Keywords: Arab Hatred * Christians Israel * Arab-Israeli conflict * Israel * anti-semitism *  Hamas * Palestinian * Israel terrorism

Arab Hatred: The Difference Between Love and Hate

The Difference Between Love and Hate
by Mikael Knighton
Christians Standing with Israel

Earlier today, as I perused through my email and the various news headlines of the day over morning coffee, I happened upon two news stories that, after reading them both, left me...well, they left me synergistically befuddled. You see, each of these two stories, of which you will, after reading this article, gain a better understanding, are nothing new nor surprising when read and considered independently of one another. The events and circumstances found in each, individual article could be considered, by and large, everyday occurrences in the land of Israel, as evidenced by what we see on televisions and read in newspapers. However, after reading these two headlines within seconds apart, I became confused and perplexed. You see, these two headlines, in and of themselves, tell the whole story.

"Palestinian" Threats

The first article, entitled "Hamas Threatens Israel", was one riddled with hatred, disdain, vitriol and incitement as Abu Ubaida, spokesman of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, warned and threatened an Israeli, as it were, "occupation": "We will turn the Strip into a graveyard for soldiers of the occupation...", he said, "The Palestinian resistance is ready to deal with this aggression...

"We will teach the enemy a lesson and send him home disappointed, just like many times before. We have nothing to lose..."  The article, gathered from YNet News, reads as follows:

Hamas threatens Israel

Islamist organization holds intensive training sessions in Gaza for potential IDF raid of Strip. Hamas military wing spokesman says "We have nothing to lose, but this invasion will not be a walk in the park for the enemy. We will turn the Strip into a graveyard for soldiers of the "occupation"

Hamas gunmen have recently been holding intensive training sessions in preparation for the potential entry of IDF troops into the Gaza Strip. Izz al-Din al-Qassam, Hamas’ military wing, warned Israel not to enter Gaza if it did not wish to sustain major losses. “We will use weapons the occupation has never known before,” said Abu Ubaida, spokesman of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades. He said the organization was not afraid of threats by Israel’s military, but it was nevertheless preparing for a wide-scale ground invasion by the IDF.

According to Abu Ubaida, IDF helicopters regularly circled over the Strip, and military tanks and other equipment were multiplying daily by the Seam Line, mainly in the east and north. “The Palestinian resistance is ready to deal with this aggression,” he said, “We will teach the enemy a lesson and send him home disappointed, just like many times before. We have nothing to lose, but this invasion will not be a walk in the park for the enemy. We will turn the Strip into a graveyard for the soldiers of the occupation.”

Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter commented on the terror threats coming from Gaza, while at the opening of the Kadima branch in Sderot on Saturday night. “If we see that it is not in our power to reach an agreement through negotiations with Abu Mazen (Palestinian President Mahmouג Abbas) and other moderate sources in the Palestinian authority, and the terror from the Gaza Strip continues, we will resort to other ways, and Israel has ways to fight terror,” Dichter said.

During all recent security meetings, the question has not been whether or not to operate in the Strip, but when and how to do so. “Everyone says we can’t let the situation become like it was in Southern Lebanon. Eventually we’ll have to stand behind those words,” a security source concluded.

This is, of course, in response to a potentially imminent Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip aimed at putting an end to the onslaught of Qassam rockets that continue to be fired into southern Israel by Hamas militants. I know, such hatred on behalf of "Palestinian" militants towards the Jewish state hardly qualifies as "unique", nor is the nonstop barrage of rockets being launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel. My sentiments exactly, but then my eyes immediately met the headline for article #2.

From Israel with Love

The antithesis of its predecessor, the second article was one of compassion, courage and perseverance. While the first article wreaked of venom and hatred, the second embraced a loving kindness that, quite frankly, evades human understanding. The second headline, entitled, "Israeli Ambulance Saves Palestinian Baby", told of how a bullet-proof Israeli ambulance entered the "Palestinian" territory of Ramallah in order to
evacuate and thus save the life of a critically injured, six-month old, "Palestinian" infant. Thought to be the victim of poisoning, the infant was transported by the Israeli ambulance to the Chaim Sheva Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, where the Israeli medical team promptly and professionally (as indicated by eyewitnesses) handed over the child along with all medical documents. The article, gathered from YNet News, reads as follows:

MDA enters Ramallah to save Palestinian baby

For the first time since the intifada, an Israeli ambulance enters Palestinian territories in order to evacuate critically injured baby.

A bullet-proof Israeli ambulance entered the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday in order to save a six-month old baby in critical condition after reportedly inhaling toxic substances. This was the first time a Magen David Adom ambulance entered the Palestinian territories since the second intifada broke out in the year 2000.

Up until now, MDA ambulances would only go as far as the IDF checkpoints, where they would pick up Palestinian patients in need of medical care in Israel. Immediately after receiving the Palestinians' call for help, the Civil Administration's West Bank division called MDA requesting paramedics from Jerusalem take on the mission. Two Arab-Israeli paramedics took the call.

The paramedics evacuated the unconscious baby, just a few hours after two other babies, who went to the same daycare center as the boy, died of similar symptoms.MDA believes the babies were poisoned, but it is not clear with what or how.Upon arriving in Ramallah, the ambulance was escorted by a convoy of Palestinian police, who accompanied it all the way to the hospital, and blocked roads to ensure it got through safely.

The MDA team reported that the baby was handed over to them in a professional manner, along with all the needed medical documents. The team was in constant contact with the Jerusalem dispatch. The baby was taken to the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer, along with his parents, who received a special permit from the Civil Administration due to their son's serious condition.

A source from the Palestinian Ministry of Health told Ynet that all humanitarian matters, especially those concerning human lives, should be separated from political issues.

Perspective

I think you know where I'm going with this. Fathom, if you can, a scenario in which the circumstances were reversed--a scenario, as it were, in which an Israeli infant was on the fringe of death and the only timely medical response available was situated in Gaza City. As saddening as it may be, the reality of such a fabrication is that the infant would be lost, and its death would be a trophy headline that very evening on Al Jazeera television.

An expected response from the "Palestinian" side to this heroic act of courage on behalf of the Israeli medical workers, whom effectively saved the life of the Palestinian infant, would be one of gratitude--one of thanks. Quite contrarily, the "Palestinian" Ministry of Health had this to say in response, "all humanitarian matters, especially those concerning human lives, should be separated from political issues." Fair enough, but I ask you, would the "Palestinians" abide by that logic?

If you do not have an answer, then consider the outcome, and subsequent "Palestinian" response, if the infant had died. 

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