A question I like to ask my liberal friends who support a two-state solution or various other concessions from Israel towards the Palestinians is this: Even if Israel is completely wrong in its conflict with the Palestinians, and should completely withdraw to the June 4, 1967 lines, can one really expect Israel to make peace with these people? I look forward to sharing many examples of why even if one maintains this view on Israel, one cannot reasonably expect the State of Israel to sit down with those who glorify murderers of innocents. It sends a clear message to one's people, that murdering innocents is to be praised.
Palestinian Media Watch communique of January 15, 2010: "Fatah prides itself on deadly terrorist attacks." They salute those who fired rockets into Israel from Lebanon in the 1980s, and praise those who murdered nearly fifty innocents in a hotel takeover in 1976, and a bus hijacking in 1978.
And these are the ones with whom Israel is expected to make peace? Kudos to the Palestinians for at least being forthright with their feelings. They do not hide their true thoughts at all. They could have said, "At the time, we thought that what these fighters were doing was good. We realize now that they were despicable acts." At least make it seem like you have changed your spots! But they continue to heap praise on terrorists who purposely murder innocents. Not as collateral damage in an operation against a military target, but as intentional damage. When Israel kills innocent Palestinians, it is nearly always in the course of targeting terrorists. It is not the Israeli army's goal. The Palestinians' goal, however, is to attack as many innocents as possible; it is not a bi-product of an attack, but the very purpose of the attack!
So I ask you, dear reader, knowing that the Palestinians glorify murderers, and make it clear that the primary goal of attacks is to murder innocents:
Even if Israel is completely wrong, can one really expect it to make peace with these people?
it has too often been forgotten that there is an Arab/Moslem "Palestinian" state. It is Jordan.
ReplyDeleteJust as there are no longer Jews east of the Jordan river, there should be no Moslems west of it.