Delegitimizing Israel

Coupled with that paradigm shift, the delegitimization of Israel is Satan's most successful tool against her today. Her very existence is questioned, her right to self-defense is condemned. Even many global organizations stand against her. For example, UNESCO recently labeled Rachel's Tomb a mosque and criticized Israel's listing of Hebron's Tomb of the Patriarchs as a national heritage site. The Prime Minister's Office said, If the nearly 4,000-year-old burial sites of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs of the Jewish Nation…are not part of its culture and tradition, then what is…? ("UNESCO Erases Israeli Protests from…Protocol,"" Arutz 7, 1 Nov. 2010)

Danny Seaman, the recently retired Israeli Government Press Office director, views delegitimization this way. Ever since the enemies of Israel understood it could not be defeated militarily because of its strength, their goal has been denying us the right to use that strength… ("Danny Seaman's farewell voyage," David Horovitz, JP Interview, 5 Nov. 2010)