The architects of the "road map" and its Israeli supporters believe that the "Palestinian" Arabs can solve the problem of terrorist activities against Israel. But the Arabs have never solved our problems, and they will never do so. Since they can't solve their own problems in any Arab state, how can they solve ours?
Peace is not on their agenda, and it never has been. It's only on Israel's agenda. Look how they teach their kids since infancy to hate and fight Israelis. This is their agenda. A nation?s children?s books and textbooks tell more about that nation?s goals and aspirations than its leaders statements. More so, when we deal with Arabs, who have always considered either oral or written messages given to the "infidels" as irrelevant and non-binding, as implied and prescribed by their own culture, tradition and religion.
Many in our camp, not only the delusional Leftists, repeat the same mistake when dealing with the Arabs. They project our traditions, values, desires and our way of thinking on the Arabs. People with genuinely good intentions have many suggestions as to what Arabs should do in order to better their life and well-being. They should change their education, anti-Semitism, anti-democratic ruling, and so on and so forth, these well meaning advisers keep saying. Obviously, if these wishes come true, they would better our cause. But who says that this is what the Arabs want, or can do? Even thousands of Shimon Pereses and thousands of "The New Middle East" lunatic books wouldn't make it happen, no matter how much we want it to happen, because these wishes haven't been made by those whom they address - the Arabs themselves.
"Peace" is a main problem because there is and always will be enough Arabs who want to fight Israel with terrorist activities. "Prime Minister" Abbas just said that he would not outlaw terrorists such as Hamas and others who defy his call to stop attacks against Israel.
Imagine a "Palestinian state" is formed and they have an agreed upon territory in the Gaza Strip and Yehudah and Shomron (the exact territorial details are irrelevant). There would always be enough extremists (as a matter of fact, they are the majority) who would insist on a "just solution to the Palestinian Problem", which means getting back to their houses of pre-1967 Israel. Obviously, their wish wouldn't be granted and obviously they would wage a terror war against Israel. The official Palestinian government would say that they don't endorse this war, but they can't do anything against those "extremist individuals." If anybody thinks differently, he's either a fool or naive or a habitual denier like the Leftist Oslo-ists.
Then how can this "peace" be achieved? If one is honestly objective, knows history and keen on the facts, and is not on the payroll of foreign countries, the only conclusion one should get is "never," or until the Arabs are hit so hard, with tens of thousands of casualties, including rank and file and leadership, that they would beg for peace and they would start persecuting their own terrorists. This disaster should make their "1948 disaster" look like child's play. Otherwise, there will never be peace. Unless, of course, Messiah comes first.
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Michael Yaniv is a freelance writer who lives in Massachusetts, USA. He can be reached at myez@rcn.com.
(c) Michael Yaniv
Peace is not on their agenda, and it never has been. It's only on Israel's agenda. Look how they teach their kids since infancy to hate and fight Israelis. This is their agenda. A nation?s children?s books and textbooks tell more about that nation?s goals and aspirations than its leaders statements. More so, when we deal with Arabs, who have always considered either oral or written messages given to the "infidels" as irrelevant and non-binding, as implied and prescribed by their own culture, tradition and religion.
Many in our camp, not only the delusional Leftists, repeat the same mistake when dealing with the Arabs. They project our traditions, values, desires and our way of thinking on the Arabs. People with genuinely good intentions have many suggestions as to what Arabs should do in order to better their life and well-being. They should change their education, anti-Semitism, anti-democratic ruling, and so on and so forth, these well meaning advisers keep saying. Obviously, if these wishes come true, they would better our cause. But who says that this is what the Arabs want, or can do? Even thousands of Shimon Pereses and thousands of "The New Middle East" lunatic books wouldn't make it happen, no matter how much we want it to happen, because these wishes haven't been made by those whom they address - the Arabs themselves.
"Peace" is a main problem because there is and always will be enough Arabs who want to fight Israel with terrorist activities. "Prime Minister" Abbas just said that he would not outlaw terrorists such as Hamas and others who defy his call to stop attacks against Israel.
Imagine a "Palestinian state" is formed and they have an agreed upon territory in the Gaza Strip and Yehudah and Shomron (the exact territorial details are irrelevant). There would always be enough extremists (as a matter of fact, they are the majority) who would insist on a "just solution to the Palestinian Problem", which means getting back to their houses of pre-1967 Israel. Obviously, their wish wouldn't be granted and obviously they would wage a terror war against Israel. The official Palestinian government would say that they don't endorse this war, but they can't do anything against those "extremist individuals." If anybody thinks differently, he's either a fool or naive or a habitual denier like the Leftist Oslo-ists.
Then how can this "peace" be achieved? If one is honestly objective, knows history and keen on the facts, and is not on the payroll of foreign countries, the only conclusion one should get is "never," or until the Arabs are hit so hard, with tens of thousands of casualties, including rank and file and leadership, that they would beg for peace and they would start persecuting their own terrorists. This disaster should make their "1948 disaster" look like child's play. Otherwise, there will never be peace. Unless, of course, Messiah comes first.
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Michael Yaniv is a freelance writer who lives in Massachusetts, USA. He can be reached at myez@rcn.com.
(c) Michael Yaniv