arabs bombed one of Israel's major cities, Haifa. Ironically (and honestly, do you really expect normal logic from Arabs?) it's a city with a large established Arab population, and there are many mixed neighborhoods. It's not like Jerusalem where Jews and Arabs rarely live together. Yes, I know that recently there have been more and more Arabs moving into Jewish neighborhoods like French Hill and Pisgat Zeev. Recently I was in French Hill, near the supermarket, at night, and I heard mostly Arabic. It wasn't like that a few years ago.

Besides Haifa, Tzfat was seriously damaged by Arab bombing, and Narhariya and Kiryat Shmoneh, too. That's besides the more rural areas. Israel is a tiny country. It's no secret that the Arabs have been re-arming with more advanced weapons, and they're more confident than ever.

So read this:
"It appears as though the Hizbollah is preparing for Round 2. Up our way (Moshav Avivim), the entire border is now dotted with Hizbollah flags and moving figures. There is not a single Lebanese army flag in sight. In my opinion, this is NOT okay. A flag is not only a symbol that represents concepts and ideals, but also used to stake claims. Does this mean that the Hizbollah have reclaimed Southern Lebanon? While driving home form work one evening, will I encounter terrorists who have infiltrated through tunnels they have dug under the border-underneath the noses of the UN base that lies opposite my house? For years these UN troops have been observers. They observed the way the Hizbollah prepared for the last war and armed themselves to the teeth, so why should anything be different now? And BTW, where IS the Lebanese army that was supposed to keep the border clean? Perhaps it was largely comprised of Hizbollahs in disguise? Oops, sorry. If I don't keep quiet we'll never have peace with Syria... Looks as though we can all stay tuned to the same channel and same program for a repeat broadcast of the last war, coming soon to a neighborhood near you..."

2 comments:

benning said...

Just what is the government of Israel waiting for? The coming attack? Surely the fools don't think that the world will stop the Islamic terrorists from attacking, do they?

Of course it could be worse. Clinton did say he'd get into the trenches with Israelis to help them fight.

Batya said...

As I said, I think there's a major screw loose. They want a big strong daddy to protect them.
I don't remember any Clinton promising to go into the trenches, but I do remember ol' Bill saying he'd "stand by Israel," which is rather voyeuristic.