A clear majority of Israelis would instantly hand over the West Bank and its settlements along with Gaza for a real shot at peace with the Arabs, but that’s not an option. Most Arab governments at least implicitly say they will recognize Israel’s right to exist inside its pre-1967 borders, but far too many Palestinians [...]
Continue reading...Published Friday, January 16, 2009 at 3:30 pm
The words of Golda Meir have never rung more true: We can forgive the Arabs for killing our children. We cannot forgive them for forcing us to kill their children. We will only have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.
Continue reading...Published Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 6:29 pm
So let’s get our head round this: Palestinians committed to the destruction of Israel fled from other Palestinians committed to the destruction of Israel into Israel, which is providing them with sanctuary and medical treatment, while the president of their putative state who bases his claim against Israel on its alleged refusal to admit Palestinian [...]
Continue reading...Published Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at 11:35 am
Consider Palestinian politics, always illustrative of these principles. The new theory is that Fatah, chastened by defeat in the Gaza Strip, will be more moderate and seek peace. Consequently, even if nothing changes in its program or behavior it should be rewarded lavishly as a Western client. And that’s the saner Western reaction; the even [...]
Continue reading...Published Friday, June 22, 2007 at 10:18 am
Gaza is now run not by a conventional political party but by a movement that is revolutionary, Islamist and terrorist. Worse, Hamas is a client of Iran. Gaza now constitutes the farthest reach of the archipelago of Iranian proxies: Hamas in Palestine, Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Mahdi Army (among others) in Iraq and the Alawite [...]
Continue reading...Published Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at 10:13 am
Humorist Larry Miller is decidedly serious in his latest piece: Whosoever Blesses Them. The Palestinians want their own country. There’s just one thing about that: There are no Palestinians. It’s a made up word. Israel was called Palestine for two thousand years. Like “Wiccan,” “Palestinian” sounds ancient but is really a modern invention. Before the [...]
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Published Thursday, January 29, 2009 at 7:21 pm
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