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Betraying Israel
By Cal Thomas
With friends like President Obama, who needs enemies? If you’re Israel,
you already have quite enough of those.
On May 14, 2011, the State of Israel observed the 63rd anniversary of
its independence. But if the proposals made by President Obama in his
State Department speech are implemented, that observance could be its
last.
It is difficult to say if the president is self-deluded, if he drinks
State Department Arabist Kool-Aid or if he’s just a fool. It doesn’t
matter. The results are the same.
Why does anyone continue to believe that the unsuccessful “Land for
Peace” formula can magically persuade Arab states and terrorist groups
to lay down their arms and change their minds about a goal they have
taught in their schools, preached in their mosques and reinforced in
their media since 1948?
The president’s peace formulation is as likely to succeed as Harold
Camping’s doomsday prophecy.
This is the reality, expressed by Hamas’ former minister of “culture,”
Atallah Abu Al-Subh, and broadcast on Al-Aqsa TV: “The Jews are the
most despicable and contemptible nation to crawl upon the face of the
earth.” Would 1967 borders change his mind?
Here’s another excerpt from Al-Subh’s April 8 sermon: “Whoever is
killed by a Jew receives the reward of two martyrs, because the very
thing that the Jews did to the prophets was done to him.” That would be
144 virgins and double the fig ration.
He continued: “Allah will kill the Jews in the hell of the world to
come, just like they killed the believers in the hell of this world.”
And “The Jews kill anyone who believes in Allah. They do not want to
see any peace whatsoever on Earth.”
This kind of “peace” means no Jews with all Israel occupied and
dominated by legions of Muslims who will impose Sharia law to the
detriment of women and anyone who believes in a different God and
different laws and rules.
The apologists for such rhetoric, which is legion, turn blind eyes and
deaf ears to the intent and objectives of Hamas, which is increasingly
considered mainstream in the Arab world. Arab and Palestinian diplomats
say one thing for Western consumption and the opposite when
communicating with their own.
In his bold rebuke of President Obama in the Oval Office, Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a history lesson. Ignorance of
history threatens not only Israel, but also American interests and
ultimately America itself. That’s because Arab intentions to dominate
do not end in the Middle East. “Peace based on illusions,” said
Netanyahu, “will crash eventually on the rocks of Middle East reality.”
Once again the prime minister noted that Israel’s 1967 borders would be
indefensible. All of the talk by this and previous administrations of
“unshakable” support for Israel is meaningless if enemy tanks, missiles
and especially nuclear weapons are used against this tiny nation. What
would America do? Bomb Iran? Invade Egypt? Strafe Syria? The State
Department would likely wring its hands and blame Israel for its own
destruction, saying it should have compromised sooner.
The ludicrously named “Arab Spring” is more like an Arab winter that
will never end as long as radical Islam is the established religion.
Very little good is likely to come out of the uprisings from Egypt to
Syria and beyond because there is no foundation in the region for
political pluralism, religious tolerance and equality for women. Such
things are not part of their political and religious DNA. So why is the
U.S. sending billions more in borrowed money to Egypt when the Muslim
Brotherhood candidate might win the upcoming election?
It is only when the State Department and the White House begin to
understand reality that Israel’s -- and America’s -- interests will be
served.
The public seems to understand that better than politicians and
diplomats. A recent Rasmussen poll found that 78 percent of U.S. voters
believe peace between Israel and the Arab world is unlikely. Thousands
of years of history and common sense confirm this.
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