Op-ed:

Is Israel on the verge of destruction...

By: Diane Sori 

  

Israel is now moving closer, and rightly so, to an all-out ground offensive the likes unseen since the '67 Yom Kippur War. 

Over the past few days, Hamas, from deep inside Gaza, fired more than 150 rockets into the heart of Israel with some reaching the suburbs of Tel-Aviv and leaving three Israelis dead.

Israeli officials have now declared a state of emergency in the country's south, where more than one million Israelis live within range of Gaza's rocket attacks.  Israeli's were told to stay close to fortified areas and to bomb shelters.

This is how Israeli's live on a daily basis and this is how they are NO longer willing to live. 

And while the 'Iron Dome' Missile Defense System can stop most incoming rockets it cannot stop all incoming rockets as the recent deaths proved.  And now Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly 'made it clear' in NO uncertain terms that Israel could NO longer and will NO longer stand by as repeated attacks are made on its towns, settlements, cities, and civilians.

"No government would tolerate a situation where nearly a fifth of its people live under a constant barrage of rockets and missile fire, and Israel will not tolerate this situation," Netanyahu said.

Continuing on with, "This is why my government has instructed the Israeli Defense Forces to conduct surgical strikes against the terrorist infrastructure in Gaza.  And this is why Israel will continue to take whatever action is necessary to defend our people."  Netanyahu has made it extremely clear that he has had more than enough. 

And now the harbingers of war are upon Israel.

"If there is a need, the military is prepared to expand the operation.  We will continue to do everything to protect our citizens" Netanyahu said on Israeli TV.  And with the Israeli military now having been cleared to call up special reserve units this ground war might become a reality and in a very short time, especially since Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has approved the call-up of 30,000 reservists, and with an IDF spokesman saying on Israeli Army radio that Israeli tanks and infantry troops are heading southward on Israel's highways towards Gaza.

These developments are a strong indication that Israeli troops are preparing to enter Gaza and end this once and for all.  And add to all this the very dangerous fact that the escalation in violence coming from Gaza raises the risk of a wider Mid-East conflict, and calls Israel’s peace treaty with Egypt into jeopardy as Egypt is now under control of the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the very groups backing Hamas.  In fact, Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood supported President Mohamed Morsi has rejected what he refers to as Israel's 'aggression' in Gaza, saying it threatened to destabilize the region and has ordered his Prime Minister Hesham Kandil to lead a delegation to Gaza on Friday to decide what their next move against Israel will be.

But make NO mistake about it...Israel has every right to defend itself and the United States, as Israel's closest ally and friend, should stand side by side with her but we sadly know that this president, Barack HUSSEIN Obama, will NOT for he sides with those out to wipe Israel off the map.

Yesterday Obama proved just this as he issued a perfunctory support statement for Israel's right to self-defense but urged Israel to avoid civilian casualties in the Palestinian territory...NO concern for Israeli casualties...only concern for Palestinian casualties.

Yeah Obama, care about your muslim brethren...the Israeli casualties be damned.

Thankfully for Israel, our neighbors to the north in the Canadian government said they will continue to support Israel.  "We fundamentally believe that Israel has the right to defend itself and its citizens from terrorist threats," Rick Roth, a spokesman for Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, said in a statement.  "Far too often, the Jewish people find themselves on the front lines in the struggle against terrorism."

Yes, he has that right as the Jewish people have been made the target of hatred for countless years...longer than any group in recorded history.

So as Israel prepares for a war of survival we pray for her but even with our prayers it must be remembered that Israel is fighting a tangible enemy who understands military might only and with military might alone Israel will win this battle...as well it should be.