by Bill Stafford

Created on: May 15, 2008

There is no question in this writer's mind as to the source of continuing conflict in Gaza. The simple fact is that so long as a single Jew draws the breath of life into his lungs; so long as one descendant of Abraham through Isaac and Jacob remains in the land given to them by God more than three-thousand-five-hundred years ago, the followers of the pedophile, Mohammad, steeped in hatred of Jews from infancy, will strive to follow the rabid teachings of their Mullahs and Imams.

Gaza is controlled by one of the most militant, anti-Israel, anti-Jew factions currently active in the Middle East, Hamas. One might think Hamas is merely a small but vocal group over-riding the peaceful desires of the populace. Alas, the people of Gaza in free election chose Hamas candidates over the more moderate Fatah, thereby suggesting the majority of Gazans agree with the platform presented by Hamas, that Israel must be annihilated and the Jews driven into the Sea.

When then Israeli Prime-Minister, Ariel Sharon, ordered the withdrawal of all Jews from Gaza, there was a wide division of opinion among Israelis. The comments ranged from the far-right opinion that Sharon had become a traitor, selling out his country and his countrymen for political expediency, to the far left insistence that giving up Israeli land to the Palestinians was a certain way and the only way to finally achieve peace.

Given the history of the Jewish People, slavery, exile, domination by foreign armies, expulsion from their own land, inquisition, banishment from other lands. pogroms, Holocaust, rejection, finally to return to their own land only to have vastly superior numbers of neighboring armies repeatedly attacking, and the Author of Terrorism, Yasser Arafat, teaching 750 million Arabs and Persians how to make life miserable for Jews all over the world, it is certainly understandable that many Israelis would be tired of violence. It is not surprising they would adopt an attitude of, "Give them whatever they want, we just want to live in peace." But that ploy doesn't work with Islamic extremists, or for that matter, with Islamic moderates.

The fact of the matter is, the holy book of Islam, the Qur'an, or Koran, is the Handbook of Hatred, not only hatred of Jews, but for all infidels. an infidel by Muslim definition is anyone who does not believe in Islam and refuses to convert. Put very bluntly, if you are not a Muslim, you are to be despised. The Qur'an teaches Muslims that when they meet an infidel, they

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