by Dror Eydar
It is hard to escape the impression
that the U.S. is much more understanding of the exciting union between Fatah and
Hamas than of our construction in Jerusalem. When did building in Jerusalem and
the settlement blocs become a "controversial" issue? What does our apology for
such a basic thing mean?
The U.S. clerks should be sent the
Hamas charter -- a political platform that mainly consists of killing Jews
whenever and wherever and the negation of all agreements and compromise except
wiping out Israel. The "moderate" Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas
found comfort in the embrace of this band of murderers. All over the world,
hundreds of innocent people are killed every day by Islamist regimes and
organizations, but 1,500 new housing units in Israel bother the Americans. This
is what the superpower concerns itself with. Unbelievable!
Here is the clear significance of
Hamas and the Palestinian Authority joining up: The conflict is not territorial
but existential. The Palestinians have had many opportunities to end the
conflict, including their talks with Tzipi Livni. Every time they were asked to
sign off on the end of the conflict, they dodged. This time they have not only
evaded peace, they have chosen to "unite" with an Islamofascist group. The
bitter truth is that the political groups around us are not interested in
territory, but in implementing the cause of the Palestinian movement since its
inception -- the absolute nullification of the Zionist entity. What more
evidence does the West require?
But the Americans cannot be more
righteous than our own leftist organizations, including some within the
government coalition. Even if the geopolitical reality has been entirely
changed, they hold fast to their mystic belief in peace, which like the Messiah
remains a vision for the End of Days, not for our time.
The Left's steadfast Pavlovian
opposition to construction in the land of our life is sad evidence of the change
in the DNA of those whose forebears set the borders of Israel by settling it and
who are now laboring to dismantle the country, under the guise that they are
concerned about peace. This activity by our own, along with the blindness of the
U.S. State Department, feeds the Palestinian outrage at any Jewish root that is
put down in the soil of Israel. Now they are threatening us -- ooooh.
The arrogant Arab threats are not
new. They have followed us for 100 years. As we returned home to Zion we learned
a lesson from the Jews who returned to Zion in the time of the Second Temple:
then, as now, various groups around threatened to attack construction in
Jerusalem and informed the authorities, but our forefathers persisted to build
their city and their Land. It is time to stop apologizing.
Judea and Samaria are not Palestinian
land; at the very most there is debate about them. We also demand full ownership
of them. Our historic, legal, and religious rights to them are greater than
those of Saeb Erekat and Abbas.
The fight to legitimize our hold on
the land of our life depends to a large degree on our determined activity and a
righteous stance. The government in Australia changed, and along with it the
definition of construction in east Jerusalem. It is no longer "occupied
territory" but Israeli territory, the Jewish people's only
homeland.
Dror Eydar
Source: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=8639
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