Senior Israeli defense officials and politicians are trying their best to downplay talk of war with Syria in the coming year.
But their words tend to ring hollow amid the contrary assessments and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s order to the IDF to prepare for war just in case.
I do genuinely feel for those of Middle Eastern descent who would not harm a fly, but are still subjected to certain forms of discrimination as a result of what their fellow Arabs are doing around the world.
But the simple fact remains that the enormous majority of terrorist actions in the world today are being perpetrated by Muslims of Middle Eastern descent.
To not racially profile this group of people, even to the minor inconvenience of the truly innocent ones, is just stupid.
Up until now, Israel has avoided participating in that particular form of stupidity. Leave it to Olmert to put an end to that.
West Bank Mama has a take on yesterday’s thwarted Tel Aviv suicide bombing that is, with typical disregard for the divine, being ignored by the rest of the media.
One of the most frustrating aspects of living in Israel is watching so many of the Israelis (the vast majority, I would say) totally disregard the hand of the Almighty in the defense of their nation.
It always astonishes me how the international community simply refuses to take the Arabs at their word. Talk about racism!
For example, the Bush administration continues to insist that the “Palestinian” general public wants peace with Israel based on the “two-state vision.”
The “Palestinians” themselves are doing their best to refute that claim, but no one is listening!
A leading Egyptian lawmaker from dictator Hosni Mubarak’s own party suggested on Monday that the Muslim world nuke Israel in order to stop it from doing excavation and renovation work in its own capital.
The mainstream media is predictably underreporting the Muslim uproar over Israel’s minor renovation work outside the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.
What they are failing to point out is that the work being done is to stabilize the earthen ramp leading to the Mugrabi Gate, the sole access point to the Temple Mount for Jews and Christians.
A mob of Palestinian Arab youth violently attacked a tour bus carrying Canadian pilgrims at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on Saturday.
The attack, which was perpetrated with stones and glass bottles, came amid Muslim riots related to very minor Israeli renovation work on an earthen ramp leading to the Temple Mount.
And the Palestinians wonder why towns such as Bethlehem and Ramallah receive no tourists.
So, the media is all abuzz over Olmert’s meeting yesterday with Abbas, and the silly notion that the coming together of the impotent “Palestinian” leader and admittedly fatigued Israeli premier is somehow going to lead to a final peace settlement.
I cannot remember the number of times I have been asked by visitors or online friends what exactly is wrong with the Israelis, who seemingly against all reason continue to capitulate to their enemies’ demands in some vain hope of peace.
The globally-acclaimed ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in and around Gaza is death in disguise for the residents of southern Israel. And it’s not even a very good disguise, nor is it a new one.
Nevertheless, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert insists Israel is strong enough to take the chance and see if this time will be different:
“Israel is a strong country which can allow itself to have the strength to both fight and to also show restraint and to give the ceasefire the possibility to succeed.”
Later, Olmert told reporters:
“All of these things ultimately could lead to one thing – the opening of serious, real, open and direct negotiations between us so that we can move forward towards a comprehensive agreement between us and the Palestinians.”
Right. And who pays the price when you are wrong? The same people who have been paying the price for these ludicrous policies for more than a decade now, that’s who.
