The fourth contention maintains that Israel, a viable nation, must be held to a higher level of accountability than the Palestinian Authority. Approximately 100 nations maintain diplomatic relations with the Palestinian Authority and around 150 recognize Israel. In the Middle East, however, only Egypt, Jordan and Turkey recognize Israel. Hamas’s charter calls for Israel’s annihilation.
The final charge – that Israel is powerful and the Palestinians are not – is meaningless. Lack of power does not excuse violence purposefully directed against innocents. Ultimately, the Palestinians serve as pawns in a very real imbalance of power pitting almost the entire Muslim world – from Algeria and Libya to Iran, from Syria and Saudi Arabia to Sudan – against Israel.
As for resources, over the next 10 years Middle Eastern Muslim nations will spend an estimated $330 billion on armaments. The United States will provide Israel $30 billion in military and economic aid, about the same amount specified for Egypt.
The fact remains: democratic Israel extends far more rights to its Arab and non-Jewish population than any Muslim nation accords Jews or Christians. Suffice it to say, such charges simply reflect the absurd leftist view that power equates to corruption or evil.