Remembering a True Hero!

I was looking for a subject to write about. Frankly there were a lot of things that I found interesting to write about. I could have written about Yemen and how those morons started this whole demonstration because somehow they heard Quran was disrespected (somebody should tell them to stop disrespecting other people's holy books and then expect others to respect yours); I was going to write about this whole situation about Iran and Britain, I was very much tempted write about this so called Palestinian Tsunami (this is good example of how exaggeration has been programmed in Palestinian genes, six people died in Gaza as result of this sewage break and they call it Tsunami as oppose to hundreds of thousands of people died in the real tsunami! or how they call their situations genocide and ethnic cleansing as oppose to Holocaust that millions of Jews were slaughtered!). Then I read this article about Maj. Ro'i Klein.

Maj. Ro'i Klein was a commander of a Golani Unit in the village of Beit Jabile during the summer conflict with Hizbollah. His battalion was involved in heavy gun battles with Hizbollah terrorists. Apparently he radioed for back-ups and two of his soldiers move toward him, and then Ro’i saw this grenade was thrown in the path of the soldiers moving toward him. The soldiers did not see the grenade. Maj. Ro'i Klein attempted to scream and notify the soldiers about the grenade but they could not hear him. Then Maj. Ro'i Klein threw himself on the Grenade and he died. Now he is up for the highest Medal of Honor in Israel that has not been issue since Yum Kippur War.

My initial reaction was that we should not honor this soldier because of my view regarding my opposition to suicide bombing. This resembled something that I always argue about that there is no honor in suicide bombing. However, as I thought more about it, I realized that his act was an act of heroism as oppose to suicide bombers' act that are acts of murder.

Maj. Ro'i Klein threw himself on a grenade to save the life of his fellow soldiers. He did not do it as a coward act or his frustration by a system. He was not trying to escape any system and he did not do it to kill women and children with himself. He did not kill himself to send a political message either. He did not kill himself because he was sexually frustrated and he wanted to go meet 70 virgins in heaven. He had a wife and two beautiful children. He did not kill himself simply because he was brain washed to do so or he did not kill himself to kill an enemy. He did not kill himself under a political ideology or glorify a religion. His only goal was to save life, lives of his two soldiers that he personally saw himself responsible for. This is exactly the opposite of Arab or Muslim type of practice and mentality where the leaders stand back and ask the soldiers to kill themselves for their protection or their so called "just" cause. This is not the same case like in Iran who the child soldier would run on land mine like bunch of donkeys just for trucks and or tanks could cross those land mines. In Israel, the commander always goes in first and he looks after his soldiers as his own children. It was not like Hizbollah where the terrorists were found face down in the mud, but their guns and ammunitions were missing!!



Maj. Ro'i Klein's act and deserve all the salutes and respect a person or an army could offer. He was buried on the day that was supposed to be 31st birthday. He is the same type of guy who is called Jewish terrorists because he lived in a settlement. He is survived by his wife and two kids. Maj. Ro'i Klein: from bottom of my heart I salute you and you are my hero! May your soul rest in peace!

New Palestinian Government: New Tactic or Just an Image?

Lately, we have this new joke being created that is Palestinian Unity government. This whole Mecca Summit supposedly created this unity government in order to solve the problem of Hamas not recognizing Israel. Another issue was to force Hamas to be more moderate and resign terror. The funny part is this Summit did not achieve none of those goals. The only thing it achieved was that it stopped the fighting between Fatah and Hamas. That is a positive outcome of this Summit, but the important element that is missing is that there is no recognition of Israel, neither do we see any resignation from terrorist activities against the state of Israel.

The funny part is that the so called free world today is recognizing such government. Soon, this world will pay these terrorist groups’ employee checks (I am referring to Hamas and their employees). Million of dollars will flow right into these groups and the only thing that this year of boycotting has achieved is actually pushing Fatah in adapting a harder stance against Israel even in Fatah. The governments who have actually began recognizing and assisting this outcome, are usually the ones who take the most anti-Israel stance in Europe. These countries are Norway and France, both of which who have sever internal problem with their Muslim population. Now, Norway is funding this government who openly call for the destruction of Israel as a state.

The only positive aspect of this Summit is that it stopped brother killing that was going on in Gaza. It brought peace back to that region and created a united front that Israel can deal with through negotiations or military force. Hamas has recognized previous peace deals with Israel and therefore they have to abide by future negotiation. In this situation, Israel has one united front that can sign a deal with. If and when this deal is broken, the PA cannot say, it was a terrorist group and we condemn the act. In another words, it gives them a sense of accountability that has been missing for a long time.

However, my question for the reader is, even with this unity government, is there any hope in the horizon? Can anything positive come out of this whole power struggle among Palestinians? Will Hamas and PA try to implement a new educational system that actually promote peace? Or is it the same old story?

The Definition of Truth in Documentaries Today

There is this new documentary that was aired in Israel that is making a buzz. It is a documentary that alleges Israeli forces led by Beniyamin Ben Eliezer, former defense minister and labor party leader, had executed the Egyptian soldiers in cold blood and they were POWs. Well, the movie initiated strong criticism from the same country whose parliament not more than a month ago pledged that a Nuclear Bomb being used on Israel could solve the Israel’s question. Now this country wants to stand up against war crimes violations. They allege that it was a war crime and same bull crap that we hear all the time.

After the relation between Israel and Egypt started deteriorating, the detective went to work to find out whether this film has any credibility. It didn’t take more than a week until the director himself admits that those weren’t Egyptian Commando Unit. The next day he even admits that the footage from the archive he used were from a totally different scene completely unrelated to the subject matter of his documentary. Then he admits that they were Palestinian fighters being used by Egyptian soldiers and they were not executed and the whole situation is not completely ambiguous. OK, so far there are four things being admitted here. The question is does this documentary pledge anything or show anything at all?

This is the same story we always hear. During the Lebanon war, it turned out that associated press started working on the pictures to make the situation seem worse and Beirut was up in smoke. Then it was in Qana when it came out that the building was bombed at 12 am and it came down 8 am. The number of the killed did not add up and at the same time, the majorities were not kids and women, as they had alleged. At the same time, there were no men among dead for some reason. After Israel started releasing videos about how the building was being used and how the victim somehow were not really victims, then Hizbollah dropped this issue of Qana and never spoke of it again! I wonder why?!

In a day or age that we live today with freedom of speech, you could make any movie you and allege anything. With digital technology or access to different type of archive, you could create any reality you want. The thing is, in today’s world, the left and anti-Zionists would utilize any tool to try to discredit Israel. Israel might have made some mistakes just as any country has in time of war, however it does not justify making phony documentaries and question integrity of people.

Another issue: maybe Egypt should focus on their own war criminal during the Yum Kippur war instead of relying on a unreliable documentary to stand up for human rights. As soon as they crossed the canal in the war, there were about telephone operators working in the canals who were female officer. First they were brutally raped and then their heads were cut off. So my message to Egypt is: calm your nerves and before you take out your sword to cut the head of the criminals, conduct an investigation. This is the exact problem in Arab world and it is the lack of due process.