Hypocrisy at its premium

The State of Israel was born out of the ashes of the Holocaust. The phrase “never again” was born in this era, as a statement that we would never allow such genocide to occur on this earth on our watch. Nevertheless, genocide is occurring once again, and not only is the world watching silently as the minuscule details of peacekeeping forces have finally ceased being debated by the United Nations. The Israeli news agency Haaretz, reported that:

“Almost all of the asylum seekers who Israel deported on Sunday to Egypt had escaped the genocide in Darfur, according to figures given to Haaretz by Israel Defense Forces officials.”

What has Israel come to as a nation? Not only is this a gross act of international law, but Israel is in effect possibly sending these people back to imminent death in Sudan. More than 200,000 people have been killed in Darfur already, and if the genocide is not halted, many more will perish. The State of Israel has a moral obligation to give asylum to refugees seeking to escape genocide. Imagine what the Jews in the S.S. St. Louis, who were so joyful that they would have a chance to come to America, thought when their boat was not allowed into any country (including America). Feeling alone and rejected by the entire world, the passengers returned to Europe in June 1939. To send refugees back to a country in which they may be killed, is an act of not only hypocrisy, but an act of disregard towards the founding principles in which the State of Israel was created.