well well, what am i doing here? Well if you are saying "its three in the morning, and you are probably working on a project due tomorrow," then you are right. Yes being in college does that to you. Don't judge hater got to catch up on that sleep and play that frisbee, don't have time to turn in assignments on time. Kidding i actually really like school hence my presence on this here blog. Anyway, so what am i going to spout about tonight, you may ask, movies? Games? Facebook? the lack of competency on this site? Nope, to all of your surprise ill be talking a more political view on my topic today. Yeah i know I'm probably just feeding the trolls and i'm pretty sure ill get more angry comments then actual understanding, but hey in the end i win because my message gets read in order to stir a response and i get the ad impressions so money in the bank! Well lets start shall we. recently i had to do a paper in my english class, finding a controversy that existed in the world, and then research enough to be able to give an informative 5-10 page message on said controversy. Knowing that i couldn't keep things simple i chose the controversy of Israel v. Palestine...WHAT! its a topic that i am fairly knowledgeable and interested in. Being part jew i saw that this was a great way to study up on a branch in my heritage. after the research was done with, I came to this conclusion, ISRAEL GOT THE SHORT STICK! I mean i knew that Israel had been dealing with things since the times of Abraham but i mean, come on, things just seem out of hand and they are getting squeezed from all angles. Just to start with the obvious, all the terrorist attacks. If you know anything about the middle east you know that Palestine which includes Egypt and Lebanon, Iran, and other Islamic countries have a knack for being responsible for attacks near the border and within the Israeli state. these attacks which are a response from varies extremist groups that refuse to acknowledge Israel as a jewish state. Don't you feel a little sense of stubbornness there? i mean, last time i checked Israel did go through the process of becoming a state, like establishing government, obtaining land, and declaring independence. I can already here the voice of an angry palestinian supporter saying that "Israel stole the land from the palestinians, WE ARE THE TRUE OWNERS GET OUT NOW!" Ok well damn don't need to yell. If you would calm down a bit to take a look at history you can see that Israel never actually stole anything. The land may have been occupied by Palestinians way back when there were Israelites walking in the desert, but in the end they obtained that land through wars and many struggles with the opposition. Last time i checked the "law of the land" was "to the victor goes the spoils." So Israel obtained its land by fair means, with a military force that surpassed the opposition. Apparently ancestors pass down more than secret recipes and traditions because even today, Palestinian extremists continue to support radical groups like Hamas, and Hezbollah. Still not convinced that Palestine ruthlessly out to get Israel? Take a good look at Hamas. Not sure what it is? You probably heard it on the news countless times, but to clarify think of it as a type of party, like how the U.S has political parties. Janurary 2006,Hamas swept the opposition for seats in the Palestinian Hall Council. That doesn't really help knowing that Hamas adamantly refuses the right for Israel to exist. Look at that for a second, do you really want neighbors that, even down to the government, all agree that you shouldn't be around? That is just unwanted pressure toward the Israeli government and its citizens.

So yeah terrorist attacking your town and just hating your overall existences is pretty bad...still not convinced...well have some more.

Imagine for a second that you are a jewish citizen in Israel. You just live in your home getting some work done while the rest of your family is doing other tasks. All of a sudden you here knocking on your door. As you walk over you are welcomed by the business end of an AK47. Your hands go up and three other masked men with guns push their way inside your home. Congratulations you are now apart of a hostage situation. There are only two endings to this scenario, you either get out of their with the help of the Israeli military that comes or they kill you. Countless times they usually just kill you, Why? because they saw your home as an excellent place to hide out from the authorities to plan their next plan of action. Sound unrealistic, doubt it. My friend who had the honor of serving his time in the Israeli army told me tales of how his platoon would go through and clear house to house eliminating any threat. After the dust settled you can find multiple stashes of weapons, some of them not belong to the terrorists. A lot of Israeli families have adapted to the violent and on the edge life style by keeping automatic weapons stored in their homes. Now I'm all for a little extra home protection but when you go down to having an uzi underneath your pillow, you know your sense of security is out the window. Is that any way to live? having to always be on your guard, you finger always on the trigger when you are cooking? Your hand on the at your hip while you walk down the street? Having the towering feeling that you are within artillery range from most Palestinian states? all that tension seems unnecessary. The people of Israel have every right to live with a sense of security and peace of mind.

So as you can see it seems pretty intense in Israel, car bombs, home invasions, waves of rocket strikes. I can say that Israel for it size is pretty tough. actually more than tough. a state which has so many attacks and aggressors has learned to adapt, resulting in a strong military. Their strength may not be from sheer numbers, on the contrary some professional military opinion will say that Israel was outnumbered and would not last long against its past enemies. however, they still stand. their leadership impeccable, and the power and dedication of the individual solider surpasses any prediction of numbers. Heck its worked for them i mean they still fight to live peacefully on their land.

So what to do now...well you heard me just go off on how Israel gets battered, and through it all still manages to kick ass. now you may be saying "pssh i don't really care" well if your ears were closed throughout this entire rant let me rip them open HEY DO ME A FAVOR AND LISTEN, ISRAEL HAS GONE THROUGH SO MUCH AND PREVAILED THROUGH IT ALL TO BE OVERLOOKED! why don't you take all the information i just gave you to do something productive.

well thats it editing tomorrow so i can polish this up!