With
the closing year, we are witnessing the weakening of President Barack
Obama and the embarrassing differences revealed between him and his
Secretary of State, John Kerry. The result, a temporary alleviation in
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's situation, is no cause for
satisfaction given the fact that both sides are despicable butchers and radically hostile to Israel. For now, this respite frees us from the likelihood that Israel - as usual - will pay the price of an American strike on Syria.
Kerry's
speech explaining and justifying the proposed attack on Syria was very
impressive. It revealed, contrary to the misleading impression
presented by the media, a strong and determined personality with an
inner fire bordering on fanaticism. As long as those character traits
are harnessed to relieving the humanitarian plight in Syria, all is
fine. Unfortunately,
Kerry is also the torch-bearer for 'Palestine'. Establishing a
Palestinian state is also an emotional issue for him rather than a
calculated interest. And behind Kerry stands the President, whose sympathy from day one has been for Islam and the 'Palestinians'.
The combination of these two figures poses great difficulties for the
national interests of the Jewish People in the Land of Israel all the
days of the year. Just think of their effect if and when these two
men achieve their first success in the Middle East by inflicting a
painful blow to an Arab state, with casualties who happen to be Arabs.
Such
insult added to injury will have to be atoned for by the Jews, and what
could be more handy than the Livni-Erekat-Kerry "peace talks"
"We intervened on behalf of the poor Syrians," they'll say, "now let's
balance things out by intervening on behalf of the poor Palestinians."
With Syria, the Americans fired Tomahawk missiles, with Israel there's
no such need. Here they can apply pressure of a different sort on the
other torch-bearers for Palestine: the one who leads the Israeli delegation and the weak prime minister who stands behind her.
Our
hearts are with the children - as well as the adults - that were gassed
in Syria. No Jew, not now nor ever, can remain apathetic in the face
of mass murder by poison gas. However, there is no reason that we should pay with our homeland for crimes committed by Syrians against each other.
In the same vein, witnessing American incompetence would normally be
very distressing, however if an automobile is racing towards you and
about to run you over, you hope - even if it's yours - that its tires
are punctured and its steering wheel crooked!
In
every future scenario, the Damocles' Sword of "peace talks" with the
Palestinian enemy will remain hanging over our heads. Lately, it's
taken the form of yet another expected speech by Netanyahu - once again
at Bar Ilan - in which he'll bury the Land of Israel still deeper under
the mountains of the false and fictitious 'Palestinian' narrative, this
time - God forbid - irremediably. We're talking about a 'long-term interim agreement' or establishing 'a Palestinian state with temporary borders'. This 'deal' will be sold to the public as a bargain, since it will not require (for now) a mass expulsion. 'Only' outlying communities will be destroyed -- Alon Moreh, Har Bracha, Yitzhar, and Itamar have already been mentioned.
The
time has come to closely examine this catastrophic idea of establishing
an "instant" state for the Arabs that will be sovereign for all intents
and purposes, like France or Israel. Its borders will be defined so
that the only thing 'temporary' about it will be the promise of expansion and enlargement at the expense of the Jewish homeland.
The result for Israel will be that domestic and international pressure will continue to increase until the full
goal is achieved: Palestinian Jerusalem, the destruction of all the
settlements, the expulsion of their residents, and Israel's return to
the Green Line to the last centimeter.
This, of course, is only the first phase of Arafat and his PLO's
piece-by-piece strategy: it will be followed by - Allah is beneficent! -
The Blue Line!
All will be as it was here in Israel, with one unfortunate difference: from now on, the Arabs will have a full-fledged state with all the attendant sovereign powers and privileges.
The IDF will no longer be able to enter Jenin under cover of darkness and arrest
terrorists - that would violate state sovereignty, a crime according to
international law. No longer can the Civil Administration impound a
garbage truck belonging to the town of Al-Bira when it dumps and burns
its municipal garbage next to the homes of the Jewish town of Psagot.
Doing so would cause an 'international incident'. No longer will we own
the antiquities from the First and Second Temple periods that were
discovered and excavated. The coins and oil lamps from the Hasmonean
period and the Great Revolt and the Bar Kochva Revolt will have to be
handed over to the 'Palestinians' according to the requirements of the
Hague Convention.
Armed with full status as a state, Palestine will be able to turn Israel into an international pariah.
All our claims to the Land of Israel will be null and void as against
the foreign country that we ourselves, in a legally binding act,
recognized as the rightful owners of the Land of Israel.
If
the State of Israel protested against granting state status to the
Palestinian Authority at the UN, an act whose value was symbolic rather
than real, how can we now even conceive of giving our enemies the real thing with our very own hands?
In giving them the sharpened knife of independence and sovereignty,
they'll be able to take from us by force all that we protected at such
great cost for all these years, such as Jerusalem, the '67 borders, the
1948 refugees, and all the rest. Have we gone insane?
And it gets even worse: did you know that
today there is not a centimeter of land on the entire planet apart from
the South Pole that is not under the sovereign power of a state with
the exception of . . . Judea and Samaria?
Only
these lands that were formerly part of the British Mandate granted by
the League of Nations didn't become part of sovereign Israel or
sovereign Jordan - or even a UN trusteeship -- after WWII. Therefore,
in the opinion of the most respected jurists of international law and
according to the recent Edmond Levi report, the terms of the British Mandate still apply to Judea and Samaria, currently under Israeli military rule.
What are the Mandate's terms?
It plainly states that "recognition
has been given to the historical connection of the Jewish people with
Palestine and to the grounds for reconstituting their national home in
that country." It also calls for increased Jewish immigration and
intensive Jewish settlement of the land.
This is the legal basis for the settlements that were established
throughout Judea and Samaria and for Jewish building in East Jerusalem.
Otherwise, by what right did we take those lands and exploit their
resources if they belonged to another sovereign
Let
it be said here and now that Israeli recognition of Palestinian
sovereignty in Judea and Samaria, where only the size of the territory
is left undetermined, signifies the end of legal Israeli rule over the
entire area and an historic abdication for future generations. From now on, even if the Arabs force other wars upon us and we conquer Nablus over and over again, we will always be forced to retreat because the land will be considered Palestinian land
-- just as the Americans retreated from Iraq because it is a foreign
land for them and just as the occupation of Nazi Germany was reversed
because Germans lands belong to the German people.
So,
it may come to pass, God forbid, that what the Nation of Israel never
did during all its years of utter helplessness in exile, it will now do
while sovereign in its own land and at the height of its powers: cede its right to the Land of Israel to an alien people.
Ones
hair stands on end when considering the implications: can it be other
than Divine decree that the last area on earth without a sovereign ruler
is smack dab in the historical heartland of the Land of Israel? And
that this land at this particular moment in history is under Jewish rule and thus in the hands of its original and true owner
Picture Judea and Samaria sitting in the open palm of the State of
Israel. Israel has only to close her hand and this treasure, the
yearning of millennia, will be hers. The Jewish People kept faith with this land throughout the long exile and spilt seas of blood, sweat, and tears for it.
And instead of grasping what was dropped into her palm, what does the
State of Israel do? She drops it into the hands of her enemies in
disgust.
Esau sold his birthright for a mess of porridge. The sick of spirit
among those who govern Israel are planning to perpetrate this national
crime without even asking for anything in return. In their perverted
minds, the quid pro quo is being rid of the hated "territories" and the
despised settlers.
This
scenario is not theoretical. During these very days, representatives
of the Israeli government are sitting and reviewing with their
associates the names of the communities slated for destruction. They
are explicitly discussing a Jordan Valley wiped clean of its Jewish
communities, where all that's left to decide is where to situate a few
military posts that will remain in the area for the time being. They
need to figure out a couple more details, such as how to secure Ben
Gurion Airport once the Jewish communities of western Samaria are
destroyed; our American despoiler-partners are offering some technical security alternatives, prostheses to replace the living limbs that will be torn out.
And
meanwhile, what are the intended victims doing, those representatives
of the "Jewish Nation" living in the Jordan Valley and Judea and Samaria
specifically named in the British Mandate as the beneficiaries of the
Jewish right to the land and which a state called "Israel" wants to take
from them forever
Nothing.
Where
are the settlements of Elon Moreh, Itamar, Einav and others who are
destined to disappear in the "interim stage" Why aren't they rising up
and shouting
Where are their friends, the other settlements whose turn to be cut off
like one slices a salami will come next Are they rising up in
solidarity with their brothers Hasn't the time come to register
volunteers who on the Day of Judgment will come to stop the destroyers
with their bodies, thereby warning all the irresponsible politicians
whose hands are on the steering wheel that they're playing with fire, the fire of internal rebellion and civil war
Why aren't the settlements of the Jordan Valley opening their mouths to
inform the authorities and the Americans and the enemy that they won't
go quietly, but will fight for their homes and fields and will call on
every man and woman in Israel to come stand by their side!
If such voices were heard, it might dissuade some of Israel's leaders, but the opposite is also true: the silence in the national camp speaks loudly.
It broadcasts blindness and failure to read the signs, lack of
organization and coordination, weakness and helplessness. Such
impressions, whether true or misleading, add to the confidence and
fighting spirit of the forces of destruction which in turn contributes
to hastening and intensifying the catastrophe.
The
settlers already number, thank God, hundreds of thousands; even if only
the 'ideological' settlements are counted, the numbers are in the tens
of thousands. This public hasn't managed to regroup since the crisis of
the Yesha Council in Kfar Maimon during the dark days of the expulsion
from Gush Katif. Since then, eight years ago, no other body has arisen
to lead the coming struggle. However, the situation has become critical. Now, while the suicidal Livni-Erekat talks
are ongoing, is the time to start the work of organizing so that we can
build the tools to frustrate their designs and nullify their plans.
On
our side is justice, appreciable political power, a strong hold on the
land, and good people. Into our hands the future of Israel's heartland
is entrusted. The only thing lacking is the inner determination to start acting. While we wait, the forces of destruction are already on the march.
Elyakim Ha'etzni Kiryat Arba
I still believe that even this well articulated article is an oversimplification.
Israel
is not struggling for its life by the threat of the Arab-Palestinians.
“Temporary borders” is a risible lie unto itself. It is simply the
phased plan of the PLO and Fatah to dismantle the State of Israel that
is pushed politically to the U.S. by Saudi Arabia
The
Arab-Palestinians, as they like to be called, are small in number,
delusional, hate filled, financially corrupt, run by a thugocracy,
religiously guided, political beggars.
It
is the entire Arab/Muslim world and the political blocs they control
that uses the Arab- Palestinians as cannon fodder and the tip of a
poisonous lance to destroy Israel. So this makes Ha’etzni’s arguments
even more powerful.
Israel may be struggling for its life for lack of belief in the justness of its cause and the courage to act on it.
That is the reality of the threat.
Don
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