Nuggets from "Judgment Day: Islam, Israel, and the Nations" by Dave Hunt

Nuggets from "Judgment Day: Islam, Israel, and the Nations" by Dave Hunt

On June 7-8, 2004, delegates from more than ninety countries, "addressing the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian refugees...made a solemn declaration on behalf of the international community—'you will not be abandoned....' They committed the international community, UNRWA, and the host countries to the continuing support of the four million refugees scattered across the Middle East." The conference was hosted by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and chaired by its director, Swiss Ambassador Walter Fust. Conspicuous by its absence was any mention of, or concern about, the more than eight hundred fifty thousand Jewish refugees who fled from Muslim lands in 1948 or for their many descendants.

Israel's six hundred fifty thousand settlers absorrbed nearly seven hundred thousand refugees into normal life in that tiny, besieged land while under constant attack by Arab armies. Yet Arab nations, with seven hundred times the land and huge oil revenues, refused to absorb five hundred thousand refugees. In December of 1948, supposedly to deal equitably with the refugee problem created by the war that had raged that year over Israel, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 194. It declared (among other provisions) that "refugees wishing to return to their homes and live in peace with their neighbors should be permitted to do so." It also provided that "compensation" should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return."

Of course, by "refugees" the UN meant "Palestinian"—but not Jewish. sadly, "live in peace" in Islam's vocabulary does not exclude terrorist atacks against neighbors. Surely the United Nations would not accept such a definition—or would it? During the years of continual international pressure on Israel to receive the Muslim "refugees" into its midst as peace-loving citizens, the UN has steadfastly refused to condemn the terrorists.