Column One: The emperor's old clothes

[drdon326]

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After the PLO distinguished itself by siding with Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War, our "peace camp" embraced Arafat and his deputies as the only legitimate voice for the Palestinian people. After meeting illegally with these terrorists in Tunis, they rammed their agenda down our throats with the Oslo accords. Since then, in spite of overwhelming and continuous proof that the PA is devoted to the destruction of Israel, this camp and their fellow travelers in the Israeli media have disgraced themselves repeatedly by castigating their political opponents in Israel as "opponents of peace."

As a result of these efforts, we are faced with a situation where, after three years of war, we are still stuck with their paradigm of policy making. This paradigm holds that, in order to live in peace, we must forsake everything we hold precious and sacred. Sharon is partially responsible here. Militarily, his tactics are all but indistinguishable from those of Ehud Barak. His diplomatic and information campaigns abroad and statements to the Israeli public have been marked by superficiality and intellectual confusion. He has squandered every opportunity to strengthen Israel's strategic alliance with the US, sufficing instead with public expressions of friendship by President Bush.

So yes, Sharon must be criticized for his failure to meet the challenge. Yet the fact remains that Beilin and Mitzna and Burg and Ayalon and their media flacks have never ceased to undercut him. With money coming from overseas and their monopolistic control of the Israeli media, they have the wherewithal to campaign forever.

Even now, our military has the capacity, in spite of the naysayers, to defeat terrorism. What we lack is a political leadership with the moral courage to rally the people to victory. It will take courage to stand up to the entire world and say that Beilin's policy is not an option. It will take courage to tell the American administration that there is no point negotiating, much less making concessions or good will gestures, to anyone who represents the Palestinian Authority.

It will take courage to tell unpopular truths.
Sharon has been both lionized and demonized for his refusal to surrender to the Beilin logic. Now he must show that his reputation for courage is deserved.

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interesting article

[bluesoul]

1. So

you side with the Israeli right as opposed to the left? Beilin, Mitzna, Burgy, Ayalon, Avnery are heroes as far as I am concerned and I don't find anything interesting in Jpost right wing rants against the left, peace activists and anything that is against Sharon and his policy. Proud to be liberal/progressive..

[rini]

2. In a progressive and liberal country

there will be many degrees of dissent. My comment concerns the continuing naivete of Israel's and America's leaders . How foolish can we be? The weasel has not lived up to one sentence in any peace accord (in fact he only talks peace when he needs a respit to regroup). Why do we keep beating our heads against this liar's wall?

[drdon326]

3. Really....

let him take his $ 3,000,000,000 and join his anti-semitic
wife who is living off $ 50,000 per month.