Our Israeli government makes me think of the saying, "None are as blind as those who refuse to see!"
Last week we discussed the "Gaza-Bethlehem First" plan as being simply a new version of the disastrous Oslo Agreements, agreements which have cost the lives of hundreds of Jews and have resulted in tens of thousands of wounded and maimed. It is shocking to learn that when Defense Secretary Ben Eliezer and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres announced their Gaza-Bethlehem First plan on August 18, they knew (but didn't share this knowledge with the Israeli public) that the day before, the Israeli Security Services had apprehended a terrorist cell of Israeli Arabs working together with Arabs from Ramallah. The members of this terrorist cell admitted to complicity in executing eight separate devastating attacks in the last three months, in which thirty-five Israelis died and dozens were gravely wounded in different parts of the country.
In addition, before making this agreement with the Palestinian Authority, did Ben Eliezer, Peres and Sharon take into account the terrorist attack at the Merom Junction where nine were killed and 48 wounded . Seven members of the same Israeli Arab family were cooperating with the Palestinian terrorists, according to today's Jerusalem Post in the article entitled, "Israeli Arab Terrorism on the Rise".
In both these terror attacks, Israeli Arabs were collaborating with Arabs from areas controlled by Arafat's Palestinian Authority.
In this regard, let us review statements of Sharon's spokesperson, Ra'anan Gissin, Shimon Peres and Ben Eliezer. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's spokesperson, Ra'anan Gissin, said that Palestinian terrorist groups "are trying to recruit Israeli Arabs to participate actively in terrorist activity", but that the vast majority of Arab citizens are not engaged in terrorism. So how come the last two major terror attacks were a cooperative venture between terrorists from Arafat-controlled territory and Israeli Arabs? Mr. Peres, in an interview in Norway, as usual justifying his "New Middle East" pipe dream, states that he still feels that Arafat is entitled to the Nobel Prize, since he was the first Arab to renounce violence! In the face of increasing terror attacks, our Minister of Defense Ben Eliezer says: "I have complete faith that the Palestinians are sincerely intent on achieving peace. It is clear to me that the Palestinian leadership has done some serious soul searching. "He not only avoids speaking of victory, but repeatedly asserts that there is no military solution to the current conflict. His refusal to see reality, or maybe it is wishful thinking, is evident in his statement that Israel must take advantage of the "new wind that is blowing among Palestinians" by withdrawing systematically from Gaza, Hebron, and Judea and Samaria. There is indeed a new wind blowing. It is the ill wind of sedition and terrorism among Israel's Arab citizens. Sharon, Peres and Ben Eliezer refuse to acknowledge these dangerous developments. In truth: "None are as blind as those who refuse to see!"
There is one man who is not afraid to tell the truth, Chief of General Staff, Lt. General Moshe Ayalon. Last Sunday, August 25, he spoke to the Annual Convention of Rabbis in Jerusalem. He asked the reporters to leave the room before speaking, but a recording was secretly made by someone in the audience. Chief of Staff Moshe Ayalon, the head of the Israeli Defense Forces, pointed out the following at this meeting:
?The PLO has never sought anything besides Israel's destruction, and is still trying to implement its "plan of stages" to annihilate Israel. The goal of the current Palestinian leadership is not a "two-state solution", but a Palestinian State as a stepping-stone toward the elimination of Israel as a Jewish State. The capitulation by Ehud Barak to Syria and Lebanon was a fiasco that led to escalated violence and terror by the Palestinians; that the capitulation in Lebanon signaled to the Arabs that Israel is destructible. Syrian leader Bashir Assad was encouraged by Hizbullah's success and the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, but Assad recognizes Israel's clear superiority, which is why he is reluctant to put his army to the test. Iran, after the Khomeini revolution of 1979, is a state which openly advocates the destruction of Israel. The Iranians are also acting to support Palestinian terrorist organizations wherever they are--Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front, and even the Palestinian Authority itself. The episode of the Karine A weapons smuggling ship reflected Iran's policy of supporting anybody that could speed Israel's demise. Israel is much better prepared to meet any Iraqi threat today than during the Gulf War, both in terms of striking at Iraq and in dealing with any missile threat. Iraq does not pose an existential threat to the State of Israel. "In the long term, the threat posed by Iraq or Hizbullah doesn't make me lose sleep. What does cost me sleep are two things: first, the prospect of a hostile country attaining nuclear capability and altering the strategic balance; and, second the Palestinian issue. There is no way of coming to an understanding with the present Palestinian leadership; to show any weakness in this regard would put Israel into a tailspin. The outbreak of PLO atrocities is a direct result of Israel demonstrating weakness and defeatism. As a military man, I tell you this is a conflict Israel must win so the Palestinians will understand they cannot gain through terror. Palestinian violence threatens to contaminate and infect Israeli Arabs, and the failure to suppress Palestinian terror is leading to the radicalization of Israeli Arabs, and they're enlisting in terrorism.?
This is exactly what our topic tonight is about:
IS THERE ANY REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISRAELI ARABS AND ARABS UNDER THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY?
Our guests tonight are Member of the Israeli Knesset Michael Kleiner and Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director of IMRA, (Independent Media Review and Analysis). These interviews can be accessed.
Hear the full interview.
Last week we discussed the "Gaza-Bethlehem First" plan as being simply a new version of the disastrous Oslo Agreements, agreements which have cost the lives of hundreds of Jews and have resulted in tens of thousands of wounded and maimed. It is shocking to learn that when Defense Secretary Ben Eliezer and Foreign Minister Shimon Peres announced their Gaza-Bethlehem First plan on August 18, they knew (but didn't share this knowledge with the Israeli public) that the day before, the Israeli Security Services had apprehended a terrorist cell of Israeli Arabs working together with Arabs from Ramallah. The members of this terrorist cell admitted to complicity in executing eight separate devastating attacks in the last three months, in which thirty-five Israelis died and dozens were gravely wounded in different parts of the country.
In addition, before making this agreement with the Palestinian Authority, did Ben Eliezer, Peres and Sharon take into account the terrorist attack at the Merom Junction where nine were killed and 48 wounded . Seven members of the same Israeli Arab family were cooperating with the Palestinian terrorists, according to today's Jerusalem Post in the article entitled, "Israeli Arab Terrorism on the Rise".
In both these terror attacks, Israeli Arabs were collaborating with Arabs from areas controlled by Arafat's Palestinian Authority.
In this regard, let us review statements of Sharon's spokesperson, Ra'anan Gissin, Shimon Peres and Ben Eliezer. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's spokesperson, Ra'anan Gissin, said that Palestinian terrorist groups "are trying to recruit Israeli Arabs to participate actively in terrorist activity", but that the vast majority of Arab citizens are not engaged in terrorism. So how come the last two major terror attacks were a cooperative venture between terrorists from Arafat-controlled territory and Israeli Arabs? Mr. Peres, in an interview in Norway, as usual justifying his "New Middle East" pipe dream, states that he still feels that Arafat is entitled to the Nobel Prize, since he was the first Arab to renounce violence! In the face of increasing terror attacks, our Minister of Defense Ben Eliezer says: "I have complete faith that the Palestinians are sincerely intent on achieving peace. It is clear to me that the Palestinian leadership has done some serious soul searching. "He not only avoids speaking of victory, but repeatedly asserts that there is no military solution to the current conflict. His refusal to see reality, or maybe it is wishful thinking, is evident in his statement that Israel must take advantage of the "new wind that is blowing among Palestinians" by withdrawing systematically from Gaza, Hebron, and Judea and Samaria. There is indeed a new wind blowing. It is the ill wind of sedition and terrorism among Israel's Arab citizens. Sharon, Peres and Ben Eliezer refuse to acknowledge these dangerous developments. In truth: "None are as blind as those who refuse to see!"
There is one man who is not afraid to tell the truth, Chief of General Staff, Lt. General Moshe Ayalon. Last Sunday, August 25, he spoke to the Annual Convention of Rabbis in Jerusalem. He asked the reporters to leave the room before speaking, but a recording was secretly made by someone in the audience. Chief of Staff Moshe Ayalon, the head of the Israeli Defense Forces, pointed out the following at this meeting:
?The PLO has never sought anything besides Israel's destruction, and is still trying to implement its "plan of stages" to annihilate Israel. The goal of the current Palestinian leadership is not a "two-state solution", but a Palestinian State as a stepping-stone toward the elimination of Israel as a Jewish State. The capitulation by Ehud Barak to Syria and Lebanon was a fiasco that led to escalated violence and terror by the Palestinians; that the capitulation in Lebanon signaled to the Arabs that Israel is destructible. Syrian leader Bashir Assad was encouraged by Hizbullah's success and the Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, but Assad recognizes Israel's clear superiority, which is why he is reluctant to put his army to the test. Iran, after the Khomeini revolution of 1979, is a state which openly advocates the destruction of Israel. The Iranians are also acting to support Palestinian terrorist organizations wherever they are--Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front, and even the Palestinian Authority itself. The episode of the Karine A weapons smuggling ship reflected Iran's policy of supporting anybody that could speed Israel's demise. Israel is much better prepared to meet any Iraqi threat today than during the Gulf War, both in terms of striking at Iraq and in dealing with any missile threat. Iraq does not pose an existential threat to the State of Israel. "In the long term, the threat posed by Iraq or Hizbullah doesn't make me lose sleep. What does cost me sleep are two things: first, the prospect of a hostile country attaining nuclear capability and altering the strategic balance; and, second the Palestinian issue. There is no way of coming to an understanding with the present Palestinian leadership; to show any weakness in this regard would put Israel into a tailspin. The outbreak of PLO atrocities is a direct result of Israel demonstrating weakness and defeatism. As a military man, I tell you this is a conflict Israel must win so the Palestinians will understand they cannot gain through terror. Palestinian violence threatens to contaminate and infect Israeli Arabs, and the failure to suppress Palestinian terror is leading to the radicalization of Israeli Arabs, and they're enlisting in terrorism.?
This is exactly what our topic tonight is about:
IS THERE ANY REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISRAELI ARABS AND ARABS UNDER THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY?
Our guests tonight are Member of the Israeli Knesset Michael Kleiner and Dr. Aaron Lerner, Director of IMRA, (Independent Media Review and Analysis). These interviews can be accessed.
Hear the full interview.