Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Is That A Rogue Elephant?

I have met with Michael Fenenbock who is a long-time American political consultant. He and his wife Daphne are the founders of “Denuke Iran” (www.denukeiran.com), an online advocacy campaign aimed at preventing the Islamic Republic of Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

He has an op-ed at Ynet and an excerpt:

Implementing a Palestinian state all but guarantees Jewish armed resistance. Not Jewish armed resistance directed towards the IDF or the State of Israel. Jews will not war with Jews. No, no, no – Jewish armed resistance will be aimed at Palestinian Arabs. Weapons will be obtained. Fighters will join the resistance. It will be brutal. Horrific. And very, very bloody. It is lunacy to think otherwise.

If President Obama is promising a “solution,” he is promising something that is not his to promise. There is an elephant in the room.

I do not advocate violence, but I am not an ostrich. If we speak of a Palestinian state we must speak of all its implications. If America is to midwife a Palestinian state, hard questions must be asked.

...surely, Americans should ask, if things do not go well with this two-state idea, is there an exit strategy? The stakes are high. A two-state venture is fraught with risk and peril. There is an elephant in the room.


The question, of course, is that for four decades many have supported and have been thrilled with "Palestinian resistance".

Will a Jewish liberation struggle also gain sympathy?

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