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When I was very young, I really respected the United Nations. The original intention of the U.N. was noble -- to prevent world war. After two bloody world wars, this was an honorable aspiration.

But somewhere along the way the intention got hijacked by the totalitarian terrorist bloc and its sycophants. It is this group that has decided that there is nothing that either the United States or Israel can do that isn't worth an official condemnation from the world body.

Toward this end, they ignore the evil done to Israel in the form of terrorism. They will criticize Israel's attempts to protect herself and her citizens (and, by extension, every Jew on the planet). They will chastise Israel for attempting to keep bombs out of Gaza, expecting Israel's government and military to just sit there like ducks in a Coney Island shooting game.

So when Turkey's Islamist leader decided that he had to "help the poor Palestinians" by sending "humanitarian aid," the Israelis -- who are understandably skeptical, having been burned more than once by "humanitarian aid" being used to hide bombs or bombers or other methods designed to massacre as many Israelis and guests of Israel as possible -- ask the boats to follow them to Ashdod (telling the "humanitarians" delivering the "aid" that they could supervise every step of the process), where Israeli officials could check the shipment and make sure there wasn't anything untoward.

That's when all hell broke loose. The boats refused, Israeli commandos boarded the boats (which is within their right by international law), and "humanitarians" on the boats attacked the Israeli commandos with metal rods, baseball bats, knives, and stolen guns. It was only after the "humanitarians" opened fire that Israeli military personnel returned fire.

Despite this, the commandos (who were armed only with paintball guns and personal sidearms) were criticized by the world press for attacking the attackers in an effort to defend themselves.

So, of course, the world media have to put a those-terrible-bullying-Israelis-murdered-poor-defenseless-humanitarians spin on this. Since this happened, people have been protesting against Israel in just about every country, criticizing them for defending themselves. And, of course, Israel did finally get the ship to Ashdod where they unloaded all the "humanitarian aid" (which turned out to be mostly expired medical supplies and spoiled food) and they passed it along to Hamas, who promptly rejected it.

As far as I can tell, this can only mean that the "humanitarians" were really Islamists seeking martyrdom and their only goal was to get Israel bad press in the international arena (and, since the international press, particularly in Europe, is quick to jump on the "let's hate Israel" bandwagon, this in not a difficult task, especially when the "humanitarians" already had press releases ready to send out the moment Israel reacted), since few news sources around the world would look beneath the surface and realize they are participating in their own future demise.

From my perspective, it would be best for Israel, her leaders, and the entire Jewish population of the world (not to mention all the Gentiles who live in Israel, work in Israel, worship in the way they feel comfortable in Israel) to simply ignore public opinion, to ignore what the members of the United Nations say and concern themselves more with defending the homes and lives of their citizens. I've been waiting for Israel to realize that survival depends on defending our land. I hope the Israeli leadership realizes this before it's too late.

Debbie Israel is a graphic artist (see https://www.cafepress.com/compugraphd2 for some of her work) and tutor living in Highland Park.