Criticizing Israel and the Israeli lobby is not anti semitic

Let me tell you what actually happened during the Gaza border protests. The protests were initiated by independent activists, But has since been endorsed and supported by Hamas, As well as other major factions in Gaza. While news channels like CNN were busy portraying the Palestinians as Little Red Riding Hood, What the palestinians actually did was something which would be done by the big bad wolf. Groups consisting mainly of young men did approach the border, Rolling burning tires towards the fence to provide smoke screens, And also throwing stones and Molotov cocktails in the direction of Israeli troops. In April, Palestinians began launching kites bearing incendiary devices over the border fence, Causing damage to property on the Israeli side. Israeli officials said the protests were used by Hamas as cover for launching attacks against Israel. Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Zahhar, Admitted in an interview to Al Jazeera "when we talk about 'peaceful resistance', We are deceiving the public. This is a peaceful resistance bolstered by a military force and by security agencies, And enjoying tremendous popular support. " At least 110 Palestinians were killed between 30 March to 15 May, A number of whom have been members of various Palestinian militant organizations: an independent United Nations commission set the number of known militants killed at 29 out of the 183. On 14 May, The day the protests peaked, 59 or 60 Palestinians were shot dead at twelve clash points along the border fence, Hamas claimed 50 of them as its militants, And Islamic Jihad claimed 3 of the 62 killed as members of its military wing. In 2005, Israel withdrew its forces from the Gaza Strip and allowed the Palestinian authority to take control. In January 2018, It was reported that 97% of the territory's tap water was undrinkable because of sewage pollution or high salinity levels, Forcing Gazans to purchase water from local desalination facilities at excessive prices. The Palestinians are unable to pay Israel for the electricity it provides and, As a result, Gazans receive electricity for roughly four hours a day, As of 2017, Which impairs the functioning of Gaza's health services. The Gaza Strip's unemployment rate reached 44% in 2017 (71% for women, 36% for men). It is reported that 40% of Gazan children suffer from anemia and malnutrition. The despair from the economic and humanitarian situation, Along with the inability to leave the territory, Has further contributed to public support and participation in the protests. The Palestinians don't do anything to solve their own problems but choose to blame Israel for everything. On May 14, When 59 to 62 Palestinians were killed, Hamas claimed 50 of them and Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed three as members of its military wing. As of early June, Roughly 5, 000 dunams of Israeli crop fields were burned by firebomb kites launched from Gaza, With an estimated economic loss of US$1. 4 million, In addition to 2, 100 dunams of Jewish National Fund forests in the area and 4, 000 to 5, 000 dunams in the Besor Forest Nature Reserve. The New York Times reported one of its journalists sighting "vast stretches of scorched earth, " with "losses to Israeli agriculture from flaming kites being immense. ". Hundreds of primarily young men have approached or entered the 300-metre exclusion zone declared by Israeli military forces, Thrown stones, Hurled Molotov cocktails, And attempted to plant Palestinian flags. You have to understand, There are no innocent people in the Gaza Strip. Everyone has a connection to Hamas. Everyone receives a salary from Hamas. Those who are trying to challenge Israel at the border and breach it belong to Hamas' military wing. Israel uses live fire only in a very measured way, In a very surgical way and only when there is no alternative. It was not a peaceful demonstration, But a deliberate and specific intent by terrorist organizations to penetrate the State of Israel and kill civilians and the IDF had no option except to use lethal force to stop such a dangerous threat. Hamas proudly declares that its aim is to annihilate Israel & the Jewish people. The genocidal message has been received. Israel will defend itself. The leaders of Hamas view the citizens of Gaza as cannon fodder who are useful for the global media strategy, And from that point of view, Hamas leaders are happy when people die because they think it looks good on European TV screens. The world's media has fallen for a well-funded terrorist propaganda operation consisting of lies crafted to win the international propaganda war. The protests were staged, The demonstrators paid actors, And Hamas orchestrated the violence to capture the headlines. I agree that the invasion of Iraq was something with even half a brain would not do. However, It certainly isn"t fair to suggest that the Iranian nuclear program, Or its desire to acquire nuclear weapons, Is the product of Netanyahu"s feverish imagination. One need only read the reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency to understand that Iran"s nuclear ambitions are real and a serious problem. Also, If left unchecked, Saddam would have reconstituted his nuke program. Actually BDS is a Hamas-terrorist invention to achieve a genocide of the Jews of Israel. And the poor conditions of the Gazans is due to the pathetic way the Palestinian authority governs the Gaza strip. With ISIS and other Islamic terror groups blowing up innocents in cities all over the world, One would think there would be more concern about groups that support terrorists and are active on American college campuses. One of the principal culprits, Students for Justice in Palestine, A supporter of the terrorist army Hamas, Is a presence on approximately 200 college campuses. SJP was founded by UC Berkeley lecturer Hatem Bazian in 2001, During the notorious Second Intifada, Infamous because it introduced suicide bombings as a terrorist weapon of choice. At the time, Hatem Bazian achieved his own notoriety when he called for an Intifada in the United States. Despite its name, Students for Justice in Palestine is not concerned with justice for the million Palestinians who suffer under the Hamas terror regime, Or with the Hamas theft of hundreds of millions of humanitarian aid dollars diverted to the construction of terrorist tunnels into Israel. Its sole concern is to spread Hamas propaganda to delegitimize the Jewish state and call for its destruction. Among its other activities, SJP is the chief campus sponsor of resolutions to boycott Israel as part of the so-called BDS campaign, Which is also funded and orchestrated by Hamas. Among its slanders is SJP"s claim that Israel "brutally slaughtered over 2, 500 Palestinian civilians" in the Gaza war, Ignoring the fact that Hamas started the war with 4, 000 unanswered rocket attacks into Israeli cities or that Israel"s military policies are the most protective of civilians in the world. SJP"s unvarying theme is that Israel"s Jews are land-stealers, Baby killers and racists " libels that have led to an epidemic of hostile attacks on Jewish students on American campuses. AIPAC has only 3 goals: First, To counter the mis-education of students like Gabby Aossey who falsely claim that Israel is a majority Muslim state and illegally occupies Arab land; second, To counter the Jew-hatred that these libels inspire; and third, To question why university funds are being used to support hate groups against Jews. The reaction of members of these Hamas-support organizations has been to accuse AIPAC and other critics of being racists and "Islamophobes. " Hamas sends Gazans to the fence so that the Gazans can die and channels like CNN could then criticize Israel for atrocities. What Ilhan Omar has done is just divert attention from the fact that even after Israel relinquished the Gaza Strip, The Palestinian Authority still tries to commit attacks on Israel to achieve its goal which is the killing of all Jews.