The War Against Israel -- It Never Ends

The establishment of the State of Israel was for the Arabs a Nakba (a disaster).  For them it was totally unacceptable for a Jewish state to be established on land they had always viewed as Islamic.  Three grueling wars later, Israel still stood.  More than that, Israel now controlled more land than it had before Egypt, Jordan and Syria had attacked it.

Egypt realized that further attacks on Israel would exact heavy costs and had little chance of success, Egypt's Sadat decided to make peace.   He was rewarded for this by being assassinated by the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamic association of like-minded Muslims for  whom any relationship with Israel was intolerable

Then there emerged a real scalawag, the notorious Arafat.  This self-proclaimed leader of the Palestinian people, talked peace, peace, peace as he launching intifada after intifada.  He deluded the west with his constant talk of peace.  Had the west paid even the slightest attention to what he said to his fellow Arabs in Arabic, they'd have known better.  He turned down one peace offer from Israel after the other.  Truth be told, if he had made peace with Israel, he might well have shared Sadat's fate.  In any event, his leadership role suited him nicely.  When he died, the world marveled at how much wealth he had been able to tuck away in his various Swiss bank accounts.

Abbas is much the same as Arafat.  His problem is that he doesn't have Arafat's charisma and the mideast has changed.  It's now Saudi Arabia against Iran and America, as well as Israel, sides with the Saudis.   Israel's support in this conflict means far more to the Saudis than the Palestinian cause.


One other development deserves mention; namely, the visit of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to Israel.  Why?  Because when India first emerged from British colonialism, they leaned toward socialism and the Russian model.  Also, they were greatly supportive of the Palestinian cause.
Now, that's all changed.  Modi's trip to Israel was the first trip to Israel by an Indian prime minister.  Not only did Modi visit Jerusalem, he returned to India without bothering to stop in Ramallah and say hello to Abbas.

The Arabs and Saudis in particular noticed one more thing.   Besides visiting Israel, Modi oversaw the signing of huge military contacts as well technology contracts covering water purification, agricultural development and other areas of technological development.  The Palestinians had nothing comparable to offer.  And, for that matter, neither does any other Islamic nation.

This being as it is, how can Islamists and anti-Semites be waging a war of any significance against Israel?  The key for them is to use other countries with an affinity to the Islamic culture plus convenient idiots.  Let's first address countries with an infinity to the Islamic culture.  That would, of course, include Muslim nations stretching from Morocco to Indonesia.  They share with the Palestinians the same feelings of Islamic triumphalism.  These countries still have laws against blasphemy on their books.  They persecute homosexuals.  And, all are strongly influenced by sharia.  Consequently, they have a strong bias against Israel.  In forums, such as the UN, they vote as a block against Israel and make ridiculous pronouncements, such as that the Temple in Jerusalem is not holy to Jews,  or that Hebron, where Abraham, the first Jew,  and his wife Sarah are buried, is Islamic.  This, despite the fact that Islam was not even a religion at the time of Abraham and Sarah.  Islam would not be a religion until it was established in Arabia by Muhammed  hundreds of years later.

As to the "useful idiots," that was a phrase coined by Lenin to describe liberals in America who aided the stultifying communist cause.  Today we see campus liberals decrying Israel as an apartheid nation when upon examination, Israel in no way fits this term.  But, their propaganda is fierce.  We actually have a Palestinian-Syrian woman who opened a bakery in Oakland California decorated with a wall-size mural of Rasmea Odeh.  Odeh is the lady who was released from a life-sentence in Israel for murdering two university students, Edward Joffe and Leon Kamen.  Her release resulted from a prisoner exchange.  And, this is who this bakery proprietor honors!

Enjoy your mid eastern pastery.