Mar 28 2009
Do You Remember Israel?
Do you remember Israel?
That’s right. The Israel that fought against all odds to win independence in 1948.
The Israel that beat the pants of four aggressive nations to regain Jerusalem after a lack of control for almost 2,000 years.
The Israel that excessively assertively entered Entebbe for what is likely the most successful mission to rescue hostages in the history of the world.
The Israel that slickly snatched Adolph Eichmann out of South America to try him for his atrocious crimes against humanity.
The Israel that has eliminated terrorists in some of the most impressive and creative ways imaginable, everything from bombs in cell phones, to missiles shot through office windows with pinpoint accuracy.
The Israel that filled its military with laws that protect the rights of all of its religious soldiers so they could observe their laws to the fullest.
The Israel with laws preventing soldiers with siblings who have died in duty from serving in frontline units without parental consent.
The Israel where a siren rings throughout every city to remember its fallen soldiers, and cars stop even in the middle of the highway so people can stand at attention. The Israel where even though we may not all get along at all times, we all recognize that we are brethren and ultimately we will stand together through thick and thin.
The Israel where soldiers are forced to throw Jews out of their homes and are jailed if they refuse, and Israeli soldiers slickly dress up like Arabs to capture Jews who try and live on our own land…
Gosh, I miss what Israel WAS.
Soldier Jailed for Not Razing Outpost, Police Entrap Jews
by Hillel Fendel (IsraelNN.com) An army driver was sentenced to 20 days in jail for refusing to take part in destroying the Meoz Esther outpost, and six arrests were made when police ambushed them from within a car with an Arab license plate.
The soldier driver was sentenced on Thursday by an IDF regiment commander. The soldier had refused to take part in the destruction of the Meoz Esther start-up neighborhood, near Kokhav HaShachar, carried out the same day.
The soldier is a resident of the Shomron town of Kedumim, and was himself forcibly evacuated from another Shomron town, Sa-Nur, during the Disengagement of 2005. Despite this, he was ordered to join a police force that was to destroy Meoz Esther.
He responded, “I cannot take part in that, take someone else.”
His commander did find someone else – and told the first soldier he would be tried by a Lt.-Col, who sent him to jail for 20 days.
