We constantly hear how "both sides" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict must take "risks for peace." Prime Minister Netanyahu just announced at a press conference with President Obama that he was willing to do so. The President said it was vital for Israel to do so.
Nonsense. How many more "risks for peace" does Israel need to take?
The bottom line is this: Israel has accepted the notion of a Palestinian state in its midst (though I completely reject this). The Palestinians in particular, and the Arab/Muslim world in general, do not accept the existence of a tiny Jewish state in the middle of their world. That is all one needs to know about the current conflict. If the Palestinians genuinely wanted a state, they could have had one many times in the past. But anything short of all of Israel, they rejected each and every overture. But it is not a state they want; it is the destruction of Israel.
If the Palestinians laid down their arms, there would be peace tomorrow. If Israel were to lay down its arms, there would be no Israel tomorrow. No more Israeli "risks for peace," please.
Nonsense. How many more "risks for peace" does Israel need to take?
- Israel transferred thousands of weapons to the Palestinian Authority security forces, only to have those weapons turned against it during the Second Intifada.
- Israel turned over territory in Judea and Samaria to full Palestinian civil and security control, only to have a number of these cities turn into terrorist hotbeds, from which originated many suicide bombers (e.g. Jenin, Qalqilya, Nablus et al).
- Israel completely withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005, destroying Jewish communities and forcibly expelling their residents, only to have it become a launching pad of thousands of Qassam rockets into Israel.
- Israel forcibly expelled four Jewish communities in northern Samaria.
- Have they taught their children that they should live in peace with their Israeli neighbors? No, they teach them to hate all Jews (not just Israelis, highlighting the religious, not only political, element to this conflict), using language not seen since Nazi Germany.
- Have they announced that suicide bombings are morally reprehensible? No, they merely state that such attacks are counterproductive to achieving Palestinian nationalist goals.
- Have they amended their various charters calling for Israel's destruction? No (the 1998 Palestinian parliament vote in the presence of President Clinton was invalid, even according to the PLO's Covenant's own rules). Hamas certainly maintains its open opposition to Israel's existence.
- Have they ended incitement through their official media outlets (not from a fringe group)? No, they constantly broadcast hate-filled, antisemitic sermons by PA-sanctioned imams. (See MEMRI and Palestinian Media Watch.)
The bottom line is this: Israel has accepted the notion of a Palestinian state in its midst (though I completely reject this). The Palestinians in particular, and the Arab/Muslim world in general, do not accept the existence of a tiny Jewish state in the middle of their world. That is all one needs to know about the current conflict. If the Palestinians genuinely wanted a state, they could have had one many times in the past. But anything short of all of Israel, they rejected each and every overture. But it is not a state they want; it is the destruction of Israel.
If the Palestinians laid down their arms, there would be peace tomorrow. If Israel were to lay down its arms, there would be no Israel tomorrow. No more Israeli "risks for peace," please.
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