I tried to envision Arab missiles or mortar shells fired into my neighborhood constantly. I thought about what that would be like. Some of the things I thought were simple. For example, what would I do if the warning sirens began to blare while showering? In my mind, I began to move through my home and look at all the things I do here. What would it be like to live under the threat of having an Iranian made rocket, such as those Hamas uses, come crashing through my roof or worse, through the roof of my daughter’s bedroom?

I thought about the pregnant woman or the grandma and grandpa running for cover. Little things came to mind like cooking or playing with my granddaughter as a Hamas missile strikes my home. I considered the newlyweds (my son and daughter in law for example) trying to start a new life together running for cover with just 10 seconds warning. I just thought about what we all do. It was obvious that I could not imagine that scenario for very long. After all, who wants to live with that sort of hell for years and years?

Equally, I wondered what it would be like to have a group of lunatics drive up to the front of my house, walk to the back of my property, and begin firing missiles into Portland.

How do you go out of your patio door to confront that sort of madness? Who on earth votes for this sort of evil? How can this sort of response to any problem be acceptable?

For so many years this has been life for the innocent Jewish children and their parents in southern Israel. I cannot imagine this for longer than five minutes!

When one looks at this part of the world, we see that the entire Arab occupied Middle East land mass surrounds tiny Israel, which exists like a frightened bird in a tree. If we compare the irrationality of the Arab mind with the morally imbued people of Israel, it becomes rather obvious why a truck full of lunatics, such as Hamas thinks it is OK to launch rockets out of a fellow Arab’s property while holding them at gun point. This is the mind that flew two commercial airliners into the lives of countless human beings. I ask you, how does one sympathize with this insanity?

I cannot for the life of me understand how any American can protest in support of Hamas. I simply have never heard of a Jewish homicide bomber have you? That insanity resides only with the barbaric Islamists of Hamas and groups of individuals who cherish death. It is madness to blame Americans or Israeli's or anyone else!

[Incidentally, one who commits suicide usually kills oneself; not innocent shoppers at Costco, for example. It is monstrous to refer to these people as suicide bombers. We collectively and sympathetically mourn those who commit suicide. None of us felt sorry for Timothy McVeigh.]

I personally know of a 14 year old mentally challenged, Palestinian boy who was forced to wear a vest containing little ball bearings. The wiring for the explosives went down into his trousers. Once the Israeli army had him remove his trousers there we saw his legs completely covered with plastic explosives. The child was the bomb. They diffused the explosives and saved this child's life.

The following letter was sent to me by my friend Brigitte Gabriel, a Christian Arab who was persecuted by Muslems in Lebanon. She is the author of “Because They Hate.” Brigitte was kind enough to post the letter in the exact manner received on her website (http://www.actforamerica.org/) She did not reprint this persons name, understandably so.

My name is [name removed] and I live in Ashdod, Israel.

As you probably know, eleven days ago Israel finally started to take action in the Gaza strip in order to defend itself and its citizens. It must be said that Israel's actions are in response to the violent nature of the actions and threats of Hamas against us.

For eleven days now, my city, along with other cities in the region of southern Israel, have been and are being attacked and bombed by Hamas. Together, we are a million people under the threat of being bombed.

What we do today, what I do today, is standing against the missiles of Hamas, a thing which I have never had to do before, so my Israeli fellows that have been suffering from it for years will be able to live in peace. A real peace, and not just a cease-fire for Hamas to take advantage of and get rearmed. We suffer now so our Israeli brothers and sisters can live in peace, AND so missiles won't ever become "routine" in our cities too. What we don't do today, will cost us tomorrow.

As a citizen of a western country (Israel of course), I have been surprised to see the huge hypocrisy shown by the western world during these eleven days. Protests and demonstrations against Israel and it's actions all over the world, comparing us to the Nazis and calling us murderers. All that from the people who have ignored the violent nature of Hamas and it's actions and attacks against Israeli CITIZENS for years and years.

That being said, I'd like to thank you and your organization for your support and right view of reality. It's important to me and other Israelis to know that there are sane voices out there too.

And a personal message for Gabriel:

I joined your website and organization after listening to your speeches on Youtube. As I know your story, I know and understand that what we are doing today is defending our home. Hamas, just like the radicals in Lebanon, has no tolerance and doesn't want to live in peace with us. Hamas's wish is to throw us into the sea. To take the only place I know as HOME away from me. And neither I nor the Israeli people will stand for that kind of wish.

So from the Israeli people and country - Thank you

Personally, I would attempt to move heaven and hell to stop anyone who would lob rockets into my home or into my neighborhood! Who among you would go sip coffee and eat scones down at the local Starbucks given the same situation?