Justinology

Don’t get me wrong, despite the title; I am no fan of the Israeli left either. Look at Israel’s history since the Camp David Accords in 1979 (with America’s favorite enemy of Israel, Jimmy Carter). Has anyone else picked up on the fact that all of these unilateral withdrawals (I prefer the Hebrew term girush or expulsion) that have occurred over the last few decades have been under the watch of “hawkish” Israeli governments.

Let’s take a look here at the trend:

Yamit (Sinai Peninsula) 1982 – As part of the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, rightist darling Menachem Begin, initiates the girush from Yamit. At least, he didn’t take the $80 million in return for the buildings and infrastructure of the settlement from Egypt, instead he destroyed the settlement.

Madrid Peace Talks 1991 – Yitzhak Shamir sends a delegation to Madrid for “peace talks,” which essentially brought Israel out into the open as being willing to relinquish Yesh”a, something that had long been taboo for Likudnics. This peace conference is what led to the horrific Oslo Accords. These accords created the Palestinian Authority, cut up Yesh”a and included several Palestinian autonomous locations, and guaranteed weapons to keep order and fend off terrorists in those regions. What it actually did was arm the “Palestinian Terrorist Authority” to wage an even bloodier war with the Jews of Yesh”a and Israel as a whole.

Wye River Memorandum 1998 – Binyamin “Bibi” Netanyahu signs the Wye River Memorandum. Basically it was an agreement to implement much of the Oslo Accords that had yet to be implemented, among other things. You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wye_River_Memorandum. None of the items listed in the Wye River Memorandum were ever implemented as a result of the 2nd intifada (in which the Palestinians used the training and weapons received as a result of Oslo against Jews).

Ariel Sharon as Prime Minister – Av haYishuvim; yeah I referred to him as that. Ariel Sharon was a great war hero and champion of the settler movement. A man who consistently vowed (as a Likudnic) to never give in to terrorism and never relinquish one bit of the Land of Israel, becomes Prime Minister. During the elections of 2003, Ariel Sharon and the Likud defeat Amnon Mitzna‘s Labor contingency on a platform that is strong against terrorism. One of Amnon Mitzna’s primary platform objectives was a girush from Aza and parts of Yesh”a in hopes of creating a peace platform with the Palestinians. The Likud won the Israeli public’s favor rejecting the plan and maintaining (even doubling their power) government control. However, less than a year later Ariel Sharon took the plan as his own and began it’s implementation, thereby betraying all those people who kept his party in power. It was the ultimate betrayal from a man who so long championed the settler movement. Ultimately, he left the Likud (now led by Bibi Netanyahu) and created the center-left pary, Kadima. He fell into a coma in January of 2006. The effects of his policies linger today, not only leading to the girush of 10,000 Jews from Aza and the northern Shomron, but also leading to evictions from Amona and Hevron. These policies also emboldened terrorists and their supporters among the Palestinian population including the election of Hamas into leading the Palestinian Authority, Hezbullah’s incursion and kidnapping of Israeli soldiers (which led to the Israel-Lebananon War last summer), the ongoing Qassam attacks from Aza into southern Israeli towns, Hamas’ violent take over of Aza, etc.The list goes on and on.

Israel’s “rightist” politicians have been among her worst enemies as we can clearly see. Who needs enemies like Hamas, when you have “friends” like these?

Michael