That Small Sliver of the Middle East is Home to Nearly Half of the World's Jewish People. If That Isn't a Jewish State, What Is?
The refusal of the Palestinians to acknowledge Israel as a legitimate Jewish state isn't a denial of reality; it is a sign of their determination to change that reality. The Arabian leaders going back to its creation have not sought to live in peace with the Jewish state, but in place of the Jewish state. Now the Iranians and Turks use it to grow their own power base in the middle east.
Israel must deal with a Middle Eastern Muslim determination to replace the world's one Jewish state with a twenty third Arabian state. The key to Arabian - Israeli peace is not Palestinian statehood. It is to compel the Arabian world to abandon its dream of liquidating Israel.
As a matter of national self respect, the Palestinians must acknowledge Israel's Jewish identity. Olmert clearly stated, "We support the establishment of a modern, democratic Palestinian state," he says. "The existence of two nations, one Jewish and one Palestinian.
So if we give their name respect, they must give ours and abandon the desire to liquidate Israel. There IS the rub! That is what makes regional peace tough.
Not one inch of their (Muslim) soil is to be given up. They're all looking for Peace? Right?
Look up what peace means in the Islamic world. Peace means submission. Even the Dhimmi must submit to the will of those under true submission to their Lord.
So, we have to be very careful that they mean peace in the exact way it is defined by western cultures.
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