Islamic Jihad: Threat to World Peace

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. The world sat back and watched the rise of Hitler and the Nazi regime, but did nothing. They did not take a megalomaniac with a clear agenda to destroy the Jewish people seriously. When the Nazi regime took power, they still did nothing. It was not until Germany invaded surrounding countries that they took Hitler and the Nazis seriously. And yet, as they entered WW II, they did not take his agenda to eliminate the Jewish people seriously. The occupied countries and the Nazi allies cooperated in the deportation of Jews. The French and others willingly deported Jews at the request of the SS.
It was not until the defeat of the Germans and Italians when the concentration camps were liberated did the allies believe what the Germans had done: the scale of the genocide of the Jewish people. In post WW II Europe, the allies put the Jews in "displaced persons camps" even sometimes using the existent German concentration camps. The liberated Europeans did not want the Jews returned: hatred of Jews was rampant. If it were not for the underground resistance of Jews in Europe and Israel, the "displaced persons" may never have been released. The allies did not take a proactive role in the solution to the problem. In fact, the USA and the UK hindered the emigration of Jews to Israel and the USA. If it were not for the action of the UN in taking over the British mandate in the middle east, the formation of a Jewish state in Israel would probably not have taken place. The Jews accepted the UN solution; the Arabs did NOT accept the UN solution. From the beginning, the Arabs living in ha'Eretz Yisrael did NOT accept a separate Arab state nor recognize the Jewish state. The surrounding Arab nations again and again were the aggressors in attacking Israel. And time and time again, Israel was victorious, gaining territory until Israel had defensible borders guaranteed by the UN charter. The Arabs living in ha'Eretz Yisrael from the beginning REJECTED THE FORMATION OF A SEPARATE ARAB STATE and when they lived in territories occupied by Arab nations, they did not complain of occupation or the lack of a state. Only when the Israelis took occupied territories in self defense did the Arabs begin to cry for a state: the same state they rejected in 1948. Let us be clear: there never was a Palestinian Arab state. But, in their propoganda, the Arabs now claim that they are occupied by the Israelis. Prior to the Jihad, the Arabs living in Israel had Israeli citizenship and freedom of religion. But, they rejected that status. By terrorism, they pressured to occupy the West Bank and the Gaza strip and demand a return of their state which never existed. If the Arabs living in Israeli territorities are not happy, they have many Arab nations to which they can immigrate. When the Israeli government made the mistake of caving in to Arab terrorists and trade land for peace, the Arabs elected the terrorists to be their government and the terrorism continues.
Just as Hitler did not stop with the annexation of Austria, the Arab terrorists will not stop with the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. It is time to wake up and defend Israel. If the Arabs are not happy living in Israel, they are free to leave. But, the Israeli government should never succumb to pressure from international position and try to make this disasterous decision and try to maintain peace. It is clear that the West Bank must be reacquired in order to have defensible borders and control terrorism. The Islamic Jihad calling for the destruction of the state of Israel is no different then the rhetoric of the Nazis. It must be taken seriously and recognized as the worst threat for world peace. If their is to be a WW III, it will be started by the Islamic Jihad's attacks against Israel and its allies.