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Why Israel Matters to America
(Washington Examiner) Mike Huckabee - Israel is a mirror image of America in its commitment to religious liberty, education, women's rights, free speech, democratic governance and free-market capitalism. While a Jewish state, Israel also protects all religious shrines and provides Christians, Muslims and Jews universal access to all religious sites. (How many churches or synagogues are equally protected by the Syrians or the Iranians?) Their military also takes extraordinary measures to prevent civilian casualties. I witnessed the elaborate steps they take to protect noncombatants - even those used as human shields to protect terrorists. No nation, not even the United States, takes greater care to protect civilians. While we may offer them arms and military hardware, Israel has never asked us to provide American personnel to fight their battles. We are equally targeted for annihilation by Islamic jihadists. The forces that toppled the Twin Towers; flew an airplane into the Pentagon; behead Christian children, journalists and relief workers; and burn alive a captured pilot - have vowed to kill every Jew and every American. The writer is a former Arkansas governor who first visited Israel 42 years ago at age 17.