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| Fundamentally Freund: The end of Palestine | ||
| 2012-02-16 | ||
| I never thought I would say this, but those of us on the Israeli Right owe a debt of gratitude to the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... By forging a unity agreement with Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, earlier this month in Doha, Qatar, the Paleostinian Authority president has inadvertently corroborated one of the central tenets of our political philosophy: the Paleostinians cannot and must not be granted a state. Ever since the signing of the Oslo Accords in September 1993, we have warned against the establishment of a Paleostinian entity alongside Israel. Historical, military and geopolitical arguments have been made, numerous articles and papers have been written, and countless rallies and protests were organized, all with the aim of demonstrating just how foolhardy such a step would be.
It has often been an uphill battle, as much of the media and the international community has prodded and pressed to give the Paleostinians a state of their own, seemingly without regard for the consequences. But earlier this month, Abbas delivered decisive and irrefutable corroboration of everything the Right has been saying for nearly 20 years. When he sat down with Hamas thug Khaled Mashaal and Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani on February 6, smiled for the cameras and then formally agreed to joint Fatah-Hamas rule, Abbas validated the worst fears of every Israeli. He embraced a terrorist movement committed to Israel's destruction, legitimized them by welcoming Hamas into the Paleostinian political mainstream, and laid the groundwork for their possible takeover of the Paleostinian Authority. Under the terms of the deal, Abbas will head a unity government that will oversee Paleostinian presidential and parliamentary elections in Judea, Samaria and Gazoo later this year.
Should Hamas prevail, it would mean that the same organization that has been busy firing rockets into southern Israel would suddenly gain a political and institutional foothold just 10 kilometers north of Jerusalem. And Hamas' Iranian backers would enjoy a clear and unmistakable boost by further tightening their ring of encirclement around the Jewish state. Lest anyone doubt the significance that Hamas attaches to the deal, they should consider what Mashaal declared its primary goal as being: "to resist the enemy [Israel] and achieve our national goal." Qatar's role in forging the Paleostinian unity deal should not be underestimated. The tiny Gulf state has played a significant part over the past year in helping to strengthen various Islamist forces throughout the region, from the Moslem Brüderbund in Egypt to the Islamist Party Ennahda which came to power in Tunisia. The Qataris are now obviously trying to shepherd Hamas to power as well in order to further their own interests, and they will surely make a concerted effort to see that come to pass. However dangerous this development might be on the ground, it does present a significant opportunity in terms of Israel's public diplomacy. Simply put, Abbas's embrace of Hamas should be used to make a strong case against the prevailing notion that a "two-state solution" can bring about peace. After all, the mirage of moderation surrounding Fatah and the Paleostinian Authority is now unambiguously on display as little more than a figment of the Left's imagination. We must make the case that this is the end of Paleostine, the death knell of the delusion that the Paleostinian leadership was interested in reconciliation, compromise and peace. For if Abbas and his cohorts truly wished to see an end to the conflict, they would not have joined hands with those who advocate endless confrontation. By affixing his signature to the unity deal, Abbas has therefore settled the argument once and for all. Faced with a choice, he discarded the possibility of an armistice with Israel, thereby closing the door on any chance of a resolution. Abbas chose Hamas over harmony. Now we must make sure he pays a price for doing so. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #10 You can see it in the Sinktrap, if you feel the need, SteveS. We left one for the amusement of our sane readers. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-16 14:42 |
| #9 Heh, I thought he was referring to the phrase 'truly moderate Palestinian' in tw's #6. I guess something got deleted in between. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2012-02-16 14:36 |
| #8 Mizzou Mafia, the above nonsense has been evaporated on the grounds that it's too stupid to take up our space. It comes from Canada. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-16 14:30 |
| #7 Does anybody recognize the language of the above comment? Because I can't make heads or tails of it. |
| Posted by: Mizzou Mafia 2012-02-16 14:15 |
| #6 The truly moderate Palestinians either inform to the Israelis or move as far away as they can get. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-16 11:33 |
| #5 Remember the difference between an extreme and a moderate Palestinian: An extremist wants all the Joooz dead or expelled and the state of Israel destroyed, all in one step. A moderate wants all the Joooz dead or expelled and the state of Israel destroyed; if it takes two steps, In'shallah. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2012-02-16 09:55 |
| #4 Israel really missed a bet with the collapse of the Mubarak regime by not expelling as many Gazans as possible into Egypt, permanently. Since Israel could again assert control over the border crossing, make it a one-way arrangement. It would be worth it to *pay* any Gazan willing to leave for good. For just $20b, 1/10th of the Israeli annual GDP, they could pay every Gazan man, woman, and child the equivalent of three years of the average pay of an Egyptian. A family of five would get 15 years full pay, instantly making them middle class by Egyptian standards. And the money would be paid directly to them, not their corrupt leaders. Egypt would benefit from the big influx of wealth, even if it meant they got Paleos with it. And then empty Gaza could be bulldozed. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2012-02-16 09:27 |
| #3 They may have one big war in them yet. Regardless, they're not going to recover. They overbreed the carrying capacity of their habitat. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-02-16 08:44 |
| #2 I'm not so sure about that. When the Arab pseudo stakes recover from the Arab spring many will be looking for ways to distract their people from the starvation, death, and poverty, with an outward enemy. Israel shames them by her success and will always be the top of the list. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-02-16 08:08 |
| #1 In an Era when Arab pseudo-states are collapsing in droves (the misnamed "Arab Spring"), anything Paleos do or not do is largely superfluous. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-02-16 07:08 |