I was a local news producer for almost 15 years. I was paid a lot of money, for my instinct about 'what is news'. I knew when a story was a big deal locally, in our city, and when it was going to become a 'national' story and when it wasn't really a big deal at all.
What's strange about living in Israel, is that nothing is 'local' here...everything is 'international'! A lunatic drives a bulldozer into a bus, and it's breaking news on every international news channel. A group of terrorists try to break an Israeli naval blockade, they resist Israel's navy trying to inspect the ship, in the process shoot and stab 7 soldiers and it sparks protests AGAINST ISRAEL in cities around the globe.
It's really wild.
If I didn't believe in the Bible and all that it has to say about Israel being a stumbling block for the world...I just wouldn't know how to make sense of it.
No matter what the story, Israel is the bad guy.
This boat of terrorists came from Turkey. When the incident involving the Israeli navy was happening, as soon as reports came out that 20 of the Turkish people on board had been killed...Turkey instantly recalled their Ambassador from Israel, filed a complaint with the U.N. and got the U.N. security council to condemn Israel formally.
ALL THIS HAPPENED, WHILE THE BOATS WERE STILL IN THE WATER!
Clearly they had done a thorough investigation. Clearly they knew that 9 people were killed and not 20 (still a tragedy for sure, of course), that 7 Israeli navy seals were stabbed, shot or beaten, that there were dozens of members of al qaeda on board the ship. Clearly they knew all this, while the incident was still in the process of happening.
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last night, Israel is guilty until proven guilty. Sad, but true.
But tonight, I joined hundreds of my fellow Israelis outside the Turkish embassy in Tel Aviv, to peacefully stand up and say 'we love our country', 'we love and thank our soldiers who defend us', 'we do not apologize for stopping ships full of terrorists from breaking our naval blockade', 'we will not ever allow hamas terrorists who control Gaza to import weapons again'.
We sang our national anthem 'Hatikva' (The Hope), we waved flags and we made our voices heard.
Thanks Chaim, Our hearts are heavy as we hear the news. It makes us anxious to be there and we cannot so we pray.
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God bless you Zanetta!
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