The whole world knows that Hamas terrorists carried out the worst and most evil assault on October 9, as they invaded southern Israel by employing deceptions and paragliders, slaughtering, raping, and kidnapping innocent Israeli civilians and even foreigners.
The recent breach of Israel’s defenses on the Jewish Sabbath and during a religious holiday, marking the most substantial security lapse since the 1973 conflict with Arab armies, intensifies the seriousness of the situation.
However, this Islamic terrorism doesn’t matter at all to Muslims and Muslim students worldwide, particularly those at the University of the Philippines who compared modern-day Israel to the Nazis before World War II.
That may have been the worst insult against Jews and Israelis, as not all citizens in that Jewish state are Jews, which make up the majority at 73.5 percent. The Arab community, spanning various religions excluding Judaism, accounts for 21% (around 2.048 million).
Furthermore, within the Israeli Jewish population, 75% are Sabras, indicating that they were born in Israel, and are predominantly second- or third-generation Israelis. The remaining 25% comprise olim, who are Jewish immigrants to Israel. Among the olim, 19% originate from Europe, the Americas, and Oceania, while 9% hail from Asia and Africa, with a notable presence from the Muslim-majority regions.
Now, the fact that there are millions of Arabs and non-Jews living in Israel should debunk the long-standing accusation that it’s an apartheid country.
Take note: The Arab population in Israel, which includes Arab Muslims, Arab Christians, and Arab Druze, accounts for a significant minority within the country, making up around 21% of Israel’s population.
Now compare that to Muslim countries in the world where non-Muslims are often treated as ‘real’ second-class citizens.
As of the present, the most substantial Jewish communities residing in Muslim nations are primarily found in non-Arab countries, notably Iran, where there are approximately 9,500 Jews, and Turkey, with a Jewish population of around 14,500. Among Arab nations, the most prominent Jewish communities currently exist in Morocco, comprising only about 2,000 Jewish individuals, and Tunisia, with an estimated 1,000 Jewish residents.
That statistics shows us one thing— that Arabs and Jews, including Asians and people from other nationalities, co-exist in Israel. But Jews and Muslims will never co-exist in any theocratic Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, or even Iran.
Nonetheless, it seems that these vital details may have been disregarded, possibly intentionally, as Muslim students at the University of the Philippines, as reported by Rappler, have made an exceptionally bold and troubling claim. Their assertion draws a comparison, portraying the present actions of Zionist Israel in Palestine as resembling the historical actions of Nazi Germany against the Jewish population.
Here’s the exact quotation: “What Zionist Israel is doing to Palestine now is what Nazi Germany did to the Jews then.”
Students from the University of the Philippines (UP) have called for a boycott of Israeli products while advocating for the liberation of Palestine from what they perceive as an “unlawful, unrighteous, and unjust occupation.”
This is neither new nor surprising, as it simply underscores the fundamental fact that the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, which essentially involves a recently formed nationality, revolves around religion and antisemitism.
The UP Muslim Students’ Association (UP MSA) and the UP Association of Muslim Students (UP AMS) conveyed in a statement their strong condemnation of what they referred to as “unconscionable injustices and pure evil” inflicted upon the Palestinian people. Furthermore, they stated that they “do not condone any attacks made against innocent civilians, regardless of their religion, nationality, and political affiliation.”
Observe that they don’t condemn Hamas terrorists and radical Palestinians for their slaughter and rape of foreigners.
At the time of this report, Hamas is responsible for the deaths of at least four Filipinos, while recent updates indicate that the death toll of Thai citizens in Israel at the hands of Hamas and their Palestinian comrades has surged to 30. Additionally, ten Nepali students lost their lives on the kibbutz.
A Nepali student, Dhanbahadur Chaudhari, 25, survived to tell the world of the evil of Islamic terrorism that slaughtered his friends, the Guardian reported.
“Shrapnel hit me as well,” he said. “When I woke up, I was covered in blood, and I could see my friends dead and injured around me. One friend didn’t have legs, another didn’t have hands. There were dead bodies of my friends in the door of the bunker.”
Another Nepali student, KC Pramod, 24, proved his being a Nepali didn’t matter to the Muslim terrorists.
“We started shouting ‘We are Nepali, we are Nepali,’ but they didn’t listen to anyone, they just kept firing and threw two grenades into the bunker,” Pramod said. “After that, the bunker was completely covered in blood.”
Based on an AFP tally, approximately 200 foreign individuals have been officially confirmed as deceased by their respective national authorities, with a significant number of them also possessing Israeli nationality.
Again, that doesn’t matter to radical Muslim students at UP and other universities and colleges in the Philippines, as the conflict in the Middle East revolves around religion and their animosity toward Jews.
Yet, they have the audacity to accuse Israelis of being modern-day Nazis when it’s their Hamas comrades whom they strongly sympathize with, carrying out acts of terrorism and displaying Nazi-like behaviors.
UP MSA and UP AMS emphasized that “the current State of Israel, governed by what they perceive as an extremist Zionist regime, differs significantly from the historical Kingdom of Israel once righteously and wisely ruled by King Solomon, known as Sulaiman bin Dawud in Islam.” They asserted that Israel “operates an apartheid system in which Palestinians are treated as second-class citizens.”
However, if Zionism involves integrating over a million Arabs, predominantly of the Muslim faith, as full-fledged citizens, then the comparison drawn by these students who sympathize with terrorism is reminiscent of how Hitler and the Nazis stigmatized Jews in the 1930s, leading to their tragic fate in gas chambers.
The best judge as to whether Israel qualifies as an apartheid state are none other than Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs). Many OFWs say they are treated with respect more in Israel than in any Muslim Arab country.
Indeed, former President Rodrigo Duterte commended Israel for providing ‘far superior treatment’ to OFWs. Filipinos residing and working in the Jewish state enjoy full human rights, while those employed in theocratic Islamic nations such as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, and others face treatment akin to that of slaves and subhumans, providing substantial evidence that certain Muslim countries enforce a form of real apartheid.
Accounts of OFW caregivers who steadfastly remain by the side of their elderly Israeli employers are not uncommon.
The most recent story is that of Angelyn Peralta Aguirre, a committed caregiver who chose not to leave her elderly charge during a chaotic situation, tragically sacrificing her life to ensure the safety of her patient.
In May 2021, a significant number of OFWs demonstrated unwavering dedication by choosing not to abandon their elderly employers even in the face of bombings carried out by Palestinian terrorists.
Manny Costales, a Filipino caregiver in an undisclosed location within Israel, exemplified the remarkable commitment of these caregivers. Costales survived the ordeal and recounted his courageous act, expressing, “Sa lugar ko, ‘di ko po iniwan ni minsan ‘yung amo ko (I never left him).”
Now, let’s ask OFWs who the real terrorists and Nazis are. We’re quite certain they will provide an unexpected answer for those terror-sympathizing Muslim students.
The Daily Netizen 