Be that as it may, the true Axis of Evil in the Middle East is not the one that Bush has identified. The true Axis of Evil is the alliance and covenant of blood that stands between Arab fascism and Jewish Leftism. It is Jewish Leftism that has placed Israel’s very existence in jeopardy. It is Jewish Leftism that has legitimzed anti-Semitism throughout the world. The anti-Jewish sentiments of anti-Semites were of course always present in Western Europe, but were discrete, because such sentiments were regarded as unacceptable in polite company. Thanks to Jewish Leftism, there is now an outbreak of open anti-Semitism throughout Europe. Now every anti-Semite in the world protest that it is unfair to call him a hater of Jews simply because he supports the Arab agenda of destroying Israel, or simply because he "understands" Palestinian terrorists. AFter all, he is simply sayig what the columnists at Haaretz say every day. He is clearly not anti-Jewish or even anti-Israel, God forbid, he is simply pro-Israeli-Leftism!!

The Axis of Evil between Jewish Leftism and Arab fascim has legitimzed the mythical view that the entire Middle East conflict is caused by Israel mistreating Arabs, that settlements are the source of the conflict, that Israel is guilty of war crimes, that the war stems from the insensitivity, selfishness, and cussedness of Jews, that Israel’s killing terrorists is war crimes while Arabs murdering Jewish children is a legitimate form of protest against their "oppression" and legitimate expression of their "frustration", and that Israel’s only option for dealing with atrocities should be capitulation and national suicide.

One manifestation of the Axis of Evil has been the daily bleatings of Jewish anti-Zionist Leftists and their Amen Chorus in the world media and in the EU about the inhumane behavior of Jewish soldiers at checkpoints, where they actually have the temerity to delay ambulances with Palestinians inside on their way to Israeli hospitals for free medical treatments. The inhumane Nazi-like Israeli soldiers actually delay the ambulances and inspect them, even when there are women in labor inside. Nothing better exemplifies Israel’s inhumanity, the Axis members have screamed for months.

Well, read on:

Red Crescent ambulance believed to have brought woman bomber to Jerusalem
By Amos Harel

Wafa Idris, the Ramallah woman killed when a bomb she carried into downtown Jerusalem exploded last month, reached the capital by a Red Crescent ambulance, according to senior IDF officers.

One Israeli was killed and more than 100 wounded in the bombing. The investigation so far indicates she did not intend to deploy the bomb in a suicide attack, but may have been planning to pass it on to another person.

Idris was a volunteer in the Red Crescent society, part of an ambulance team that has treated hundreds of Palestinian casualties during the intifada. A senior security source said last night that according to information in his possession, the woman made her way from Ramallah to Jerusalem in an ambulance that passed through the Kalaniya checkpoint north of the capital.

Shin Bet officers say they have similar information, but have not yet been able to confirm it.

Red Crescent Spokesman Mohammed Iyad said last night the organization checked Israel’s allegations, calling them "entirely incorrect."

He said that according to records, none of the group’s ambulances were in Jerusalem on the day of the explosion. "And Wafa wasn’t even working that day. She usually worked on Fridays," he added.

He said the IDF is "raising the accusation because of criticism of its behavior toward ambulances since the start of the intifada." According to Iyad, 68 Red Crescent ambulances have come under attack from the IDF leading to the death of a paramedic and injuries of 122 other workers.

The Red Crescent has also treated 39 Israeli casualties, Iyad said. "We will continue our work saving lives irrespective of the national identity of the victims."

The IDF is using the information to explain why it needs to examine ambulances at checkpoints. In two recent cases, the IDF has been charged that ambulance delays at checkpoints have cost lives. In both cases a baby died during childbirth because the soldiers at checkpoints did not allow ambulances to get through the Jenin area.

The IDF says its instructions to soldiers are to let ambulances through if they are carrying patients or if there is doubt. But the soldiers are also supposed to examine the ambulances before letting them through, since there are at least two cases in which wanted men were smuggled through checkpoints in ambulances. The soldiers at the checkpoints have to prevent harm to Palestinian patients as well as prevent terrorist attacks, said one officer last night.

Steven Plaut

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