This hypocrisy is glaringly evident when the UN Assembly or Security Council deals with disputes between Israelis and Palestinians. But the UN failed to issue any condemnation against Yasser Arafat for the lynching of two captured Israeli soldiers held at a Palestinian police station and failed to condemn the destruction of Joseph's tomb, a Jewish holy place, by Palestinians. The Israeli armed forces are responding as any civilized government would. They are protecting Israeli civilians by using whatever force is necessary. The Israeli response to the current Intifada has included the use of tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and live ammunition.
Palestinian supporters denounce the deaths and injuries of adolescents.
The Palestinian leaders and parents, however, tell the children that, if they die while attempting to liberate Jerusalem and killing a Jew, they become martyrs and go straight to heaven. The insurrection has now gone on for 30 days. Arafat apparently believes the Palestinian deaths, particularly of adolescents, and the pressures applied at the UN will force the Israelis to surrender to his demands and turn over the ancient city of Jerusalem to the Palestinians. He is tragically mistaken. Apparently, Arafat believes that violence against the Jewish state and its citizens will achieve the Palestinian extremists' objectives, and he has done little or nothing to stop it.