Friday, October 13th, 2023
My Dear America:
I woke up Last Saturday into a New World, A world in which the relative safety of most of the resident's of Israel had become a thing of the past. Terrorists from the Militant Group, Hamas had broken out of their essentially Prison Like State in Gaza in Israel and had gone on a Cruel and Shameful Rampage in which Countless Israeli residents were Ruthlessly Murdered. The Murders were not only just outside of the borders of Gaza but were Far Reaching all over the Country of Israel and although some were just straight up murders, which would have been bad enough, some were straight up Shameless Crimes Against Humanity perpetrated against largely innocent and peaceful Israelis such as Women, Children, including Infants, Disabled People and the Elderly. Although many were killed outright, some Israelis were taken as hostages to be used as Human Bargaining Chips and Human Shields during the Inevitable Backlash from Hell that was bound to come from the Israeli Government and in particular the Israeli Military.
Some of the Israeli Survivors of the Hamas attacks report that the killers of Israeli Jews were, for the most part, laughing and jubilant as they raced across Israel killing, raping, torturing and beheading whoever was unfortunate enough to be in their path.
Unfortunately we have seen and experienced madness like this before. Certainly the Jewish People have had more than their share of Genocidal efforts to wipe them out throughout history. Adolph Hitler's Nazi Regime in Germany took efforts to kill Jews to a new and brutal level which eliminated over Six Million European Jews during the course of World War II.
Largely as the result of what happened in Nazi Germany many of the surviving Jews in their search for a safe place to live decided to gather together in Israel. After a very rough start and even a couple of wars to insure their survival the Jews of Israel managed to establish a relatively peaceful homeland where the Jews that lived in Palestine could finally live in peace.
There has been one very significant problem, however, that has reared its ugly head in Israel time after time. Although Israeli's have now been in Palestine for generations there has been little thought given to improving the lives of the Palestinian Arabs on the West Bank and Gaza who still live in Israel.
While there have been some Israeli Leaders who have recognized and worked toward the prospect of a Two State Solution to the Palestinian problem in Israel, unfortunately those leaders not only had difficulty convincing Israelis to cooperate with this prospect they also had problems convincing Palestinians to cooperate.
Unfortunately Benjamin Netanyahu, today's Israeli Prime Minister has taken the idea of a Two State Solution with the Israelis and the Palestinians cooperating and buried it along with the hopes of Native Palestinians.
Some of those hopeless Palestinians last Saturday let loose with an Angry and Brutal Assault on the Israelis who they feel have stolen their homeland much like the American Indians reacted when the white man came and stole their homeland that we now call America.
The Reckless Assault by Hamas on mostly innocent Israeli's certainly can't be justified. Hamas had no right to kill, kidnap and terrorize Israelis but it must be understood why it was that these people were so pissed off. In their minds Israel stole their homeland from them and locked them away in parts of Palestine that in their minds resembled Prison Camps, the same type of camps that Jews had been locked away in during World War II.
I am in agreement with President Biden's decision to back Israel in their desperate time of need. Certainly the terrorists of Hamas need to pay for their war crimes and clearly the Israeli Government and Military are poised to make them do so.
Unfortunately, it appears as though the Hamas Terrorists are not the only ones who will pay a high price for their Terrorist Crimes. Certainly the Israeli Hostages have been threatened with assassination by their captors if Israel invades Gaza. Israel is warning innocent Gaza residents to leave or at the very least retreat to Southern Gaza if they can't get out completely.
What seems clear at this point in time is that it does not bode well for the Innocents in Gaza while Israel amasses their troops along the Gaza Border while they bomb the hell out of Gaza.
As if this situation was not bad enough, Donald Trump has chosen to try to get his name back on the news channels by making controversial statements criticizing Netanyahu and calling terrorists like Hezbollah "Smart" in a speech this week.
Clearly Trump is angry that this story of Death and Destruction in Israel has blown him off the National News during the last week. He also can't stand seeing Netanyahu and Biden standing together giving each other support. Trump in his recent self serving speech stated that he was the best friend Israel and Netanyahu ever had. This is a strange statement coming from someone who enjoys hanging out with Nazis.
Certainly Trump and Netanyahu have something in common with each other. Both are being pursued by the law and the courts in their home countries. Prior to this latest terrorist situation Netanyahu was attempting to take away the power of the Israeli Supreme Court which was pursuing Netanyahu's criminal conduct.
Indeed, Trump and Netanyahu have been together in many respects with regard to putting their own personal agenda's in ahead of their Home Country's Political Agendas.
It remains to be seen what happens in Israel with regard to Prime Minister Netanyahu. Egyptian Authorities claim that they warned Netanyahu of the upcoming terrorist action prior to it happening. If that can be proved I think Netanyahu's Political future is dim at best.
Hopefully Israel's future will improve with time and an investment of concern for their Palestinian Neighbors before it is too late for Israel to Recover and Prosper.
Sincerely Yours
Jerry Gallagher
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