An Israeli investigative news television program carried a story last night regarding a four-year-old Sudanese girl who was abducted by Egyptian soldiers last month as she and her family tried to make their way into Israel.

Many Sudanese fleeing from the genocide in Darfur have made their way to Egypt, only to find their hosts nearly as hostile as the Arab militiamen who drove them from their homeland. Those who have read a Bible or have knowledge of the Nazi Holocaust have then turned to Israel and the Jews for refuge. Continue reading »

Israel this week marked 40 years since its stunning victory over vastly superior Arab forces in the 1967 Six Day War. The rest of the world remembered the event by unleashing a flood of criticism over Israel’s continued “occupation” of Judea, Samaria and the Golan Heights.

When Israel’s detractors speak of the “illegal occupation” they are basing their position on UN Security Council Resolution 242.

However, an honest examination of the resolution and the subsequent events of of the past four decades reveals that Israel’s control of these territories in fact constitutes a legal occupation. Continue reading »

Lebanon’s military forces have for the past week been pounding Islamic terrorists operating out of a Palestinian “refugee camp” in the north of the country. Not wanting to risk large military casualties, the Lebanese army has primarily been using tank fire and artillery to target their enemies.

According to numbers presented by the media, at least 50 terrorists have been killed, along with untold numbers of civilians.

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Geopolitical assessments regarding the possibility of war spewed by United Nations officials are about as useful as bestowing Nobel Peace Prizes on Islamic terrorists.

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It is no secret any longer that the Arab states of the Middle East have no intention of resettling the so-called “Palestinian refugees” and easing their lives. They are far too valuable as diplomatic pawns in the great quest to destroy Israel.

What is a real shame, though, is that nations like the United States do not demand that the UN stop helping the Arabs to perpetuate the daily suffering of these people.

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Michael Williams, special advisor on the Middle East to the new UN chief, assured the world on Tuesday that during his recent visit to Jerusalem he “forcefully” let Israel know that its violations of Lebanese airspace are unacceptable.

But I wonder if the UN has employed equal force in insisting that Lebanon comply with its obligations under the truce deal that ended last summer’s war between Israel and Hezbollah?

Of course, I know the answer to that one.

Apparently, these nitwits are more concerned about Lebanon’s sovereignty over the air than they are about another war erupting because still-heavily-armed Hezbollah can’t keep its missiles in its pants.

At least not when it comes to demonizing Israel.

I know I should not be surprised, but sometimes the audacity of the UN still causes me to lose some coffee through my nose.

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Again, the international media and many Western government are jumping the gun, and mistaking Hamas’ efforts to secure financial aid as an indication the terror group is suddenly ready to abandon its core positions and live in peaceful coexistence with Israel.

The source of the misguided enthusiasm this time is news of an imminent Palestinian Authority unity government, under the terms of which Hamas appears to be indirectly recognizing the Jewish state.

But it is not peace that is driving this move. Rather it is the crushing economic sanctions the PA has been living under since Hamas took over the government in January. Hamas has seen its popularity plummet after being unable to pay over 150,000 PA employees for the past half year. The group is desperate to secure funds. But certainly not desperate enough to renounce the virulent hatred for and brutal violence against Israel that brought it to power.

Asked by Israel’s Army Radio if Hamas’ implicit acceptance of negotiations with Israel signalled an “end to the conflict,” Hamas government spokesman Ghazi Hamad said Tuesday:

“That’s not what we’re saying. We have no problem accepting a state with the 1967 borders.” However, “We are not willing to recognize Israel. This is our country.”

A day earlier, Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told Ha’aretz:

“We would like to have the embargo lifted, but we will not surrender to external dictates and we will not agree to sacrifice the interests and rights of the Palestinian people.”

The left-wing Israeli newspaper also noted that the draft unity government proposal also provides for Hamas to reject any previous agreements between Israel and the PA that it feels do not “serve Palestinian interests.” And while it does call for a halt to acts of terror inside sovereign Israel, the deal gives a green light for continued violence against Jews living in Judea and Samaria.

Unfortunately, the international community, and in particular the mainstream media, continue to see only what they want to see, rather than listening to what Hamas has to say or actually reading the documents that are purportedly forming the base of future peace and stability.

Reading through the news today on the arms embargo Israel and the international community are trying to implement against Hizb’allah, it struck me how naive the world’s relations with the Arab Middle East remain to this day.

Germany has sent a team of border police and customs experts to advise the Lebanese on how to most effectively keep their borders shut to illegal terrorist arms shipments. The very misguided assumption is that Beirut wants to and will deny terrorists such as Hizb’allah the arms they need just as vigorously as Germany, Britain or the US would.

For some reason, the world continues to ignore the fact that a large portion of the Lebanese vote for Hizb’allah in national elections, the group has two ministers in the Cabinet, Lebanon’s president publicly praises Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah as a national hero, and the army openly admits that it views Hizb’allah as a strategic military asset.

Imagine if following the 9/11 attacks on the US the international community decided to take Taliban-controlled Afghanistan at its word that no more arms or funds would reach the Al Qaeda killers in its midst. I doubt that would have been acceptable to most Americans.

Now, Lebanon is a country deeply divided down religious lines, and some sects and religions truly do want Hizb’allah gone. Some even take Israel’s side and openly support the Jewish state.

But those who genuinly oppose terrorism, even against Israel, are most definitely the exception in the Middle East, and are not the majority in Lebanon. Though Hizb’allah is Shi’ite and most of the Arab world is dominated by Sunni Islam, the maxim “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” forms the basis of most relations in this region, and few could care less about a group’s background so long as it is killing Jews and advancing the greater Arab cause.

And so, while the world believes that Hizb’allah’s minority base of direct support in Lebanon will equal success for the embargo, we can expect the terror group to begin taking delivery of Syrian and Iranian arms again in the very near future.

Been writing about Kofi Annan a lot lately, but he just keeps making such ridiculous, two-faced statements that he is practically picking on himself.

So, everyone remembers that when the UN put an end to the recent Israel-Hizb’allah war, part of the deal was that Hizb’allah would be disarmed and no longer capable of threatening Israel.

That was then revised, with the UN saying it could not and would not be the one to disarm Hizb’allah, that Lebanon was responsible for doing so. Beirut, naturally, said it was not going to take the guns out of the hands of a group it views as a strategic military asset.

On Wednesday, Annan looked to further clarify things from his side by stating that any Lebanese armed terrorist organization could only be disarmed by national consensus. (Wonder if he would take the same position if a well-armed murderous group like Hizb’allah was operating out of, say, England or Germany or Italy, and attacking neighboring states?)

Anyway, where Annan’s hypocrisy makes itself evident here is in the fact that he expects Israel to comply with UN dictates, regardless of national consensus. In Israel, I guarantee a majority of the population - and a large majority at that - was for continuing the war a little longer and crushing Hizb’allah. And I would wager they are now for maintaining the blockade on Lebanon as long as necessary to ensure their abducted troops are returned and Hizb’allah is unable to replenish its arsenal.

But who cares about Israeli national consensus? Apparently not Annan.