Re: ...we can't trust the Arafat, Arabs, nor your kind...
LOL! And what kind of foe am I?? Fortunately, you don't have to worry about my leanings as regards the Middle East since I have absolutely no stake in it, nor do I have any political clout in Belgium, Europe, whatever.... I am just like you, Yaacov: an isolated, harmless Joe-Six-Pack who indulges in geopoliticking.
Besides, as an agnostic, I couldn't care less about Jerusalem wholly remaining under Israeli sovereignty. Why should we divide Jerusalem? After all, in 1989, everybody gleefully acclaimed the tearing-down of the Berlin Wall, and today, everybody hopefully awaits the same outcome in Korea --the peaceful reunification of South and North Korea... Hence there's apparently no reason to long for the split-up of Jerusalem. Israelis are as decent a people as any other one and I'm pretty sure that Israelis would do their best to secure a safe toing-and-froing for all worshipers --whether Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, or Orthodox. Yet, we all know about the history of Israel and the fact that the Jewish settlers have unilaterally seized the whole city in 1967(?)
Another serious problem for Israelis is the extent of Arab demands, that is, where will Palestinians draw the line? I think that's the biggest "PR" snag for Israel: over here, in Europe, most people assume that once Israel gives in to Arafat's whim about Jerusalem then that's it! No more claim! The damn war is over --once and for all! Europeans don't take seriously the hatred of hardcore Hamas and Hizbollah. So, again, it's the same deadlock as Spain's: the Basques already enjoy a very large autonomy, they run their own police, their schools, their language,... Basques elect their own parliament, so what's left? Foreign policy (ie international treaties) and finances. Yet, terrorist ETA still wants more.... Well, "more" in the case of Israel means nothing less than the wipe-out of the state of Israel, pure and simple. I think that's the toughest hurdle for Israelis but I believe that once East Jerusalem will be retroceded to the PA, Israel will have a much easier job taming Anti-Zionist out-and-outers. After all, other much more powerful states are confronted with the same challenge: Spain (Basque), France (Corsica, New Caledonia), Russia....
Time for Israelis to see the light! |
