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The latest from John Kerry is that the current “peace process” between the Israelis and the Palestinians will be “difficult” – and so it has been from one secretary of state to another, and from one Israeli prime minister to the next, up to Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israelis always make it “difficult,” but in the end – oh in the end they always cave in.
Every secretary of state of recent vintage has tried and succeeded to “bring both sides together” and it is always Israel that finds itself with less yardage than it had before, with nothing but more Palestinian hatred gained in return. First, though, Israel must make “concessions.” That is the first trick to rip Israel to shreds peace process by peace process. No concessions are demanded from the other side.
The real goal is to destroy Israel with one punch, but Israel’s appeasement-happy leaders are not quite that stupid, so they drag it out, making themselves appear “tough” and “intransigent,” and this angers the “international community,” which turns to the United States to browbeat Israel into submission.
Releasing prisoners, murderers all of them, is the first requirement that falls on Israel, and as expected, Israel says no, and next day capitulates.
The next demand from all of our secretaries of state is that Israel must stop building in and around Jerusalem, and here we go again, Israel says that it will not do this, absolutely not, and next morning the prime minister – whoever it is at the time – announces a building freeze.
“Hawkish” Menachem Begin swore that he would never give up the Sinai. He did.
Yitzhak Rabin promised his constituencies that he would never shake the homicidal hand of Yasser Arafat. He did.
Ehud Barak declared that he would protect Israel on all fronts. Virtually overnight he vacated Israel’s military presence in South Lebanon. This immediately deprived Israel of valuable strategic depth and opened up a new front, which bloodied Israel in war after war against Hezbollah.
Ariel Sharon, the toughest of them all, vowed that he would never give up Gaza. He did.
Israel is still reeling from the thousands of Hamas rockets coming from that “peace gesture.”
Ehud Olmert likewise came in as a “strong leader” and swiftly offered Yasser Arafat the entire “West Bank” and most of Biblically-sacred Jerusalem, plus the kitchen sink. Olmert forgot that he was only prime minister. He told the Palestinians, “I can be very generous,” as if the Jewish State were his to give.
Onward from Henry Kissinger, nearly every secretary of state has tried to diplomatically shuttle Israel out of existence. Even at this moment, as talks are in progress, Mahmoud Abbas proclaims that once his precious state is achieved, “No Jews will be allowed.” Some call this peace, and never apartheid.
Would it then be fair to expel the million and a half Arabs who live freely in Israel?
No Jews for the Arabs, hence no Arabs for the Jews. This sounds like a fair exchange, no, Mr. Kerry? Why not?
So now indeed it is John Kerry’s turn. Perhaps he can explain what this Palestinian state would look like. Egypt? Syria? That is a sure bet.
Of all the oddities – only Israel is at peace. So let’s keep fixing what ain’t broke.
Why, then, is it that with 100 hot spots around the world, the minute a new secretary of state steps into office, he or she heads immediately to Israel?
Or is it that 22 Arab countries are never enough, and that one Jewish country is simply too much?
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Original piece is http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/novelists-view-world/2013/jul/31/losing-israel-peace-peace/
Just watched Kerry's Press Conference. "Kerry": The consequences of not trying could be worse." Give me a break. Just because you screwed up in Libya, Egypt, are helpless in Syria, and still licking the wounds of Afghanistan and Iraq,you think this will restore US's image of weakness and feckless behavior? WTF? Has no-one learned from the Oslo catastrophe, the greatest blunder made by the State since Independence. What kind of country brings someone like Arafat next door, after *winning* several illegal wars of aggression, Arafat himself constantly being expelled by Arab countries (Jordan, Lebanon). Why do they continue to be the defendant, in the dock, the perennial loser? Is it any wonder Israel is despised not just in the Muslim world, but the world at large. Do they think the world will love them any more if they play even more nicely than they have already? Enough with the galut shtetl mentality. Whatever they were smoking re Oslo, please get me some! Israel is doing just fine, thanks, and sometimes the consequences of doing nothing are far superior to doing a bad thing. What do the Palestinians have to offer Israel? Peace? Give me a break. In war, it is the loser who sues for peace, not the victor. But Israel continues to act as losers. The Palestinian major demands remain the same as decades ago: No recognition of "Jewish State", Right of Return, East Jerusalem as their capital, expulsion of all resident from the so-called "Illegal Settlers" (from Israeli owned land, see my detailed article "Palestine: The Unending Conflict : Part 2 on this website: here: http://www.icjs-online.org/index.php?article=5077) And also the same negotiating Team as with Barak and Olmert, who did, in fact both yield to US Pressure, and offer all including the kitchen sink (offers that would surely have never passed the Knesset). It was good for Israel that the Palestinians - always ready to miss an opportunity, as they say - - rejected this suicidal offer. We can only hope Israel's new negotiating Team has learned something, even just a little from experience. Isn't that what is means to grow up, Labor Princess Livni? PS. I am an American citizen, and proud of it. That does not mean I have to be a lackey of Pres. Obama's failed Foreign Policy in the region. Let's face it, he has never been friendly to Israel. PPS. I voted for Obama (twice) in 2008, and John Kerry in 2004. Both losers, in my view.
Posted by George Peters on 2013-08-01 09:49:37 GMT
"So now indeed it is John Kerry’s turn. Perhaps he can explain what this Palestinian state would look like. Egypt? Syria? That is a sure bet. Of all the oddities – only Israel is at peace. So let’s keep fixing what ain’t broke. Why, then, is it that with 100 hot spots around the world, the minute a new secretary of state steps into office, he or she heads immediately to Israel?" Exactly. Pls see my other postings on this farce re David Bedein's article http://www.icjs-online.org/index.php?article=5100 and the ICJS Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/183122075102241/
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by George Peters on 2013-08-01 04:00:07 GMT