After the Flotilla the Jackals are Out

Why's it our fault?

Shoshana Bryen
JINSA
01 June '10

Not those jackals.

The world splits roughly between those who denounce Israel from a religious or ideological base, and those who denounce Israel because they are tired of defending Western civilization to which they are heir but aren't sure why they should care (and those who bash Israel as a cover for their own anti-Semitism). The tired and the impatient might be slightly moved by better PR on Israel's part, and OK, why not? But the others don’t care and those are the ones Israel fights.

The jackals in this case are pundits, including patriotic Israelis and committed friends of Israel, who live to tell Israel publicly how it should have been done. "Israel should have known..." "The IDF should have…" "Better PR would have…" Even when they acknowledge that Israel was within the bounds of international law and moral behavior, nevertheless, "This just complicates U.S.-Israel relations" or its companion, "This just complicates American efforts to: a) find a solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, or; b) deal with Iran."

(An example of the Not Jackals, and what support sounds like at BGU)


Whatever Israel did, if only Israel had done the way the jackals wanted it done everything would have been just fine. They are so sure that if the Israeli government had just listened to them it would have produced a different result – the "right" result – and the world would have approved.

Who, other than them, says that a different result would have produced "better PR" (which always figures in the denunciation of whatever Israel did)?

And why is it so important for friends of Israel to publicly berate the Israeli government today, of all days? Are Israel's enemies not doing a good enough job this morning?

Points of order:

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