New Likud Leadership... The headlines in the MSM are already starting to scream out that ‘hardliners’ have gained power in the Israeli government’s Likud party. The text reads that Deputy Defense Minister Danny Danon has become the chairman of the party’s Central Committee and Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin takes over the Likud bureau, both outspoken opponents of the two-state solution. The expected result of the Likud’s vote will be obstacles to any of PM Netanyahu’s negotiations, especially those requiring concessions to the Palestinians. But, these are not ‘hardliner,’ nor are the majority of the 2,808 members of the Likud Central Committee that took part in the vote. Their label should be ‘realist,’ for they are the ones who see the truth, want to face the truth, and then propose more realistic ideas for sensible solutions. ‘Hardliners’ have a connotation of being inflexible, extreme and ultra-extreme…these Israelis display none of these characteristics. Many of these Knesset members were born and lived in Israel for decades and have personally witnessed the continuing deceitful and self-defeating tactics of the PLO leadership and can no longer continue playing their charade. And what is their charade? Blame and stall the peace-negotiations by asking for concessions and demands prior to coming to the negotiation table and blame the Israelis for not conceding as a sign of good faith, of course. And of course, the world continues to believe that the Palestinian-Arabs really want to negotiate and the Jews are the ones creating the obstacles. This continues to be the biggest lie since the Palestinians were first invented as a People. Many in Israel who have lived through 4-5 decades of PLO conflicts see history repeating itself over and over again, and nothing but hatred continues. Israelis gave up much of the lands designated in the ‘Mandate for Palestine’ for a Jewish state and got Jordan AND then the Palestinians in the West Bank; they gave up land for peace and got Gaza; they fought to unify Jerusalem and gave up the Temple Mount for peace, but got desecration and are prevented from praying there; they were honorable partners in the Oslo Agreement, but Arafat would not sign and instead retaliated with attacks; they freed over 1,000 Arab prisoners in exchange for one kidnapped IDF soldier and got threats of more kidnappings; they stopped construction for 10 months and only the last weeks did the PLO think about meeting while demanding the continuation of the ‘no-building’ policy…and there is much more that the world refuses to see. What the rest of the world needs to recognize is that the Israelis have lost their patience for games, especially the same ones over and over that always produces the same result, Israel is the loser. Now Israel must be strong to protect itself from the PLO and Hamas, not to mention the Sunni-Shi’ite-nonsectarian civil wars raging in Syria, Egypt, Jordan, Turkey and other pockets of Arab conflicts. Appeasement is a sign of weakness that brings elation, conviction, fanaticism and confidence in the hearts of the Muslim world that the time is right to annihilate Israel and then take on America. The new Likud party will be realistic, not hardline...I pray they remain courageous.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 20:00:40 +0000
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