Yoel Meltzer
American Thinker
24 October '10
Despite the ongoing fixation by an assortment of Israeli trendsetters and decision-makers with the concept of land for peace, for the majority of Jews living in Israel, the picture is totally different. Years of terrorist attacks, wars, and missile bombardment following pullouts from Lebanon and Gaza, ongoing menacing threats from Iran, and various international terrorist groups and mounting anti-Semitism throughout the region and the world have caused most Israeli Jews to clearly understand that the establishment of another Arab state west of the Jordan River is nothing short of national suicide.
Thus, to continue arguing that such a move by Israel will bring "recognition" and "acceptance" -- a claim which has no historical anchor, since Israel is nearly always criticized and condemned regardless of what it does or doesn't do -- is not only spurious, but illogical, since no sane country would crave acceptance at the price of national destruction.
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