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November 28, 2007
Eliminating the Jewish State
Seraphic Secret has frequently pointed out that the only difference between Fatah and Hamas is tactics. The long term strategy of both terrorist gangs is identical; their charters mirror one another calling for the elimination of the "Zionist entity."
Fatah use a double pronged offensive: terrorist attacks, with plausible deniability built in for the gullible left and the Jew-hating Europeans. They cloak their murderous operations—sub-contracted through Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and other gangs—via a clever and patient political strategy of nibbling away at the physical borders of Israel. This has been immensely successful with the appeasers on the left always anxious to trade away territory for, well, nothing.
Gaza, now Judenrein, is just the first step in several incremental steps to dismember Israel.
Judea and Samaria are next.
After that: Jerusalem.
The left are, of course, in full compliance, anxious to step up to the plate and repeat the same mistakes over and over again for they just want to be loved by those who want nothing more than to kill them. It's the Stockholm Syndrome in bold type.
Hamas have no patience for demographic war. They just want to kill Jews—now. And, in truth, they speak for the majority of the so-called Palestinian people. Let's not forget for one moment that Hamas won the free and fair elections—Jimmy Carter, hero to the left, certified the final results—in a landslide. Only one precinct went for Fatah. Really, it's Hamas who should be sitting at Annapolis, let's be honest. Mahmoud Abbas is President of the "Hey, Mahmoud, Nice Suit You're Wearing Today, Society." If Israeli citizens and the IDF were not in Judea and Samaria, Fatah would be toast in about two hours.
INTERPOLATION:
The Hashemites in Jordan, contrary to their public pronouncements, would not be happy puppies. The last thing they want to see is the IDF scampering out of Judea and Samaria. That would mean another Black September for the hapless Hashemites.
END INTERPOLATION:
In fact, in every single country in the Arab world, if free elections were held, the Islamists would win—hands down—and the more secular reformers would have their throats slit.
And for those who believe that the Arabs really want to live in peace and justice with Israel.
Well, yeah, absolutely true.
But don't superimpose your Western values on the words peace and justice. When Muslims speak these two words they are imagining a world where Sharia rules as justice and peace means that Jews (and all religious minorities) are dhimmis, a severely oppressed underclass.
Just ask Jews from Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Ethiopia, or Morocco what life was like under the Muslim yoke of peace and justice.
That's why the Arab/Muslim world is, Judenrein.
Here's a superb article by Daniel Pipes that actually has something nice to say about Ehud Olmert, and reveals the Arabs as a bunch of racist Jew-haters.
Shocking, huh?
Hey, we like to surprise our Seraphic Friends.
Surprisingly, something useful has emerged from the combination of the misconceived Annapolis meeting and a weak Israeli prime minister, Ehud ("Peace is achieved through concessions") Olmert. Breaking with his predecessors, Olmert has boldly demanded that his Palestinian bargaining partners accept Israel's permanent existence as a Jewish state, thereby evoking a revealing response.
Unless the Palestinians recognize Israel as "a Jewish state," Olmert announced on November 11, the Annapolis-related talks would not proceed. "I do not intend to compromise in any way over the issue of the Jewish state. This will be a condition for our recognition of a Palestinian state."
He confirmed these points a day later, describing the "recognition of Israel as a state for the Jewish people" as the "launching point for all negotiations. We won't have an argument with anyone in the world over the fact that Israel is a state of the Jewish people." The Palestinian leadership, he noted, must "want to make peace with Israel as a Jewish state."
Raising this topic has the virtue of finally focusing attention on what is the central topic in the Arab-Israeli conflict -- Zionism, the Jewish nationalist movement, a topic that typically gets ignored in the hubbub of negotiations. Since nearly the birth of the state, these have focused on the intricacies of such subsidiary issues as borders, troop placements, armaments and arms control, sanctities, natural resources, residential rights, diplomatic representation, and foreign relations.
The Palestinian leadership responded quickly and unequivocally to Olmert's demand:
The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee in Nazareth unanimously called on the Palestinian Authority not to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
Salam Fayad, Palestinian Authority "prime minister": "Israel can define itself as it likes, but the Palestinians will not recognize it as a Jewish state."
Yasser Abed Rabbo, secretary general of the Palestinian Liberation Organization's executive committee: "This issue is not on the table; it is raised for internal [Israeli] consumption."
Ahmad Qurei, chief Palestinian negotiator: "This [demand] is absolutely refused."
Saeb Erekat, head of the PLO Negotiations Department: "The Palestinians will never acknowledge Israel's Jewish identity. ... There is no country in the world where religious and national identities are intertwined."
Erekat's generalization is both curious and revealing. Not only do 56 states and the PLO belong to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, but most of them, including the PLO, make the Shari"a (Islamic law) their main or only source of legislation. Saudi Arabia even requires that every subject be a Muslim.
To read Daniel Pipes' complete article, please click here.
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at November 28, 2007 09:14 AM
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