The Interview: Explaining the Latest Israel-Palestinian Controversy (Satire but Very Close to Actual Experience)
Now, in the wake of the UN General Assembly decision, PA leaders have been proclaiming that Israel is a racist state that shouldn’t exist, that the UN has now endorsed the Palestinian claim to all of the 1967 borders (which is not true), and that they will go to the international court to prosecute Israel for allegedly being the occupier of territory belonging to another country which has (not true) been declared sovereign over that land.
Reportedly, some of the countries that voted Palestine would be a non-member state at the UN asked the PA for assurances that they would not use this new status to launch lawsuits against Israel at the World Court. Within hours, however, the PA announced that this is precisely what it will do. The main goal is to get the court to rule that Israel is occupying the territory of a sovereign state and thus must withdraw immediately, with no peace treaty and no end to the conflict. Thus, as called for in the PLO Covenant almost a half-century ago, a state of Palestine would serve as a base for a “second stage” in which Israel would be completely eliminated.
And yet despite every point listed above, if the Palestinian side were to give Israel the slightest incentive today to believe it was interested in a real negotiated peace, those buildings would not be begun, much less built in a few years.
Now, after all this has happened, you want to blame Israel for the destruction of the negotiating process and the abandonment of a two-state solution? Don’t you realize how absurd this claim is?
Journalist: Thank you very much, Professor Rubin, for this very clear and detailed answer. I have only one more question: Why is Israel making a two-state solution impossible by building 3000 apartments in east Jerusalem?
your readiness to uproot and expel Jews on an unthinkably horrible scale 35 times larger than the 9,000 driven from their homes, towns, schools, synagogues, farms, and businesses in Gaza, lock stock and barrel, their exhumed dead included, in order to benefit Israel’s enemies and their implacable, genocidal hatred for Jews, enemies who would gladly do that filthy rotten deed themselves if only they were able, is REVOLTING.
But that would be only on condition of a real, sincere peace agreement, you would reply. Well, ask yourself whether Jews can survive, or even sustain themselves after such a bizarre act of national self-mutilation. Never mind, your answer is, of course we can. Sorry, we can’t. For all your sagacity and understanding, this is your blind spot. It’s something you can’t, won’t, and will never understand, a sacrifice to your bloodthirsty, false Moloch of peace.
Wise up, why don’t you?
You’re too learned for the good of your fellow Jews.
Thanks for saving me the time of writing a comment.
You are 100% correct.
To “Sorry Dr. Rubin, but” and “Terry Elat-Israel” So, you two have given up. I haven’t, and neither have the majority of Israelis.
The Gaza situation is over and done with, whether we agreed or not — I personally did not — but it was done and Sharon is still in a coma.
It’s time to move on, we have other concerns.
Manni
your readiness to uproot and expel Jews on an unthinkably horrible scale 35 times larger than the 9,000 driven from their homes, towns, schools, synagogues, farms, and businesses in Gaza, lock stock and barrel, their exhumed dead included, in order to benefit Israel’s enemies and their implacable, genocidal hatred for Jews, enemies who would gladly do that filthy rotten deed themselves if only they were able, is misguided.
But that would be only on condition of a real, sincere peace agreement, you would reply. Well, ask yourself whether Jews can survive, or even sustain themselves after such a bizarre act of national self-mutilation. Your answer is, of course we can. Sorry, we can’t. For all your sagacity and understanding, this is your blind spot. It’s something you can’t, won’t, and will never understand, it’s a sacrifice to your false Moloch of peace.
Wise up, why don’t you? You’re too learned for the good of your fellow Jews.
Mr. Rubin–
You just don’t get it. Israel is a first world nation, and the Palestinians are third worlders. Because the Israelis are more prosperous than them, it must be because the Israelis have and are oppressing them. End of analysis–all evidence to the contrary has been dropped into the memory hole and it is considered to be in poor taste to go rummaging around in it. Its the ideological equivalent of dumpster diving. You need to stop doing this.
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Excellent article, pity few governments who voted to give non-member status at the UN to the Palestinian Authority read it. Of course I am assuming those governments have leaders who can read.
Hamas threw Fatah guys off the top of high rises, but Fatah is willing to make peace with Hamas instead of Israel.
to make peace with Hamas because they know Hamas will kill them otherwise
they have no such concerns about Israel
the concern there is, if they make peace then Israel won’t feed them anymore
I thought that the point of settlements was “facts on the ground.” If Israel hasn’t, it should take the position that no settlements can ever be removed. Their growth is due to the lack of a treaty with the Palestinians. The longer they wait, the smaller their territory will be. The Arabs make a weapon out of their cultural quirk of not recognizing cause and effect because Allah controls all. But there is no reason why the rest of us should sign on to this foolishness. There are consequences to actions. No negotiations, no agreement means their future territory gets smaller.
When I read through other comments here, I get perplexed. Sometimes I think I have to re-read the article, has my brain gone blank? Unfortunate to note quite a number refuse to take the honesty of the words written here. Well, Prof. Rubin, you are writing with extreme care and I agree to your observations. More power, Yeshua bless you.