![]() ![]() ![]() Not a day goes by that we do not read of terrorism and war in Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and most other “developing” nations. On the other side of the issue is Israel, the only democracy in the entire hostile region. VILLA PARK, Mike Berkus: So if you blow up planes, send in human suicide bombers, launch thousands of rockets, and generally bring nothing but hatred and grief to mainstream society, our president gives away the farm. With friends like President Obama, Israel does not need enemies. President Obama continues to assert that we and Israel are friends. It would take him weeks to make a decision to order military support for an Israel under attack. President Obama has already demonstrated his inability to make rapid military decisions. Neither of these is in the interest of Israelis and, unsurprisingly are not accepted by them.Īs a retired Army infantry officer, I could not in good conscience advise the Israelis to center the defense of their homeland on American commitments to come to their defense. Jerusalem, the ancient capital of the Jewish people, would be shared under Obama’s plan for negotiations. The indefensibility of those borders played a significant role in precipitating the 1967 war. Dorn, major, Special Forces USAR (ret.): President Barack Obama has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the pre-1967 borders are the basis for negotiating peace with the Palestinians, elements of which have sworn to destroy Israel and all Israelis. So how can letter-writer Norm Ewers claim the Jews are occupying and colonizing a state they have occupied and ruled for 3,300 years? Arab refugees come from eight different Arab countries and did not identify themselves as Palestinians until 1967, 20 years after the modern state of Israel was founded. They were put into refugee camps causing the present-day problem. The Arabs were intentionally not absorbed or integrated into Arab lands to which they fled. While the Arabs were fleeing Israel, Jews were being persecuted and forced to flee Arab lands.Ībout 630,000 Arabs fled Israel about the same number of Jews were refuges from Arab persecution. The ones who stayed were afforded the same peace, civility and citizenship as everyone else. Sixty-eight percent left without ever seeing an Israeli soldier. IRVINE, James Haynes: As for the war of 1948, Arabs were encouraged to leave Israel by Arab leaders who promised to purge the land of Jews. The Jewish state must, of course, be rational in negotiations, but must remember all who previously gave their lives for that country to exist. Those who demand this transition for the most part are the United Nations – the most anti-Israel grouping of countries there is. It hasn’t worked before, and it will never work in the future. If it weren’t for the fact that you knew you were in Israel you would think you were in the United States.Įvery time the world calls for a peaceful resolution to the problems in the Middle East, they always put Israel on the defensive and demand it give up land for peace. Israel must rely on its people, its intelligence and its own self-preservation and the remembrances of the millions of its people killed throughout history and also the 6 million souls slaughtered in Europe in World War II.Ĭompare the democratic country of Israel to the surrounding Arab states, and you will see a dramatic difference in the socio-economic factors. Constant rocket bombardments on the civilian population of the outlying lands of Israel by the Arabs proved that the world for the most part doesn’t protect Israel from its enemies, and their promises of peace don’t hold water. ![]()
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