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September 26, 2007
No Peace for Israel
Here's a fine article, originally a radio talk, by Pofessor Paul Eidelberg, on the dangers of appeasement to the jihadists.
We in America should heed these lessons well. Entire swaths of Europe might already be lost, but we still have a chance to stanch the tide. Though judging by the, ahem, progressive response of students and faculty at Columbia—they're just furious at Bollinger's "insulting treatment" of Jew-hater Mahmoud—Columbia University might already be Columbiastan.
Israel is retreating toward its 1949 Auschwitz lines. Many attribute this retreat to Israel’s ardent desire for peace. This desire for peace, however, has resulted in ceaseless Arab terrorism and Israel’s emasculation.
This desire for peace, uttered ad nauseum by Israeli policy-makers and opinion-makers, has stupefied Israelis, emboldened Israel’s enemies; and made Muslims contemptuous of Jews.
Did England’s or France’s desire for peace transform Germans into doves? Germany was the home of humanism, of philosophy and science. Are Muslims more humanistic than the nation that produced Kant, Schiller, Heine, and Einstein?
But let me address Israel’s current political elites: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Defense Minister Ehud Barak—and of course Israel’s so-called elder statesman President Shimon Peres. These Alice-in-Wonderland politicians would have us believe that withdrawing from Judea and Samaria will pacify Israel’s distraught Arab neighbors—like giving them a daily dose of Prozac.
I ask these peace addicts: Why should you expect peace from Muslims who despise Israel as an outpost of Western civilization that threatens the autocratic power structure of Islamic states?
Why should you expect peace from Arabs who teach their children to hate Jews and exalt suicide bombers? Is it not foolish of you and shameless to negotiate with Palestinians when 85% of these Arabs are committed to Israel’s destruction? What do you want to negotiate—the mode and date of your destruction?
To read the entirie article, please click here.
Hat Tip: Unity Coalition for Israel.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at September 26, 2007 01:46 PM
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