NETANYAHU OUTSMARTS THE WORLD

Netanyahu and his controlling right wing Knesset continues to wave the red flag of torment in the Middle East. THIS BEGS THE QUESTION, WHAT IS HIS END GAME. At the critical time of a ceasefire in a bloody war, they claim more land, another 1,000 acres in the West Bank. All this does is to continue to create more distrust for Israel and by association, the Jewish people. It should not but it does; most Jewish people are not Israeli fanatics. The world needs Israel, the Jewish people needs Israel. What they do not need is more anti Semitism.

Some folks, including myself, struggle with the idea of Israel’s objective—why do we have Israel. I naively supported the partition of Palestine creating Israel with the idea that it would serve in much the same way as the Vatican serves Catholic Church. The horrors of the Second World War made me and most other people aware of the direr need for a homeland where Jews would be safe from prosecution with out understanding the consequences of doing that. What we see happening in the area is a result of that short sightedness.

In my past, I came to know a family who responded to a death in that family by having a drink to quell their sadness. The same family celebrated happy events, a wedding for example, by having a drink. When there was a boring weekend, they put aside the boredom by having a drink. This is what I see in Israel; they respond to everything the same way; they take more Palestinian land. They celebrate their success as a country by taking more land. The lament the firing of Palestinian rockets into Israel by taking more land. When everything is peace full, it is time to take more land. Land acquisition is causing the problem just as alcohol is causing the problem for the family I mentioned.

There is only one solution, which is a two state solution and internally, Israel is going to have to stop immigration. The only way that will happen is if the Israeli people will vote against the right wing radical element; hence, they will get rid of Netanyahu. I don’t see that happening anytime soon but I do think a two state solution is a step in that direction; that move will result in the internationally recognized sovereignty of Palestinian land making land acquisition by Israel a war crime the United nations would recognize. In addition, it will allow Israel to dominate a specific region politically, their country, thus insure no more pogroms by guaranteeing an Arab minority; thus, they disguise their government as a democracy.  Of course, Israel will have to give back all the land the stole; do not hold your breath that that will happen even without the radically controlled Knesset. We may have dug ourselves into a hole so deep that we cannot climb out, which is exactly what Netanyahu was aiming to do—1,000 acres at a time. Face it we have been outsmarted. HOW DOES THAT FEEL?  

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