As President Obama proceeds with his courtship of "moderate
Arab governments" for active roles in his anti-ISIS coalition, he is again
ringing the changes on the long-disproved notion that a more hostile American
posture towards Israel is needed in order to smooth the path towards ultimate
peace in the Middle East. Again, President Obama and his team are screaming
that Israel's government is poisoning the wells of diplomacy by building more
housing for all of its citizens - Arabs Jews and others - in areas that the PLO
insists have belonged exclusively to Arabs since time immemorial. Once again we
are being told that surrender by Israel of its position on this and other
disputed matters will win goodwill for Israel – that this goodwill will radiate
in all directions, smoothing the way to solution of all the differences between
Israel and its neighbors. In due course, as Israel surrenders her narrow
Zionist vision in favor of grander possibilities, throughout the Arab
world the grievances upon which ISIS feeds will be removed or vastly mitigated
in the minds of all clear-thinking denizens of the region and the spirit of
accommodation will reign. [more...]
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