This is an excellent editorial written by Caroline B. Glick on the true nature of the “cease-fire” (hudna) between the Israelis and the Palestinian terrorists. (Hat tip: Little Green Footballs)
It must be wonderful to be Abbas and Dahlan and Arafat. They can stand before the world and be embraced as peacemakers while making war on Israel. No matter what they do, no matter what atrocities they enable or conduct, they will never be blamed. Patience with them will never run out.Israel’s military successes during Defensive Shield and even the successful operations undertaken yesterday in Nablus, Jenin, and Ramallah make clear that if our leaders would just muster up the will to win, our armed forces will deliver the victory.
A decision to kill, deport, or arrest Arafat and try him for crimes against humanity in an Israeli court of law would be an immediate catalyst for a military operation that would in fact bring this country victory and the security that would ensue. Why is this? Because the only way to win a war is to identify who the enemy is. After 10 years of lying to ourselves, the blood on the streets of our capital city calls out the truth. Hamas and Islamic Jihad could never operate if it weren’t for the PA and Arafat and his new straw men Abbas and Dahlan. The longer our leaders dither and deceive us, the longer our army officers will believe that their work is meaningless and the longer our lives will be at the mercy of our enemies.
Our future lies in the hands of our leaders. Victory is the only option. What will it take for them to find the will to lead us to it?
The answer to that question is: the right philosophy. For too long now, Israel has abandoned the philosophy that it has the right to defend itself against terrorists who initiate force against them. Instead, at the urging of the world (ESPECIALLY the United States) Israel has been bowing down to terrorism and the government that sponsors the terrorists: The Palestinian Authority. This is the equivalent of the United States negotiating with Al-Qaeda to determine how best we can give them what they want (the death of America and the rise of Islamic theocracy). This would be the equivalent of negotiating with Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in order to determine how best we can give them what they want (the destruction of America and the rise of dictatorship). And yet, The United States, which claims to be so emphatically determined to wipe out terrorism wherever it exists, has been urging Israel to negotiate with ITS terrorists.
Israel needs to proudly reject the philosophy which says that one must negotiate with terrorists. Israel must proudly uphold their right to self-defense, their right to kill murderous savages with no concept of individual rights who intentionally murder innoncent women and children. Unfortunately, it appears that the Israeli government is still unwilling to do so. What will it take to convince them that negotiating with terrorists is not a successful policy? How many innocent Israelis must die? How many concessions must the Israelis make? How much land must the Israelis give up?
The Palestinian terrorists, along with the government that supports them, will not cease until Israel is destroyed. The “peace process” and the “cease-fire” (hudna) are merely the new means for terrorists to cash-in on bankrupt philosophy. The Palestinians are MUCH weaker militarily than the Israelis and would have absolutely no chance in a direct confrontation. So, they manipulate the bankrupt philosophy of the Israeli government and get the Israelis to gradually hand over what the terrorists want (the destruction of the state of Israel). They attack the Israelis just enough to get them to submit to negotiatons, then declare a “cease-fire” while Israel gives the terrorists land in return for the “promises” of the Palestinian government to stop the terrorist groups. The Palestinian government does nothing to stop the terrorist groups (and in fact supports them) in order to give these groups enough time to build up their weapons and their strength during the “cease-fire.” Once serious concessions have been made to the Palestinians, the attacks continue. The Israelis retaliate, but not nearly enough to stop the terrorists, and are QUICKLY condemned by the United States and the rest of the world. This pressure from the United States to submit to terrorism causes the Israelis to abandon their self-defense prematurely and committ to a new round of negotiations, and so, the cycle continues.
To the extent that the Israel government continues such a cycle, they will be contributing to the destruction of their country. Israel must proudly uphold its right to self-defense and completely wipe out all of the Palestinian terrorists groups AND the government that supports them: The Palestinian authority. I also fully support Israel’s right to continue on to such countries as Syria, Lebanon, Iran, and others, that either have weapons of mass destruction pointed as Israel now or are in the process of gaining such capability.
To the extent that the United States government continues to advocate that Israel must negotiate with its terrorists, the enemies of The United States will grow stronger. The enemies of The United States will learn that threatening us and attacking us with terrorism will eventually cause us to negotiate with you (as is happening now with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria, North Korea, and many terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda.) The United States too must proudly uphold its right to self-defense and completely wipe out all of its enemies (ESPECIALLY the terrorist organizatons of the Islamic fundamentalist movement and the governments that support them).
