Until then, the resumption of talks is nothing to get excited about

...The world, and certain groups among us as well, will try to disrupt the return to Zion, but the facts on the ground are that the Jewish people are indeed returning to their homeland.

Dror Eydar..
Israel Hayom..
22 July '13..

Last night, on the eve of Tu B'Av (a holiday of love -- sort of a "Jewish Valentine's Day"), thousands of women revived the ancient tradition -- mentioned in Judges 21:19-21 -- and danced in the vineyards of Shiloh. To this day, they are still searching for a Palestinian artifact in Tel Shiloh. It may be found within the pages of the daily newspaper Haaretz, whose editor wondered just last week when nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu would finally be declared a national hero. The same editor has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take advantage of the "opportunity of a lifetime" and imprint his "diplomatic legacy" -- a code name for destroying Jewish communities, withdrawing from our homeland and tearing away from the voter base of his Likud party.

Let's review: What was former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's "diplomatic legacy"? The destruction of his life's work in the Gaza Strip settlement bloc of Gush Katif? What kind of legacy did former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin leave behind him? Or President Shimon Peres, who is currently celebrating with the cosmos and trying to make us forget the delusional nightmare concocted by his helpers in Oslo, what is his legacy? Peace Not.

History, both distant and near, has taught us that our conflict with our neighbors is of existential proportions. Though the world may view him as the representative of the Palestinian people, in fact, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas barely represents the population of Ramallah. Even he has declared to the world that he will never recognize Israel as a Jewish state. He is doing everything in his power to avoid signing a deal that will end the conflict, and he doesn't have the authority to change one thing about the Palestinian refugee issue. The head of the Palestinian negotiating team -- Saeb Erekat -- has described the demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel as the homeland of the Jewish people as a demand to "alter the Palestinian narrative."

Negotiating with the Palestinians will not yield a permanent peace agreement. The negotiations are only necessary as ongoing maintenance of the conflict. Dialogue is always the preferable option. But it highly unlikely that the Palestinians will ultimately turn their backs on their main raison d'être: Rejecting any Jewish link to this land.


In any case, we mustn't allow the Palestinians to talk about their "rights" versus our "security concerns." There is no such thing. I mentioned Shiloh -- the Jewish people have a proven right to Samaria, Judea and Jerusalem, and our legitimate claims to this land predate Islam by 1,500 years, and predate any Arab referring to themselves as Palestinian by 3,000 years.

Therefore, the negotiations with our neighbors must be founded on the principle of mutuality. The State of Israel also has a right to the territory in question -- 100% of it, just like the Palestinians demand for themselves. The only way that negotiations could possibly yield a compromise is if they are founded on the understanding that the territory in question is in fact Jewish land. Until then, the resumption of talks is nothing to get excited about. Nothing is going to change: The world, and certain groups among us as well, will try to disrupt the return to Zion, but the facts on the ground are that the Jewish people are indeed returning to their homeland.

Link: http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=5077

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