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Secretary of State John
Kerry chose a White House ceremony on October 16th for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha
to regurgitate a false theory linking the Israeli/Palestinian
conflict with the increase of jihadist violence
and recruitment in the Middle East region.
"As I went around and met
with people in the course of our discussions about the ISIL [also referred to
as ISIS or the Islamic State] coalition, the truth is we - there wasn't a
leader I met within the region who didn't raise with me spontaneously the need
to try to get peace between Israel and the Palestinians, because it was a cause
of recruitment and of street anger and agitation that they felt – and I
see a lot of heads nodding – they had to respond to," Kerry said. "And
people need to understand the connection of that. And it has something to do
with humiliation and denial and absence of dignity, and Eid celebrates the
opposite of all of that." [more...]
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...]
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a powerful and sobering speech to
the United Nations General Assembly on September 29th. He said he came
from Jerusalem to speak on behalf of the Israeli people and to "expose the
brazen lies spoken from this very podium against my country and the brave
soldiers who defend it. Truth must always be spoken, especially here, in the
United Nations," the prime minister said to an audience of government
leaders and delegates not used to hearing the truth spoken in the UN on issues
relating to the Jewish state. [more...]
