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Official Response: Rasool Snyman

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The following is the official response to the Hot Topic: Gaza / Israel comment by Rasool Snyman, which aired on both noelharrison.net and sweetbru.com on the 10th of January 2009;

Direct URL Links:

  1. http://sweetbru.com/2009/01/hot-topic-gaza-israel-noel-harrison/
  2. http://www.noelharrison.net/archives/93

Rassool – Thanks for your comment. I had done plenty research into the topic as I saw that comment coming up about me checking the facts, and here is the thing, nothing in this post can be disputed. Everything is backed up factually, go check your sources (which are backed up in multiple places, so even you will find it easy to see that what I have said), go read the Koran, go do your research and then come back to the debating table, I feel that you are actually the one who is in “not know” category and until you can back your statements made, you remain in that category in the eyes of me and by the other comments, it seems in the eye of the general readers of this blog.

You know, I feel that the stated aim of Hamas is enough for Israel to take such actions, their goal: See Israel Destroyed? How would you react to this, put yourself in the position of Israel and think, if you had a group wanting to kill you, and not hiding the fact they want to kill you, what would you do.

I recommend that you look past what you hear in the media, I recommend that you look past the common beliefs and I recommend that you look past the popular opinion and actually do hours and hours of hard research and then, and only then are you ready to come back to the debating table, don’t come here with your insults, until you know the facts, do not come here and make accusations. More so, you must of never heard the saying “No pain, no gain”, that I feel covers the war for peace comment.

Now to be honest with you, I posted this post on my personal blog, and subsequently was asked to post it here, so I admit that I am siding with Israel, although I do not share their belief, I have looked at the clearly stated facts, and have made my decision as to whom to support, and my choice is Israel. I look forward to your read up response.

Noel Harrison

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Hot Topic: Gaza/Israel

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Before we go into the actual discussion of this particular unrest, I feel that it is important to get a fuller understanding of the situation that had been developing in Israel and Gaza before Israel began firing rockets and attacking Gaza in full force.

General Background:

Gaza is a heavily populated area of land holding approximately 1.5 million people in the size of about two times the size of Washington. The United Nations organization has estimated that the area’s unemployment rate is sitting close to 50%. Many sanctions have been placed on them which has caused much damage to the economy and to their economic growth.

The main usage of the ground is for the cultivation of citrus. Other main crops are olives and wheat. This is exported. Their main language is Arabic but they also speak English and Hebrew.

The Gaza was occupied by the Israeli troops from 1967 until 1993 when the forces removed and limited power was handed over to the Palestinians. Hamas a political faction in the area took control by force in 2007 pushing out the government of President Mahmoud Abbas who was a part of the opposition group of Hamas. The United States has declared Hamas as a terrorist group.

Geographical Positioning:

Hamas Control of the Gaza Strip:

By the June of 2007, the Gaza Strip was “completely overrun by Hamas” which now basically controls the Gaza Strip and has declared itself the legitimate government of the Palestinian National Authority. The Palastinian President however did not agree with this and immediately declared a state of emergency and disolved the unity government and reformed but this time without the participation of Hamas. The government of Abbas won large international support.

According to Amnesty International, Hamas closed down newspapers and harassed journalists. Christians had also been threatened and assaulted. The owner of a Chrisitian book shop was abducted and murdered and on the 15th of February 2008, the Chrisitian Youth Organisation’s library was bombed.

Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza continued to attack Israel across the border with Quassam rockets and according to Israel, between the Hamas take over of the Gaza Strip and the end of the January of 2008, 697 rockets and 822 mortar bombs were fired at Israeli towns and cities. Israel’s response to this was to declare the Gaza Strip a “hostile entity”. By doing this, it made it “ok” for Israel to cut the fuel and electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip. This lead to power shortages in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has used many public buildings such as schools and hospitals as staging grounds for attacks and retaliations.

Now that we have a better understanding of the canvas of the current unrest in the Gaza Strip / Israel, I am going to enter into the current situation and give my opinion on the matter;

  1. At this point in time, I do not feel that peace is the answer. I believe that sometimes in order to reach peace, (which by no terms the Gaza Strip was before Israel attacked) one needs to go to war. In order to achieve great peace, we very often need great sacrafice. The common saying is no pain, no gain.
  2. Hamas has been sending rockets into South Israel. Even though only a few of these missiles have hit a target and even though very few Israelis have died in such a manner, the rockets cause fear to those living in Israel.
  3. These attacks are one of Israels strategies to ensure that Hamas fails in the governing of the Palestinian people who chose Hamas to elect them in the beginning. Also another thing, if the people elected them into power, surely these people are backing Hamas and then directly are backing the attacks on Israel, so when we speak of the innocent being killed, in fact how innocent are they? The people deserve the government that they choose, so should that government lead them into war, the people should accept the consequences that come with that government.
  4. If you were being bombed and attacked by a neighbour for 8 days, what would you do? I think the answer is reasonably clear. You are going to retaliate, you are going to fight, and you are not going to fight lightly.
  5. Hamas is Muslim, In the holy Koran, the killing of the infidel is supported. This means that the Muslim religion supports the killing of anyone who is not Muslim. Israel is a predominately Jewish country, so how should they take that? I think that for that reason, one could say the attacks by Israel are purley defensive.
  6. Hamas has refused to accept a the ceasefire, and have openly stated that one of their requirement is to see Israel destroyed. Hamas does not want peace!
  7. Between the 19th of June and the 4th of November, Israel and the Gaza Strip were meant to be at peace, however, Hamas still insisted on firing 65 rockets into Israel, Israel had done nothing in retaliation, until now! (Thank you DarkAl for some of these facts from answers.yahoo.com)

All in all, I feel that the attacks on the Gaza Strip is the right thing to do. I think it shows terrorists (Hamas) that they can not do as they please, and I think that it is a pity that so much of the world are giving them sympathy and worse so pointing fingers and becoming angry with Israel. Go Israel! Go until the terror stops!

Noel Harrison

Has Israel gone to far? – by Gary Bauer

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Gaza / Israel Attacks

I was emailed this wonderful opinion of the war / attacks going between Hamas and Israel. I am not all that clued up on the topic, but I understand a basic jist of what is going on, and by what I can see, I feel that Israel is doing the right thing. I have attached this email which was originally authored by Gary Bauer.

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To judge by much of the world’s response to Israel’s actions since being besieged by Hamas rocket attacks is to answer in the affirmative. But while much of the media and political Left continue to present the radical Islamists as “David” and Israel as “Goliath,” a closer look shows that Israel waited as long as it could before responding to an enemy whose sole reason to exist is to ensure that the Jewish State won’t.

For months, Hamas thugs in Gaza have fired missiles and mortars into southern Israel, subjecting hundreds of thousands of Israelis to a campaign of 24-hour terror. This was done in clear violation of an Egyptian-negotiated cease-fire to which Hamas had agreed. Hamas ended the truce even against the wishes of some Muslim heads of state. Then after pounding Israel for a week, and after Israel warned it would respond,

Hamas did nothing but continue bombing, targeting civilian centers across southern Israel.

Gaza / Israel Attacks
So while the world collectively yawned during months of Hamas attacks against Israel, when Israel did what any sovereign nation would do under the same circumstances — striking back at those responsible for the aggression — it was met with a chorus of condemnation. The American Left is planning to hold “Gaza solidarity” rallies today in 26 states; thousands demonstrated in Washington D.C.; protestors met outside the Israeli embassy in London; and 2,000 Germans demonstrated against Israel in Berlin.

The Israel-bashers argue that, since most rockets and mortars fired by Hamas into Israel have missed their targets, Israel should not respond effectively. But under international law, any nation can respond at a level sufficient to meet the threat. Hamas rocket attacks are destroying normal life and have made daily routines impossible for countless Israelis whose children cannot go to school. Israel has every legal and moral right to demolish the terror infrastructure that supports the daily rocket attacks on its people.

Of course, we’ve seen this movie before. The same scenario has been played out numerous times. In August 2005, Israel spent billions of dollars relocating thousands of its own citizens from settlements in Gaza, only for that act of beneficence to be interpreted by Hamas as validation of their brutal terrorism. Gaza was transformed into, in Benyamin Netanyahu’s words, “a huge base for terror.” In February 2007, Hamas used Gaza to launch thousands of rockets that hit civilians in Ashkelon.

And, just as night follows day, each time Israel responds with force, it is condemned for its “disproportionate response.” This time around, more than 300 Palestinians have been killed, against four Israelis. But here’s why. Gaza is one of the most densely populated areas of the world, and Hamas is infamous for hiding among its constituents, using them as human shields. Weapons are being stored in mosques. The only university in Gaza has turned its labs over to the terrorists, who are using them to make bombs and mortars. These cowards intentionally set up their bases near schools and hospitals to maximize the number of casualties to gain sympathy in the media.

Gaza is hell, but not because of Israel. Its conditions are unbearable because its people elected Hamas — an organization with no economic plan, no educational ideas, nothing to offer at all except to kill the Jews, kill the infidel and destroy Israel.

Gaza, in recent years, has been turned into “Gazastan,” an Islamic republic that educates its own children to seek death in martyrdom operations. Gaza TV airs children’s shows that teach six and seven year-olds to kill Jews. The Gaza government just instituted a new legal code based on Sharia Islamic law that permits crucifixion for certain crimes against Islam.


Hamas exists to wreak havoc and destroy Israel. And it has acted accordingly since its inception. Between 2000 and 2004, Hamas was responsible for the deaths of 400 Israelis, according to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.The Hamas charter states that “Israel will exist and will continue to exist until Islam will obliterate it, just as it obliterated others before it.” And, “[t]here is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors.” Hamas also is a proxy of Iran, whose president denies the Holocaust and vows to “wipe Israel off the map.”

Tuesday, Israel rejected international pressure to end air strikes against Hamas, which continues to hit Israeli civilian centers across Southern Israel. Though the number of Israeli casualties may be small, Hamas doesn’t really mind if its missiles fail to hit their targets. As long as Israel hits its targets, and as a consequence more Palestinian civilians are killed, Hamas is content, because images of dead Palestinians helps Hamas in the eyes of its real target, public opinion.

The New Year will bring nothing new to Gaza so long as Hamas is allowed to perpetuate the same old vicious cycle of provocation, reprisal and international outrage against Israel.

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