The
cease-fire is holding after a week. What happens in
PM Netanyahu promised a "new diplomatic horizon" and "new opportunities" because of the changes in the Middle
East . Sorry to inform readers, we are in for a big disappointment.
We had a hint of that some days ago. The same old, visionless horizon has been
his wont over all these years. He wants to prove to his right wing flank - the Naphtali
Bennett and Avigdor Lieberman right wing members of his coalition that it is
business as usual.
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Revenge
is more suited to Hamas and its ilk but not Israel . We should not be vengeful
and lower our standards to that of the vengeful terrorist movements by
unilaterally annexing further pockets of land designated for the establishment
of a future Palestinian state even though it is not
going to occur in the near or distant future. This move will give the UN another reason to
condemn Israel
and weaken its stance even further.
The
timing of land appropriation could not be worse. Does Israel need to upset the US by this move? It serves no useful purpose. After all, without US help with the Iron
Dome system, the Israeli casualty figures would have been catastrophic. Israel needs the US,
which is Israel 's
sole reliable friend. The US
displays severe naivety when it comes to the Middle East
in the same way as the EU. Wherever the US is involved in trouble shooting,
the terror movements get stronger. This is true of ISIS who has beheaded two US journalists, James Foley and Steven Sotloff and the list will increase as well as the kidnapping of UNDOF soldiers by the Nusra Front. We see the impotence of these powers. The only thing they do is
to condemn ISIS ,
Nusra Front and their allies verbally so far. How many more be-headings and torture must occur before a united front takes military action to destroy these savages?
According
to latest Palestinian polls, Hamas popularity has increased and if there are
Palestinian elections, Hamas will win easily. Mahmoud Abbas is weak and is
propped up artificially by Israel
and the US .
He has no power base as he has no ground root support from the Palestinians. The wide
support that Hamas receives, despite their severe defeat by Israel in Gaza,
is incomprehensible.
On the
other hand, despite the moral questionability of Israel 's
appropriation of Palestinian land for settlement in the West Bank, perhaps it
is preferable to having Hamas take over from the PA if elections are held in the West Bank . The reasons are obvious. It would create another Gaza-type scenario on
our doorstep with all its ramifications similar to what we have witnessed. The Israeli occupation is preferable to a Hamas-dominated Palestinian state, even for the Palestinian People. This would also open the doors for the entrance of Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist groups such as ISIS and its allied barbarians.
This can quite conceivably be the scenario after Palestinian elections in the
The racist sermons coming from Islamist imams in mosques all over Europe and US against Jews are frightening. It is grist to the mill of ISIS .
There has been no wide condemnation by the Muslim religious leadership for
these violent Islamist terrorist trends. It goes hand in hand with support for
Hamas and other Islamist radicals. It is fertilizer for ISIS growth in Europe . The latter have been successful in drawing
youngsters into their ranks for training and beheading non-Muslims in their
quest to establish an Islamist Caliphate wherever they can. Europe is not
immune as some of its sons and daughters are joining the ranks of ISIS for training and brain-washing.
As
abhorrent as the occupation is, the alternative is far worse. The Palestinians
are becoming more radical A future Palestinian
State
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