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Israel: The happy little country
As Independence Day celebrations were winding down Tuesday night, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made a guest appearance on Channel 2s left-wing satire show Eretz Nehederet. One of the final questions that the shows host Eyal Kitzis asked the premier was how he would like to be remembered after he leaves office.Netanyahu thought a moment and said, Id like to be remembered as the leader who preserved Israels security. On the face of it, Netanyahus stated aspiration might seem dull. In a year hell be the longest-serving prime minister in the states history, and all he wants is to preserve our national security? Why is he aiming so low? And yet, the studio audience reacted to Netanyahus modest goal with a thunderclap of applause. After pausing to gather his thoughts, a clearly befuddled Kitzis mumbled something along the lines of, Well, if you manage to make peace as well, we wouldnt object. The audience was silent. The disparity between the audiences exultation and Kitziss shocked disappointment at Netanyahus answer exposed yet again the yawning gap between the mainstream Israeli view of the world, and that shared by members of our elite class. The Israeli public gave our elites the opportunity to try out their peace fantasies in the 1990s. We gave their peace a chance and got repaid with massive terror and international isolation. We are not interested in repeating the experience. We will be nice to leftists, if they are polite. We might even watch their shows, if theres nothing else on or they are mildly entertaining. But we wont listen to them anymore. This is why US President Barack Obamas visit last month had no impact on public opinion or government policy. Obama came, hugged Netanyahu and showered us with love just like Bill Clinton did back in the roaring 90s. He praised us to high heaven and told us he has our back. And then he told us we should force our leaders to give Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria to our sworn enemies even as they teach their children to aspire to kill our children. And we smiled and wished him a pleasant flight home. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-04-20 |
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