Dear Caroline, Martin and the Jerusalem Post

LOTL..
06 August '13..

For those who follow Love of the Land postings on a regular basis it may have been noticed the absence of both Caroline Glick's and Martin Sherman's most recent pieces. While posting pieces at times that I don't necessarily agree with, if they contribute to a more informed discourse, that will often suffice. However, as with our good friend, neighbor and well-known letter writer, Ken, over-the-top does need to be addressed:

Letter to today's Jerusalem Post,

Sir, – I felt that both Martin Sherman’s “Resign, just resign!” (Into the Fray, August 2) and Caroline B. Glick’s “Bibi and the true believers” (Column One, August 2) employed needless abusive rhetoric
in referring to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, and tasteless and vulgar language in referring to Israelis who do not share their political opinions.

I realize that the issues under discussion are deeply provocative and sensitive, but nonetheless this sort of language is unworthy of both of these writers, and of The Jerusalem Post.

I believe that both Sherman and Glick are well-informed and knowledgeable political pundits, and well-versed in Middle East diplomacy and, of course, the Arab-Israeli conflict. This is why it is so hard for me to understand how both of them fail to understand that our prime minister is trying to deal with an almost impossible diplomatic situation.


Netanyahu is walking a very thin tightrope in trying to keep Israel secure and protect its essential interests while at the same time trying to satisfy the unfair demands of an international community that is biased against us and favors our Palestinian enemies.

I believe that both fail to fully understand that entirely apart from international pressure, Israel deeply wants and needs peace and security for itself and its Palestinian neighbors. This is why our government is willing to make disproportional concessions like prisoner releases in the hope of moderating Palestinian rejectionism, even though the Palestinians have not yet disabused themselves of their vile dreams of our destruction.

I do not expect Sherman or Glick to support policies they oppose, but I do expect them to couch their opposition in relatively refined prose and the understanding I am sure they possess of Israel’s precarious diplomatic situation.

KENNETH BESIG
Kiryat Arba

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