Posted above is a highly educational video that Israel recently released about Operation Cast Lead, their most recent campaign against Hamas. Even though it is under six minutes in length, you will gain a better understanding for how Hamas, a militant Islamic terrorist organization, operates by using innocent civilians as human shields. You will see how they use tunnels to smuggle arms and explosives into their region and you will better be able to visualize the tough situation in which the soldiers of the Israeli Defense Force must operate. Most of all, you will see how the citizens of Israel live under the constant threat of attack from those that wish to kill them. It is not an understatement to say that you can learn more from this video than you can from most of the media coverage.

The bottom line is that Israel is our greatest ally in the Middle East and they are surrounded by nations that wish for them to be literally wiped off the face of the earth. One doesn’t have to know much about history to know that the Jewish people have been persecuted since virtually the beginning of recorded history. Time after time Israel has been the small, beleaguered nation that has had to fight wars to preserve her very life.

Now Israel is faced with not only terrorist groups such as Hamas, but also by the nation of Iran, which has repeatedly promised death to Israel and is now developing their own nuclear weapons. Israel must additionally deal with an American president that believes that Iran can be negotiated with and yet has not met personally with the new Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. The enemies of Israel well know however that Israel will not hesitate to protect herself. In the 1980s Israel conducted a daring and highly skilled bombing strike on Saddam Hussein’s nuclear facility before he could use it against them. Does anyone doubt that Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israel will do the same once more if Iran’s threats grow too near? When that moment comes America must be prepared to stand by our ally once more. God forgive us if we do not.