Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA, in his weekly commentary on Arutz-7, said:
\"America would have been attacked even if Israel did not exist. Within hours of the devastating attacks against America, supporters of the Palestinians... began their \"drop Israel\" campaign, arguing that American support for the Jewish State had made it a target. Saddam Hussein\'s remarks reported last night on official Iraqi Television, however, make it clear that this is NOT the case. Support for Israel is just one \"crime\" in a long laundry list of \"crimes\" starting with the bombing of Hiroshima to the exportation of \"evil\" via American movies shown around the world...
\"It is sheer folly to think that the world would be safe if [Bin Laden were killed] while Saddam Hussein continues unfettered...
\"A critical element in the success of the Bush administration\'s efforts to build a \"coalition against terror\" is if it takes Saddam\'s message yesterday to heart. [It must not] succumb to the temptation to treat Israel as a pariah state to be left out of the coalition so as not to offend the sensibilities of the \"moderate\" Arabs... The truth is that the \"moderate\" Arab states WILL stand in a coalition with Israel if they are serious about facing the common enemy. [If so], then the most that they need to justify their standing in a coalition with Israel is a CLEAR and unequivocal message from America that there is no \"No Jews\" option. And it isn\'t hard to get this message out. All President Bush has to do is SAY it. Say that this is a critical battle that MUST be won and that he expects all those who oppose this threat to the world to join forces - Americans and Russians, Japanese and Chinese, Moderate Arabs and Israelis - to defeat this threat to the world...\"
\"America would have been attacked even if Israel did not exist. Within hours of the devastating attacks against America, supporters of the Palestinians... began their \"drop Israel\" campaign, arguing that American support for the Jewish State had made it a target. Saddam Hussein\'s remarks reported last night on official Iraqi Television, however, make it clear that this is NOT the case. Support for Israel is just one \"crime\" in a long laundry list of \"crimes\" starting with the bombing of Hiroshima to the exportation of \"evil\" via American movies shown around the world...
\"It is sheer folly to think that the world would be safe if [Bin Laden were killed] while Saddam Hussein continues unfettered...
\"A critical element in the success of the Bush administration\'s efforts to build a \"coalition against terror\" is if it takes Saddam\'s message yesterday to heart. [It must not] succumb to the temptation to treat Israel as a pariah state to be left out of the coalition so as not to offend the sensibilities of the \"moderate\" Arabs... The truth is that the \"moderate\" Arab states WILL stand in a coalition with Israel if they are serious about facing the common enemy. [If so], then the most that they need to justify their standing in a coalition with Israel is a CLEAR and unequivocal message from America that there is no \"No Jews\" option. And it isn\'t hard to get this message out. All President Bush has to do is SAY it. Say that this is a critical battle that MUST be won and that he expects all those who oppose this threat to the world to join forces - Americans and Russians, Japanese and Chinese, Moderate Arabs and Israelis - to defeat this threat to the world...\"