The Palestinian leap toward statehood is not only pre-mature; it is immature

(YNet Op/Ed author Moshe Dann is an historian, writer and journalist living in Jerusalem).  The Palestine question

As the Fatah Revolutionary Council, the ruling PLO authority in the West Bank and President Abbas declared: "No to Israel as a Jewish state, no to interim borders, no to land swaps."

Israel's response is reminiscent of its firefighting abilities; too little and too late. "This doesn't help the peace process," Israeli diplomats moaned. Well, of course not; the Palestinians are not now and never have been interested in a "peace process" that would deny them their basic goal – Israel's destruction.

Palestinian actions are not the result of a lack of US involvement, but because misguided, biased US intervention raised false hopes and illusions that Israel could be subdued.

President Obama's policies brought the realization of this dream closer, gathering world opinion against Israel and delegitimizing the Jewish state.

The Palestinian leap toward statehood is not only premature; it is immature. Whatever the outcome, it will not change the reasons for past failures.

Smoldering Palestinian fires will continue to erupt as long as arsonists are at work; Israeli firefighters need to understand not only how to put them out, but why they occur.

Please read it all.

Vice-Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon to Americans: Why cede strategic territory when Palestinians & Muslims continue goal to "liberate" Israel from Jews?

'Let's end this 'peace' facade until the Palestinian Authority will stop opposing Israel'- Israel's Vice-Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon addresses Christians & Jews at Sinai Temple in L.A.

Israel's Vice-Prime Minister, Lt. General Boogie Ya'alon addresses an audience of Zionistic Christians and Jews at Sinai Temple on Sunday 5 December.

Vice-Prime Minister Moshe Ya'alon explains how Palestinian Authority actions belies their unpreparedness and unwillingness to live peacefully alongside Israel. Lt. Gen Ya'alon contends how creating a sovereign Palestinian Arab state at this stage of unpreparedness would constitute a victory for global Jihadism, contrary to Western interests, which seeks to "liberate" Israel from Jews.

Ya'alon's appearance was organized by Alliance 4 Jerusalem and Israel-Christian Nexus.

3,000 years of Jewish history in 3 minutes- Orthodox Jewish families celebrate history; rededicate selves to proud faith at Universal CityWalk's public Chanukah concert

American-Israeli singer, Lenny Solomon, references notable Jewish history in song - at public Chanukah celebration in Los Angeles, California in December 2010. 

As a result of Yasser Arafat's Palestinian campaign to vilify Israel to stir up dormant Jew-hatred, the number of cities around the world where Orthodox Jews can openly celebrate their holidays and cultural pride is shrinking.

Muslims campaign to distort Jewish and Israeli history for liberal journalists, with a little help from Pres. Obama's Cairo speech to the Muslim world. See how much biblical and modern Jewish history you recognize and know about here - where Schlock Rock's Lenny Solomon parodies Billy Joel's "We didn't start the fire" with "We've got a strong desire" (from the Sgt. Schlocker's Magical Mystery Tour" album) at a Chanukah concert at North Hollywood's Universal CityWalk.

There's something rotten in Sweden - legislating to boost cultural Jihad over Swedish culture

"Scandalous constitution passed in Sweden" by Cavatus

The new Swedish constitution was passed in the Swedish parliament last week.  A conclusion of the three most important items is:

Membership in the EU is from now constitutional. A withdrawal will imply yet another change of the constitution, which is more complicated and takes longer time (one voting before and one voting after a general election).

The multiculturalism is from now constitutional. It is now imperative to financially support ethnic, cultural and religious groups with the taxpayers’ money. A disastrous policy is cemented.

The significance of the Swedish citizenship is undermined when foreigners are broadly placed on an equal footing with Swedish citizens and thus enjoy the same rights. On top of this there will no longer be any insistence on Swedish citizenship for positions of sensible nature, which implies that foreigners are allowed to have the positions that are structurally important for the society.

Western Civilization activist Pat Condell observes how Swedish liberals have legislated away their national identity to accommodate misogynistic, anti-Semitic, thuggery from Muslims.

What price the Jewish/Israel/neoncon warmonger conspiracy now?

Melanie Phillips interprets Wikileaks' document revelation in her column on The Spectator: "Bang goes that conspiracy theory"

So now the world has been made aware, thanks to Wikileaks, what anyone with their ear to the ground has known for yonks -- that Saudi Arabia and other Arab states have been desperately pressing the US to bomb Iran.  The Guardian reports:

The Saudi king was recorded as having ‘frequently exhorted the US to attack Iran to put an end to its nuclear weapons programme’, one cable stated. ‘He told you [Americans] to cut off the head of the snake,' the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Adel al-Jubeir said, according to a report on Abdullah's meeting with the US general David Petraeus in April 2008.

... Leaders in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt referred to Iran as ‘evil', an ‘existential threat’ and a power that ‘is going to take us to war’... In a conversation with a US diplomat, King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa of Bahrain ‘argued forcefully for taking action to terminate their [Iran's] nuclear programme, by whatever means necessary. That programme must be stopped. The danger of letting it go on is greater than the danger of stopping it.’ Zeid Rifai, then president of the Jordanian senate, told a senior US official: ‘Bomb Iran, or live with an Iranian bomb. Sanctions, carrots, incentives won't matter.’

In talks with US officials, Abu Dhabi crown prince Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed favoured action against Iran, sooner rather than later. ‘I believe this guy is going to take us to war ... It's a matter of time. Personally, I cannot risk it with a guy like [President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad. He is young and aggressive.’

What price the Jewish/Israel/neoncon warmonger conspiracy now??

Also CiF Watch augments it with: "The only silver lining in the wikileak scandal: The Guardianistas were proven wrong about Arab fears of Iran"

I hate to say we told you so (ok, I actually don’t mind so much), but for those at the Guardian and elsewhere, who, for years, have claimed that the only ones pushing the U.S. to attack Iran were (pick from four) Israel, Jews, neocons, or the Israel lobby, you were wrong.  To those who advanced argument after argument, with something approaching religious intensity, that the Arab world’s number one concern is the Palestinian issue, you were wrong

Melanie Phillips explains how Western liberalism accepts global Jihad because both perceive Israel and Jews as obstacles to their respective 'utopias'

How "rational" progressive ideologues irrationally ostracize (socially and professionally) reasonable arguers.

Melanie Philips exposes myths of progressive psychology in book, "The World Turned Upside-Down" speech in Los Angeles.

The David Horowitz Freedom Center and the Wednesday Morning Club presented Melanie Phillips elucidating the dogmatic, liberal-adopted, Muslim myths against Westernism, the hierarchy of nations, and Zionism (emanating particularly within Britain) from her new book, "The World Turned Upside Down". She describes how liberal ideologues have become inimical to reason and suppress debate.  She assesses how "progressives" morph contrarians into "enemies to humanity."

In two-segments - a speech and question-and-answer videos from November 15, 2010.



Video of Ms. Phillips' audience' question and answer session: