'Netanyahu.... a singular voice of reason'

September 24, 8:11 PMOrlando Senior ExaminerTom Holbrook

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       Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu holding up WWII Nazi documents outllining the 'Final Solution' Jewish Holocaust

Today, September 24th, 2009, Jewish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke to the member nations of the United Nations and to the world.  He continued the Jewish tradition of ‘in your face’ candor and ‘tell it like it is’ truth in advising those listening that Israel is, and has always been, ready for peace in the Middle East, but not at the expense of exposing the citizens of Israel to continued danger from their Palestinian neighbors and/or other rogue Arab nations.

As each new gesture of peace and potential agreement between Israel and the Palestinians draws closer to reality, more ridiculous, sacrificial demands are added to the mix by Arab hardliners that quashes the move toward real peace.  It appears the only peace the Palestinians will accept is the total destruction and obliteration of Israel as a Nation State and a people.

The following is Prime Minister Netanyahu’s reply to those, including our own President Obama, who say Israel must continue total withdrawal from the strategic West Bank to attain peace:

     ‘A great many people are telling us that withdrawal is the key to peace with the Palestinians. But the fact is that all our withdrawals were met by huge waves of suicide bombers.  We tried withdrawal by agreement, withdrawal without an agreement, we tried partial withdrawal and full withdrawal. In 2000, and once again last year, the government of Israel, based on good will, tried a nearly complete withdrawal, in exchange for the end of the conflict, and were twice refused.

‘We withdrew from the Gaza Strip to the last centimeter, we uprooted dozens of settlements and turned thousands of Israelis out of their homes. In exchange, what we received were missiles raining down on our cities, our towns and our children. The argument that withdrawal would bring peace closer did not stand up to the test of reality.’

Three decades ago one forward thinking Arab, President Anwar El Sadat of Egypt, saw the futility of continued fighting with Israel and his country entered into a formal, realistic peace agreement with them. The treaty was signed with Israel’s Prime Minister Menachem Begin in Washington, DC, on March 26, 1979, following the 1978 Camp David Accords.   Sadat’s reward for establishing a real and lasting peace was… his country being expelled from the Arab League and he was assassinated by Muslim zealots.   

The treaty with Egypt is still in force with Egypt’s current president Hosni Mubarak continuing on where his predecessor left off.  There also exists a peace agreement with Jordan and its king Abdullah and Jordan is flourishing because of it.

The reality of a peace agreement with Israel throughout the Arab world is shaky at best as long as the Arab’s spokesperson, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues to call for the annihilation of Israel and all its people and saying that the WWII Jewish Holocaust was a hoax that never happened.  Prime Minister Netanyahu said the challenge of making a real peace accord a reality is getting those in charge of Arab decision making to choose a life in the 21st Century as opposed to allowing their people to remain in the 9th Century.

Thank you Prime Minister Netanyahu for at least one voice of clarity and honesty in the whole United Nations venting processes.