Daryl Temkin, Ph.D.
June 4, 2010
When will the world media and political leaders like Israel? Likely, only when Israel is significantly beaten, physically compromised and made virtually irrelevant. Since June , 1967, surviving and victorious Jews have not been worthy of positive recognition. It was little surprise to hear Hillary Clinton and the US Administration join the UN’s condemnation of Israel who stopped the flotilla attempt to break the Gaza blockade. Hillary, who two months ago was furious that Israel plans in 2014 to build 1,600 Jerusalem apartments, would certainly blow forth her anger at Israel’s current self defense measures. She additionally went “overboard” and emphasized her recognition of the Gazan “humanitarian crisis”, a clear political ruse.
Sadly, the American administration’s action to support the pro-Hamas movement was beyond belief to many Americans. Yet, it is a symbol of the new America which has become lost in its race to be popular and beloved among the nations. Does America realize that in its attempt to be “moral” it endorsed anarchy as an acceptable standard for international behavior? America chose to support and embolden the Hamas terror organization whose ultimate cause is to destroy a sovereign nation.
No matter how correct Israel may ever be, the media and most world leaders have proven themselves to ignore the facts and quickly proclaim knee jerk anti-Israel responses. After all, how can a nation which is under constant delegitimizing attacks and ugly name calling ever be acknowledged in a positive light?
Israel classically gets portrayed as being wrong even when it is right or at best, gets ignored for being right. It was astonishing when the American President gave thanks to all the countries which came to aid the Haitian earthquake victims but he refused to acknowledge Israel, the country which not only led the life saving efforts long before all others but did the leading heroic tasks.
For the last number of years, Gaza has been armed through tunnels and ships smuggling supplies of ammunition and missiles. Israel along with Egypt established a blockade of Gaza. The “internationalists/humanists” conveniently ignore Egypt’s role with the Gaza blockage and only place full blame on Israel, deemed the exclusive illegitimate and oppressive force in the conflict. Notice it is Israel and not the Arab world which supplies the food, medicine and fuel for the Gazans.
The anti-Israel media was so extreme that I received a call from a person who was under the impression that Israel had attacked a hospital ship docked in Turkey’s port, killing many innocent patients. Imagine what it takes to extract the propaganda story and replace it with reality?
As Israel was globally defamed, the facts that the IDF soldiers experienced attempted lynchings didn’t matter. The fact that numerous deadly weapons were mixed in the cargo didn’t matter. The fact that many of the so called “humanitarians” were actually Hamas activists didn’t matter. The fact that at least 20 pre-made suicide martyrdom video tapes were found among the passengers, didn’t matter. The fact that the mission was not for humanitarian aid but was a bold attempt to defame and delegitimize Israel certainly didn’t matter.
The Los Angeles Jewish Journal report claimed Israel committed a “botched mission” because 10 “deadly club swinging humanitarians” died, the Israeli soldiers were not expecting the high level of violence, it was bad Israeli intelligence and it was a bad plan to use helicopters for placing soldiers on the ship with paint guns. Although the plan worked without violence on five of the six ships, the Jewish Journal reporter still felt entitled to labeled this a “botched mission”. The fact that all six ships were diverted form Gaza and the cargo got inspected and no IDF soldier died, was captured or went missing, it was still a botched mission. The fact that several handful of IDF soldiers managed to take control of over six hundred extremely hostile violent humanitarian passengers and not have to killed hundreds of them is a challenge to imagine how that was possible? But, still it is called a botched mission, as if there was a simple answer.
Furthermore, the Jewish Journal article cried that the “botched mission” included IDF film footage which was blurry. Too bad Stephen Spielberg’s camera crew was not hired the week before to film the event. It is clear that “uncomfortable” critics want a picture perfect result for all that Israel does, but in reality, for most journalists, Israel can do nothing right even if the picture was perfect.
Realize that even if not one person died on the flotilla, Israel would still have been internationally condemned. If the IDF came on the boat with huge machine guns, Israel would have been condemned. If Israel raced the Turkish boat with confronting ships forcing a turn, they would have been condemned. Those who claim that they could have planned it better and brought Israel positive PR are usually false messiahs and expert complainers who have never made a hard decision in their life.
One commentator claimed that Israel was guilty because they shot the first bullet. It didn’t matter that Israeli soldiers were being deadly clubbed. The first shot is what spells guilt. Being clubbed with iron bars and stabbed with long blade knives is inconsequential.
A Jew defending himself is what breaks the rules. Jews dying would be acceptable. Jews killing others in order to remain alive is the violation.
Even when Israel has done something with pure perfection, not one death, it is still criticized. Israel perfectly destroyed Iraq’s first nuclear reactor and the next day, even the US foolishly condemned Israel for saving the lives of untold millions.
In the past, the US leadership had the moral strength to veto outlandish UN anti-Israel resolutions. That era may have past. Now, the US has joined the world’s majority who is bent on extracting Israel from the world’s map and emboldening the face of radical Islamic movements.
In spite of the avalanche of anti-Israel media, polls show that the high majority of Americans understand that Israel is not evil. In amazement, many Americans seem to know that Israel is right even when the media defames the Jewish State.
Israel bashing for no matter what Israel does to try to keep the world safe, may be a popular sport for the media, political leaders, university faculty and students, but there is a world of people who see through the lies and are sick and tired of the falsehoods and deceptions which are being commonly demonstrated for the detriment of humankind.
This Sunday, at 2:00 P.M. in front of the Wilshire Blvd. Israel Consulate in Los Angeles, at Wilshire and La Jolla, there will be a demonstration in support of Israel. All are encouraged to attend.
Daryl Temkin, Ph.D. is the founder of the Israel Institute for the Advancement of Alternative Energy, which is devoted to teaching the world what Israel is doing to free humankind from global oil dependency. The Israel Institute is a not for profit, 501c3 organization. Tax deductible support can be given through the website at: Israel-Institute.org.
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Daryl Temkin, Ph.D.,
Founder
Israel Institute
Alternative Energy Advancement
and
Innovations Consulting
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