Narrative and History

JINSA
Report #: 1,039
16 November '10

Last week we wrote about the United States casting its ballot in the election for Security Council seats without advocating or encouraging others to join us. We wondered whether the United States now sees itself as only one of 192 member countries, no different than say, Guinea Bissau, Nepal or Iceland. Are we planning to be only 1/192nd of the weight in the world - only 1/192nd of its moral, political or social strength? If so, we can assume that others will happily fill the void we leave. But with what will they fill it?

We are indebted to Middle East analyst Asaf Romirowsky and Shalem Center Founder and Provost Yoram Hazony for the following two thoughts:

Romirowsky writes that Israelis in the West Bank have to choose "Palestine" as their state, with no option for Israel, when filling out addresses on Facebook, as if there is a state called Palestine, which in fact - when facts matter - there never has been. "On Wikipedia," he notes, "Palestinians have sown 'destroyed villages' and 'war crimes' allegations across the map, to the point of claiming that Tel Aviv was founded on the ruins of invented villages."

Well, that's how they see it, right? Aren't they entitled to their view of history? Who knows what really happened, right?

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