by Dr. Haim Shine
Once again we are all invited to a repeat performance of the age-old "negotiations with the Palestinians -- now and forever."
We have seen this
performance many times in the past, and it has never had a happy ending.
At the end of the show, we have always regretted having paid such a
high price for the ticket. The actors may change, the sets may be
different, but our enemies' sea of hate continues to flow. Even Greek
philosopher Heraclitus (famous for saying "no man ever steps in the same
river twice") would not be able to understand how intelligent people
can voluntarily jump into the same turbulent, dangerous waters time and
time again.
No marketing slogan or
presidential pyrotechnics can hide the fact that the Palestinian
leadership, whichever leadership it may be, will never accept Israel's
existence as a Jewish state with Jerusalem as the capital. It will never
relinquish its demand for the right of return. Every Palestinian leader
knows that every concession brings him closer to his demise. There will
always be a "shahid" (martyr) glad to take to heaven anyone seen by
radical Islam as an infidel.
Every time the U.S.
runs into difficulties, whether domestically or abroad, it immediately
focuses all its energies focus on Israel and the Palestinian issue. It
is a clearly Pavlovian response. This conditioned response rests on the
assumption that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will put the
entire Western world out of its misery and allow the U.S. to
rehabilitate its weakened status. Russia, under the leadership of
Vladimir Putin, shows very little respect for the U.S. and provokes it
incessantly, as though it were a tired, hibernating bear. Putin has
learned to identify the limits of President Barack Obama's ability to
use force, and he is grinding the U.S.'s power advantage to dust. U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry, instead of investing his efforts to
resolving the U.S.'s real diplomatic problems, is wasting his time on
futile trips between Ramallah and Jerusalem. Kerry's efforts will not
help rehabilitate the U.S.'s standing, and could actually lead to
unnecessary bloodshed.
The State of Israel,
the American superpower's most strong and stable ally, has no choice but
to play the negotiations game. Sometimes a true and essential
friendship comes with a price. But it is extremely important not to fall
back into the delusional trap of repeating historic mistakes like
trading land for peace, freezing settlement construction or releasing
Palestinian prisoners. The Jewish people congregated in the land of
Israel cannot become addicted to dreams. The Jewish people must always
be prepared to defend their existence.
For decades now, we
have been terrorized, mainly by leftists, with the notion that time is
not on our side. That is nonsense. Time certainly is on our side. The
State of Israel is growing stronger while the Palestinian Authority is
collapsing. Every new home built in Judea and Samaria ensures our
possession of our homeland. Intelligent Israelis have already understood
that every piece of land that we hand over to a foreign regime will
turn into a frontline terror base. It is frightening to think, in light
of recent events, where we would be today if we had handed the Golan
Heights over to the Syrians in exchange for peace with the mass murderer
Bashar Assad.
The power of Israel's
leadership depends on its citizens' endurance. The citizens of Israel
are determined, strong, and convinced that it would be a bad idea to buy
into the same old used merchandise of a delusional peace agreement.
Peace is not at our door. It will arrive only when our enemies finally
understand that it is in their best interests too, and that the people
of Israel will live in their historic homeland forever and ever.
Dr. Haim Shine
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=4787
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