The Israeli and American Jewish supporters of Oslo have been asked to say special Selichos prayers this year in light of the terrible catastrophes inflicted upon Israel by the policies they have forced upon the country. The new Oslo Selichos go something like this:
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured the world that Arafat would pursue peace,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured the world that Hamas would be more of a threat to the PLO than to Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured the Jews that Arafat would fight the Hamas and Islamic Jihad ?with no Supreme Court or human rights organizations (to quote Rabin),?
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that hostility to Jews in the Arab and the Moslem media would decrease,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured the Israelis that trade between Israel and Arab countries would flourish,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Palestinian Authority would be disarmed,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would cooperate strategically with the Israeli Defense Forces,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel
that there would be an economic peace dividend,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Israeli Arabs would demonstrate increasing moderation due to the "peace process",
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Hamas and Jihad would be persecuted and suppressed by the PLO,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that PLO arms would never again be used against Jews,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO leadership would speak in terms of peace with the Jews,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would cease its efforts to delegitimize Zionism and Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would denounce and renounce anti-Semitism, Nazism and Holocaust Denial,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would introduce democracy into the Palestinian zones,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would be forced to spend all its energies on resolving domestic social and economic problems,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the US would back Israel if the PLO reneged on its obligations or displayed duplicity,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the US would cease to pressure Israel to endanger its security and fundamental interests,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Europeans would rush forward to support Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Japanese and Saudis would pour money into regional investments, including into Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Egyptians would end all animosity towards Israel, Zionism and Jews,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the non-Arab Moslem countries would gush friendship for Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Arab military expenditure would drop significantly,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Arab verbal threats against Israel's existence would end,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Nazi-like propaganda in Arab countries would end,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Israeli Left would lead the retreat from the Oslo experiment it if proved to be a failure,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would never show itself as a tin-cup Third-World kleptocracy if granted power,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Jews remaining in Moslem countries would see their treatment dramatically improved,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Russia would act as a stabilizing force for peace,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the majority of Palestinians would denounce violence and terror,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Israel Arabs would cease to support political parties dedicated to eliminating Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Palestinian chants of "In fire and blood will we redeem Palestine", "Death to the Jews" and "Massacre the Jews" would end,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we assured the world that Oslo would NEVER lead to demands for negotiations concerning Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem, that Israel would never be asked to return to its 1949 Auschwitz borders, that the Jordan Valley and Golan Heights would remain Israel's security borders forever,
Please, please, please forgive us!
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Dr. Steven Plaut teaches at the Graduate School of Business, University of Haifa, Israel.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured the world that Arafat would pursue peace,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured the world that Hamas would be more of a threat to the PLO than to Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured the Jews that Arafat would fight the Hamas and Islamic Jihad ?with no Supreme Court or human rights organizations (to quote Rabin),?
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that hostility to Jews in the Arab and the Moslem media would decrease,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured the Israelis that trade between Israel and Arab countries would flourish,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Palestinian Authority would be disarmed,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would cooperate strategically with the Israeli Defense Forces,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel
that there would be an economic peace dividend,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Israeli Arabs would demonstrate increasing moderation due to the "peace process",
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Hamas and Jihad would be persecuted and suppressed by the PLO,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that PLO arms would never again be used against Jews,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO leadership would speak in terms of peace with the Jews,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would cease its efforts to delegitimize Zionism and Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would denounce and renounce anti-Semitism, Nazism and Holocaust Denial,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would introduce democracy into the Palestinian zones,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would be forced to spend all its energies on resolving domestic social and economic problems,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the US would back Israel if the PLO reneged on its obligations or displayed duplicity,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the US would cease to pressure Israel to endanger its security and fundamental interests,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Europeans would rush forward to support Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Japanese and Saudis would pour money into regional investments, including into Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Egyptians would end all animosity towards Israel, Zionism and Jews,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the non-Arab Moslem countries would gush friendship for Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Arab military expenditure would drop significantly,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Arab verbal threats against Israel's existence would end,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Nazi-like propaganda in Arab countries would end,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the Israeli Left would lead the retreat from the Oslo experiment it if proved to be a failure,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the PLO would never show itself as a tin-cup Third-World kleptocracy if granted power,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Jews remaining in Moslem countries would see their treatment dramatically improved,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Russia would act as a stabilizing force for peace,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that the majority of Palestinians would denounce violence and terror,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Israel Arabs would cease to support political parties dedicated to eliminating Israel,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we forced Israel to commit Oslo and assured Israel that Palestinian chants of "In fire and blood will we redeem Palestine", "Death to the Jews" and "Massacre the Jews" would end,
Please forgive us.
For the sin we committed when we assured the world that Oslo would NEVER lead to demands for negotiations concerning Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem, that Israel would never be asked to return to its 1949 Auschwitz borders, that the Jordan Valley and Golan Heights would remain Israel's security borders forever,
Please, please, please forgive us!
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Dr. Steven Plaut teaches at the Graduate School of Business, University of Haifa, Israel.