Posted on 08/03/2013 7:24:58 AM PDT by Former Fetus
With the announcement of yet another round of negotiations that will be based on the flawed two-state paradigm, I immediately expressed my opposition. After hearing my opposition, many of my colleagues looked at me with puzzled expressions and asked: “Do you not have any hope for a better tomorrow?” I am a realist, and as such, I think our foreign policy should not be guided by “hope,” but by reality. However, characterizing those who oppose the creation of an enemy Palestinian state in the historical homeland of the Jewish people as not having “any hope for a better tomorrow” is misleading and superficial.
In this column, I will speak about my various hopes for a better tomorrow – hopes that strengthen my opposition to the two-state solution. I will move away from my usual realist approach, and take an ideological approach, in order to show that deep values lie behind my realism, which justify my opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state.
Hope for a secure Israel
Every time we have entered a peace process with the Palestinians, the result has been increased violence. Oslo brought bus bombings, Camp David brought the second intifada. Even the unilateral disengagement from Gaza brought Kassam rockets to all of southern Israel. Why are we to believe that this round of negotiations will be any different? My hope is that Jewish mothers will stop burying their sons simply because enough pressure was put on the prime minister to make concessions that endanger Israeli lives. My hope is that it be known that if the State of Israel is attacked, there will be significant repercussions against all those who threaten its security.
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Annex Judea and Samaria NOW!
The PA and mid easterners will never be placated. Blaming others is interwoven in their DNA. They will never take responsibility for their own situation but will blame Israel and the US.
There will NEVER, EVER be peace in the Mid-East until the return of our Lord Jesus.
Amen! And the land WILL be divided (could the UN partition of Palestine be consider that division?). These are 2 more reasons why the peace talks are useless.
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