IT'S TOO SMALL A PLACE FOR HELL
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
An Israeli soldier is dead. He was lynched. Further, the soldier was a
teen-ager. So much for sanity in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza
pullout.
This is all uncalled for. Yet it is happening in the Holy Land.
It's predictable. Those Jews who live in Gaza area should have been left
in peace to enjoy their front yards and back yards, their living rooms and
dining rooms. They knew their neighbors. They went to their shops and
purchased housegoods. They were used to their own closeness to one
another. They entertained one another for birthdays and anniversaries.
Then Sharon and cabinet came along to do away with their front and back
yards, their living and dining rooms, their shops and neighborhood parks.
Why? To allow more room for more Jews' homes? No. To open up the Gaza for
the enemy Muslims to take over.
And with the Bush administration giving support to this abuse, the Israeli
soldiers have been trained how to kill fellow Jews if the latter refuse to
leave their houses.
This is one of the most horrific scenes taking place on the globe. Yet I
don't know of many freedom-based national leaders protesting. I don't hear
anyone from the World Council of Churches speaking out against this
injustice against religious believers known as "Jews." Yet in other
situations Christians and Jews have stood alongside one another to fight
injustices.
So now a teen who was mentored in how to slaughter other Jews is hanging
from a rope. Is the world media slamming this against the face of
civilized peoples or is this just another news event?
It appears as another news event as far as I can tell. Could it be that so
much of the horrific has occurred in the Middle East since May 1948 that
the world community has become numb to it? Could very well be.
But I personally cannot get out of my head that teen. He was coaxed. He
was "trained." He was postured to do what he did. And now his life is
extinguished.
Yes, he killed four Arabs. But was it the voice in his head from mentors
that killed the four or what he alone who killed the four? Only God knows.
One can predict the carnage will increase. Why should it stop? Why
shouldn't it continue to escalate? It will.
An Israeli soldier is dead. He was lynched. Further, the soldier was a
teen-ager. So much for sanity in Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Gaza
pullout.
This is all uncalled for. Yet it is happening in the Holy Land.
It's predictable. Those Jews who live in Gaza area should have been left
in peace to enjoy their front yards and back yards, their living rooms and
dining rooms. They knew their neighbors. They went to their shops and
purchased housegoods. They were used to their own closeness to one
another. They entertained one another for birthdays and anniversaries.
Then Sharon and cabinet came along to do away with their front and back
yards, their living and dining rooms, their shops and neighborhood parks.
Why? To allow more room for more Jews' homes? No. To open up the Gaza for
the enemy Muslims to take over.
And with the Bush administration giving support to this abuse, the Israeli
soldiers have been trained how to kill fellow Jews if the latter refuse to
leave their houses.
This is one of the most horrific scenes taking place on the globe. Yet I
don't know of many freedom-based national leaders protesting. I don't hear
anyone from the World Council of Churches speaking out against this
injustice against religious believers known as "Jews." Yet in other
situations Christians and Jews have stood alongside one another to fight
injustices.
So now a teen who was mentored in how to slaughter other Jews is hanging
from a rope. Is the world media slamming this against the face of
civilized peoples or is this just another news event?
It appears as another news event as far as I can tell. Could it be that so
much of the horrific has occurred in the Middle East since May 1948 that
the world community has become numb to it? Could very well be.
But I personally cannot get out of my head that teen. He was coaxed. He
was "trained." He was postured to do what he did. And now his life is
extinguished.
Yes, he killed four Arabs. But was it the voice in his head from mentors
that killed the four or what he alone who killed the four? Only God knows.
One can predict the carnage will increase. Why should it stop? Why
shouldn't it continue to escalate? It will.
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