[Part one of this article can be read at http://www.israelnn.com/article.php3?id=3993.]



Whatever the size or shape the proposed additional Arab state might eventually be, it must not come at the expense of the security of the sole, miniscule state of the Jews.



In the aftermath of the 1967 Six Day War, which Israel was forced to fight after it was blockaded at the Straits of Tiran and other life-threatening hostile acts, UN Resolution #242 did not demand that Israel return to the status quo ante. The architects of that resolution, such as Eugene Rostow, Arthur Goldberg, and others, all stressed quite the contrary, and their views are readily accessible.



242 called, instead, for the creation of "secure and recognized borders" to replace those fragile armistice lines. There is no way that former US President Jimmy Carter cannot know this, yet he pretends to be deaf, dumb and blind, because it goes counter to his own "vision."



Most of Israel's settlements have been built on strategic high ground areas, but even with these left in place, Israel's width goes from nine miles up to perhaps around twenty in that waist bordering the West Bank/Judea and Samaria. Most people in America drive further than that just to go to work. Any Roadmap discussions must continue to take this into account.



While compromises are in order, Carter's demands, advice or whatever on the issue of the security fence in Judea and Samaria (like that of the recent UN politicized mouthpiece, the International Court of Justice) are not. His brother Billy made lots of money endearing himself to Arab oil folks. I haven't checked Mr. Peanut's records yet myself, but I've been told he has received plenty of Arab donations for his views. On this issue, however, in all fairness, he certainly couldn't be worse than the Bushes and their own closest friends and political allies. Best buddy James Baker's law firm, for example, represents the Saudis in the US.



Carter speaks of the territories as if Palestinian Arabs (many of whom were newcomers -- settlers -- themselves in Palestine) had exclusive rights there. Contrary to popular current protestations, these are not "occupied Palestinian Arab lands."



Leading scholars such as William O'Brien, Rostow and others have pointed out that these lands were non-apportioned areas of the Mandate, and all residents -- Arabs, Jews, etc. -- had the right to live there. Indeed, Jews had lived and owned land in Judea and Samaria until earlier massacres by Arabs. And Mr. Carter knows this, too. As he is also aware of the writings of the so-called "moderates" like the late showcased Faisal Husseini, whose goal was a purely Arab Palestine from the River to the Sea.



Indeed, the "moderates" of the good cop/bad cop game the Arabs have played to gain concessions from the Jews speak in terms of temporary, meaningless concessions to the Jews as the Trojan Horse that will be used to deliver the final prize, Yasser Arafat's modern professed version of the "Peace of the Quraysh." The latter were the pagan tribe with which the Muslim prophet, Muhammad, made a temporary truce - until he gained the position and strength to deliver the final blow. Talk of a new "truce" with Arafat falls into this same category. Arabs offer this hudna while expecting Israel to yield to all of their demands.



So it's time to call it what it really is.



Jews have repeatedly offered Arabs reasonable compromises and an honorable way out of this bloody mess. It is Arabs who have rejected all of these. The plain truth is that any solution that is not another Final Solution will not be acceptable to Arabs - at least not to those with both the real power and the power to influence their own captive masses. And Mr. Peanut knows this too, which makes what he says and does even light years worse.



Carter's constant demand that Israel cave in to such above hogwash is nothing short of hostile intent on his part towards the Jewish State. He expects no others to bare their necks so freely to their sworn murderous enemies as he does Jews. Indeed, the prospect of him having any influence over a potential Democrat in office is frightening.



When I see Mr. Peanut show the same concern over the plight of millions of Blacks in Africa, who have been slaughtered, enslaved, turned into refugees and the like, or that of some thirty million perpetually victimized, stateless Kurds, who have suffered likewise in the name of the Arab nation, as he does for creating a 22nd or 23rd state for Arabs (on the ashes of Israel, but fear not, he'll give a proper southern gentleman's eulogy), then I might give credence to what he says again.



For now, his blatant hypocrisy and double standards vis-a-vis Jews and Israel simply make him a spokesman for the Arab cause.



Furthermore, knowing what his politics are like and that he has become a virtual attack dog sicked on Israel, the Democrats had surely figured out beforehand what words of wisdom he was likely to spout as he was showcased at their convention on July 26th. And this, unfortunately, perhaps says something, as well.



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