A light unto all nations
There is a great gut-wrenching human tragedy occurring rather regularly now at the Israeli-Egyptian border which has to be one of the most under discussed issues from the Mid-east. If I was cynical, I would suggest the reason there is so little international awareness or concern is because the Jews have very little to do with creating this scenario (unless you ask Gaddafi). But hey wait – I am cynical – so I would also add the fact that Jews exist at all, and of all things, in a place called the Land of Israel which contributes more to the cause of freedom and human dignity than any of its neighbors. Reuters;
EL-ARISH, Egypt, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Egyptian police shot dead four African migrants as they tried to slip across the sensitive Sinai desert border into Israel on Wednesday, security sources said. The shootings were believed to be the deadliest single border incident involving primarily African migrants, and came days before Egyptian and Israeli leaders are due to hold political talks in Cairo.
Security sources said two more migrants, both Ethiopians, were shot and wounded, and one was in a critical condition. The nationalities of the dead were not immediately known, because they carried no identification papers. Egyptian police have killed at least 12 African migrants at the frontier since May, ending a six-month lull in known fatalities as police responded to what security sources have said was an increased flow of human traffic through Egypt.
Egypt, which for years tolerated tens of thousands of African migrants on its territory, fears the unfettered flow of migrants at its strategic Sinai border could pose a security threat in an area where it already fears inroads by Islamist militants who sometimes find refuge in remote craggy mountains. Its border with the Jewish state is a main transit route for generally unarmed migrants and refugees seeking work or asylum in Israel. Egypt has faced Israeli pressure to halt the flow.
While Israel has been putting pressure on the Egyptian authorities to control their side of the border for years; I defy anyone to find any Israeli government official which has sanctioned or suggested the Egyptian government use cold-blooded murder of these unarmed migrants seeking to find a place at the Eretz Yisrael.
But ask yourself this; why do these Africans, who have already made it safely out of their often war-torn home countries choose to continue to make the trek to the Land of Israel rather than remain in relative obscurity with their Muslim brethren in countries like Egypt? Obviously, the Israeli Apartheid branding campaign needs to go back to creative.
