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Years ago, (mid 70’s, late 80’s) I lived in Israel on the West Bank, The Occupied Territories, or Judea, depending on one’s political point of view. I lived in a settlement in JUDEA. Just before the First Intifada (Arafat’s rioting/uprising [’87 ?]) I took my family to a wonderful
waterfall up North called BANIAS. A waterfall in the Middle East, no matter how small, is awed and cherished, more than Niagara is. I carried a 9mm handgun, and very openly, an Uzi sub machine gun. As soon as we exited the car and walked toward the falls I noticed that it was pretty crowded...It wasn’t really crowded at all, it just seemed so because folks who saw the Uzi slung around my neck/shoulder gathered around me (which I didn’t notice at first because I didn’t expect it, or imagine why they would do such a thing). In a few minutes I saw a group of 30, 40, teen aged Arabs led by maybe 8, 10 adults marching together, pumping their fists into the air above them, and chanting “Allahu Akbar!”, which, contrary to American Media, DOES NOT MEAN “G-D is great!”, but rather “OUR G-D IS THE GREATEST!”...a challenging declaration! BIG DIFFERENCE! Then I saw many things.

I saw why Israelis gathered near me. I saw NOT ONE OTHER ISRAELI with a firearm! NOT ONE! (There may have been others w/concealed pistols, but I didn’t get that impression, and yes, at that time there were many anti-gun lefttards even in Israel!...many less these days!).

The Uzi fires from an open bolt position, and is notorious for dropping the bolt when on “SAFE” if dropped or jolted hard...IT WASN’T MUCH...so I always carried it with the bolt down and the selector on semi or full auto depending on the circumstances. I moved it from “casually” slung over my shoulder to “ready”, and continued to look for other armed Israelis, and happily saw some. We nodded recognition one to another, remained quietly tolerant of these “demonstrators”, and watched them all the while they were there.

I realized then that peaceful co-existence between Arabs and
Jews is NOT possible. Too many Arabs don’t want it, and even with a scorecard it’s impossible to distinguish one from another. I now firmly believe that since there are many Arabs that will attack and murder Jews, make them ALL start to do so from the OTHER side of the BORDER, which is bad enough! ALL OF THEM!

REALITY MUST ALWAYS PREVAIL! NOT WISHFUL THINKING! REALITY! THERE CAN BE NO ARABS WITHIN THE BORDERS OF ISRAEL! THERE CAN BE NO ARAB CITIZENS OF ISRAEL! THE CONSEQUENCE OF THEIR DOINGS, NOT OURS!

NONE OF THIS APPLIES TO DRUZE CITIZENS OF ISRAEL, WHOSE LOYALTY TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL IS UNQUESTIONED, WHO SERVE IN THE IDF, AND ALSO COMPRISE THE BULK OF THE BORDER GUARDS. AS CITIZENS THEY ARE ABOVE REPROACH. THEY ARE DRUZE, NOT ARABS!

PLEASANT OR NOT, LIKE IT OR NOT, THAT’S THE WAY IT IS! REALITY!