Today’s Must Read Article
The Wall Street Journal: 1948, Israel and the Palestinians: The True Story
Excerpt:
Far from being the hapless objects of a predatory Zionist assault, it was Palestinian Arab leaders who from the early 1920s onward, and very much against the wishes of their own constituents, launched a relentless campaign to obliterate the Jewish national revival. This campaign culminated in the violent attempt to abort the U.N. resolution of Nov. 29, 1947, which called for the establishment of two states in Palestine. Had these leaders, and their counterparts in the neighboring Arab states, accepted the U.N. resolution, there would have been no war and no dislocation in the first place.
Now go read the rest. Assuming you don’t have an aversion to the truth.
Added by Brian of London:
The opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal is taken from Commentary magazine and is written by Efraim Karsh who’s books are well worth a look. He heads up one of the very few university departments in the UK that is actually doing worthy scholarship on the Middle East, not having been bought by rich Arabs with your oil money.
The full article appears here and is complete with extensive footnotes: a sign of exemplary scholarship and a clear mark that distinguishes this kind of well reasoned text from the nonsense put out by wannabe destroyers of Israel.
About the Author
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: General
Wow, this was in the WSJ?
We’ve passed april 1st so it’s not that. Hmmmm it doesn’t look like it was printed by accident.
Journalism with integrity? Whats going on? I’m scared.
When has truth ever stood in the way of news.
A list of his articles and direct links to some of them are available at his academic page.
Does it matter? These headlines seem to come right out of fortune cookies. An editor needs one; snaps his fingers. And, whalla. Abbas is ineffective, again.
And, going round in circles, continues.
Meanwhile, what’s this with Talansky’s “envelopes?”
I read Arik Sharon’s WARRIOR. In it he describes trips to America. Where he spoke (usually on the East Coast), to Jews who loved Israel. And, yes. He’d be given “envelopes.”
In one case, though, a man suggested he come to LA. Which cost him thousands of dollars. To speak to West Coast Jews. Where, alas, he got only one envelope. Which he put inside his jacket pocket. He was so curious! Dreaming that he was carrying around thousands. But back in his hotel room, when he opened the envelope, all it contained was one check for $25.
Something stinks when you can assassinate a prime minister you don’t like: Rabin. And, you can collude with the media to try and take down Olmert. Since his ideas aren’t particularly popular. Nor, in reality, are they workable. Still? They’re good for tourism. And, Bush has been willing to play with Olmert, without finger-flapping and pushing Israel around. (At least the “pushing” is either inneffective, or just doesn’t work at all.)
So, today, it’s pointed out yet again that Abbas isn’t going to come through. And, given to reading “between the lines,” it seems obvious that Abbas is “angry about something.”
The real deal? Abbas keeps waiting for the IDF to move against gaza. Because, here, he knows Israel can really kill off hamas. But they can’t “keep the territory.” So after sacrificing troops, the “yarisha” goes to Abbas.
But Abbas seems to think this won’t happen.
Hmm?
Now why would Ehud Barak send in troops to gaza? It’s all downside. While tourism thrives in Israel. And, yes. You can kill the head of the snake. One by one. With a small missile (maybe, weighing 3.5 pounds); carefully aimed at a traveling car. Hmm? When a car travels you can measure speed. Until? Well, you get to see a CAR SWARM. Those Palestinians haven’t learned yet, that the drone’s sound isn’t a Bumble Bee?
The monsters at the top aren’t worried about survival? You think they count on the Jerusalem Post, and other fishwrap, to ease their worries? I think not.
What I have noticed, though, is that those “Friday prayer rug shots,” with Abbas giving a stare into his hands, have all but stopped. How did somethiung so “religious” fall out of favor? (Okay. Abbas is afraid to show up in gaza. And, the pictures of him praying, and/or sitting on the floor, used to come from there.)
Now? He quits! He farts. And, Bush bombed, by the way.
Good luck to Olmert. Sure. Talansky is “left field.” But a Likudnik who can’t stand it that the public hasn’t given Bibi a “mandate.” Not yet.
Thanks for that!
I’ll read it on the plane on my way to … Israel !
Thanks for the link. An excellent article.