Justinology

Do they still take write-in candidates in Presidential elections?

By Spengler

The state of Israel embodies the last, best chance for the Islamic world to come to terms with the modern world. Received wisdom in the foreign ministries of the West holds that relations with Muslims would be ever so much easier without the annoying presence of the Jewish state, which humiliates the Muslim world. Just the opposite is true. The Israeli presence in the territory of the ancient Jewish commonwealth, on land that once belonged to the Dar al’Islam, offers the single, slender hope for the future of the Muslim world, precisely because it constitutes a humiliation.

Full Article (Asia Times)

This article is 100% correct, but sadly, it falls on deaf ears.

HT: Israpundit

By Mohamed Elshinnawi

An independent group of Palestinian and Israeli religious leaders, meeting in Washington, has launched an initiative to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The group says it hopes to counter extremism by facilitating dialogue among the region’s moderate voices. Speaking Wednesday at a Washington news conference, members of the group, called the Council of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land, said they are working closely with the political leaders of Israel and the Palestinian authority to support current peace initiatives.

Full Article (VOA)

I always get a kick out of these groups that think they can solve the world’s problems. Unfortunately, the very vocal and powerful radical Islamists don’t want the Jews in the Middle East. That will never change.

“Now is not the time to discuss a permanent agreement with the Palestinians,” Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said Saturday at the opening of an international terror conference at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.

“After the (Hamas takeover) in Gaza, it’s inappropriate to talk of a permanent agreement. The basic precondition for talks on a permanent agreement is a partner in these talks whom we know is solidly grounded,” he explained to reporters at the conference.

Full Article (ynet)

Has there ever really been a good time to pursue peace with the Palestinians?