From the moment that Holocaust survivors came to Israel looking for peace; and from the time Israel was created a state in 1948, she has had no peace, just a daily fight for her life.
Here's that column:
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"OK, let's get this straight.
"Gaza was an "open air
prison." But when anyone suggests that Gazans take refuge in other
countries, it becomes the cherished homeland of Palestine that they
heroically and tenaciously cling to.
"What about
moving to other parts of British Mandate Palestine (known as "historic
Palestine")? The Palestinian Authority rejected anyone moving even
temporarily from Gaza to the West Bank. So even moving within
"Palestine" is seen as beyond the pale.
"Gazans
cannot seek respite in Egypt or Jordan. They cannot shelter in the West
Bank. They cannot even move within Gaza to avoid death without it being a
huge violation of their human rights.
"How can
we resolve these contradictions and inconsistencies, where Gaza is
alternatively a cherished homeland or a hellhole that they cannot
escape? Where human rights are chosen and discarded in such an arbitrary
way?
"By looking at the one place that every "pro-Palestinian" agrees Gazans have the unlimited right to move to, permanently: Israel.
"All
of the contradictions disappear. The well being of Gazans and human
rights and international law are all subservient to the real overarching
principle that animates all the decisions by Hamas, by the Palestinian
Authority, by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch: Israel must
be destroyed as a Jewish state.
"Once you
understand this prime principle, there are no contradictions. All the
other things insisted upon are just used to serve the ultimate aim of
destroying Israel.
"Everything, and I mean
everything, that Palestinian Arab leaders have done since 1948 have been
primarily to end the Jewish state. Their own methods differ - the PLO
has since 1993 chosen diplomacy as their favored means, Hamas uses
terrorism, the PFLP uses the pretense of human rights and international
pressure.
"Understanding that helps you
understand why the PLO rejected a state time and time again, even as
they complain about how they are stateless. Because accepting a state
with permanent borders means accepting that Israel exists.
"This
explains why they simultaneously claim that they want a state of their
own but also to allow millions of their own people to move not to their
own state but to the state they claim abuses Palestinians. The "right of
return" is their major long term weapon to destroy Israel.
"That
explains why Hamas chose to attack Israel when Gaza was in better shape
- more imports and exports, more jobs less isolation - than any time
since Hamas took over.
"All of the things that
seemingly make no sense come into focus when you just understand the
real aims of the Palestinian leaders and their international
supporters.
"Find
me a single example where the Palestinians did something inconsistent
with this prime principle. Find me a case where Mahmoud Abbas acted in
opposition to Yasir Arafat's 1974 phased plan to destroy Israel.
"You
can't. Because Hamas and Fatah (and the UN and the NGO community) and
the others all agree with the goal. Everything they say is entirely
consistent with this plan.
"The contradictions
of Gaza is just a microcosm of the inconsistent principles that
Palestinians claim to adhere to, because they cannot yet say the real
goal out loud."
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