Difference in Humanity: Israel's Superiority Over Hezbollah

(From the AP)

Israel and Hezbollah engaged in a prisoner exchange--people taken hostage during the 2006 summer war.

Hezbollah gave Israel the remains of 2 individuals in black coffins.

Israel released 5 members of Hezbollah. These 5 are still alive.

No longer can liberals criticize Israel for human rights abuses. They always do their best to prevent unnecessary death.

Hezbollah, on the other hand, will always opt for killing over preserving life.

The difference in humanity is astounding.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,383441,00.html

Security Breach

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/13/terror/main3496101.shtml


A woman with possible Hezbollah ties, who had worked both in the FBI and CIA, is now accused of a security breach. Check out the article above.

Syria at it again

Another anti-Syrian politician in Lebanon has been ruthlessly killed by a car bomb. Antoine Ghanem is the 8th notable anti-Syrian politician to be murdered in the last couple years. Ghanem, a member of the Christian Phalange Party, was killed along with 6 others in the Christian suburb of Sin el Fil located east of Beirut.

This assassination comes in a time of great political strife in Lebanon. The government of Fuad Sinoria finds itself in constant conflict with the Hezbollah-led opposition.

More importantly, the Parliament was scheduled to select a new President next week. This assassination was obviously an attempt by Syria to intimidate the Anti-Syrian forces in the hopes of either extending Emile Lahoud's already unconstitutional term, or by getting Parliament to pick a President amenable to Syria's wishes.

Either way, this situation needs to be watched closely. Since the Cedar Revolution, Lebanon has been a struggling democracy, gasping for breath despite regional conflicts and violence.

In the New York Sun today, Congresswoman from Florida, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen writes about the threat that Syria poses for the United States and the whole Middle Eastern region.
http://www.nysun.com/article/62938

Silence that Hurts

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
-MLK

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/08/09/college_heads_oppose_slap_at_israel/

Israel is always being persecuted unfairly. Now a British academic union is proposing a boycott of Israeli academic institutions. Thankfully, 286 American colleges and universities are opposing this boycott and have signed a petition against it. Several big name Boston area schools are noticeably missing from the petition. These schools include:

-Boston University
-Boston College
-Amherst College
-Wellesley College
-Harvard

How can these schools not stand behind academic freedom? How can they not reach out to one of America's greatest allies?

More importantly, how can they censure a country whose human rights record (when evaluated fairly) is far superior to so many other countries who are not being boycotted?

If we should start boycotting academic institutions, let's boycott all the Academic institutions in Arab countries. Let's boycott all the institutions in Asian countries. These countries surely have worse human rights records. Israel doesn't stone women for being seen in public without supervision like in Middle Eastern countries. Israel also doesn't kill people and then sell their organs like China.

No, Israel has a healthy rule of law and does its best to protect its citizens and innocent lives in other countries that it attacks. Notice, during the Israel-Hezbollah war of 2006, before bombing Hezbollah, Israel would always shower the area with pamphlets so civilians would have a chance to escape.

Now is not the time to withdraw support from Israel. It's time to stick with our friends and voice our support. Shame on those Boston schools who failed to stand by Israel.