Gary Cooperberg, February 21, 2005

It is more than amazing to watch how the Israeli government is trying to force down the throats of its electorate a policy which can only be described as treasonous and self destructive. We are told by our Prime Minister, that, as a result of forcibly evicting over 8000 Jews from their homes and handing Jewish land to the PLO; as well as turning terrorist murderers loose, that we will now have a new hope for peace with our would be murderers. Does he really think we are all morons? Before outlining the lunacy of this marvelous peace program, allow me to present an unlikely analogy.

Suppose tomorrow the President of the United States determined that, for the security and well being of the nation, all Jews living in Washington DC must be evacuated. By allowing Jews to live in the nation's capitol, relations with Saudi Arabia would be severely impaired and the likelihood of a terrorist attack would be greatly increased. And suppose that the President succeeded in getting both houses of Congress to pass a law making it illegal for Jews to live in Washington. To make the legislation more palatable Jews may continue to live in Maryland and work in the capitol. Certainly this minor inconvenience is worth preventing future terror attacks. Is there any normal person on the face of the earth who would imagine that such an effort would succeed? Even were this law passed, there would be such a political upheaval that it would be immediately repealed. No government has the right to arbitrarily throw citizens out of their homes for political whims.

If it is so easy to see how such an attempt to deprive Jews of their basic human rights would never work anywhere in the USA, why is it so hard to see that what the government of Israel is trying to do to her own citizens living Gaza is a gross and intolerable violation of their human rights? This would be true even if there were truly a hope for peace. But, to add insult to injury, there is absolutely no reason to assume that these gestures will bring peace any closer. On the contrary. We already have clear evidence that both, evacuating Jews and giving away their land to the PLO, plus freeing murderers from jail, only serve to encourage our enemies in their struggle to destroy the Jewish State. Abu Mazan is no less a terrorist murderer than was Arafat. The PLO has no desire to live in peace with an Israel of any size. The murderers who were released from prison, after promising not to murder again, and, mind you, signing affidavits to that affect, were seen flashing the victory sign to the press with big grins on their faces. Clearly these are reformed criminals who will now choose to live in peace with Jews.

If George Bush, and other world leaders are prepared to sacrifice Israel for what they perceive as their self interests, I can understand that. But how does one begin to fathom how Israeli leaders are working so hard to turn Israel into one gigantic suicide bomb? One needn't be a genius to see where these insane policies are leading us. Sharon is so wrong it makes you want to scream. Expelling Jews from their homes and then giving away our land to our enemies will not make them love us. Turning murderers loose will only convince them that murdering Jews is a good deed. For a Prime Minister of Israel to tell us otherwise is not merely an insult to our intelligence, rather a breach of his responsibility to his country. It is imperative that we do all in our power to see to it that the upcoming vote on the budget fails. Sharon is bad for Israel and must be removed from power.

Gary Cooperberg is a resident of the Jewish community in Hebron, Israel.

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