| I normally try to avoid Israeli politics, except inasmuch as it impacts their actions in the War on Terror. But as a commenter Caroline Glick generally sees deeper into the stone than most, as she does in the first six paragraphs below. The remaining paragraphs exerpted from her much longer piece explain why she won’t be writing as much in the near future. I wish her well — the Knesset could use her perspicacity and willingness to speak bluntly. |
[Jpost] The job of a commentator is to interpret reality. The media’s habit of simplifying issues by treating everything as an either-or proposition is disastrous for formulating policy. Israel’s options are rarely binary. On almost all issues, Israel has a full spectrum of options. Yet, due to media pressure, our leaders often miss them.
To advance its interests in the international arena, for instance, Israel doesn’t need to bow before foreign powers. It needs to show foreign powers that they want what Israel has to offer and that it is in their interest to work with Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the only prime minister Israel has had that fully understands and implements this basic truth.
| This may explain why the voters keep returning him and his party to office, despite the loathing he is held in by Israel’s elites and news media. |
The same is the case with the Paleostinians. Israel has nothing to fear in its dealing with the Paleostinians. The choice we were presented with for more than a generation ‐ either peace with a Paleostinian state or war without one ‐ was a false and destructive conceit. It was based on a wide array of lies and delusions. I devoted hundreds of columns and my book, The Israeli Solution, to expose them.
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