tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post3484208910955276786..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Glennwatch 2Yaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-66428004672197483012009-02-25T18:41:00.000+02:002009-02-25T18:41:00.000+02:00Yaacov, for quite a long time, I have thought your...Yaacov, for quite a long time, I have thought your blog very intelligent. However, for the first time today I see something absolutely idiotic - the notion of <I>inviting</I> or <I>desiring</I> external pressure.<BR/><BR/>The idea of external intervention to over-ride Israeli democracy (however messy) is repulsive, an offense both to the concept of democracy and to the concept of the inherent self-determination rights of the Jewish people. You (and J-Street and others) should be ashamed of yourselves.<BR/><BR/>Desiring such intervention is also unwise as a practical matter. (1) It establishes a bad precedent, inviting such intervention in the future. (2) It results in bad outcomes as often as not, since the external forces are neither altruistic nor familiar with the Mideast. (3) It encourages the Palestinians in their century-long conviction that they need not come to terms with Israeli/Jewish Mideasterners, and can instead wait for a deus ex machina from the exterior.<BR/><BR/>I think you should re-think this nonsense of external intervention. Yes, everybody has intervened, from the USA to the EU to the USSR to diaspora Jewry to .... But that doesn't mean more of the same is wise. <BR/><BR/>Peace will come when the Palestinians realise that only the Israeli electorate can give the Palestinians a state, and that the Palestinians need to convince the Israeli electorate (not the USA or EU or ....) of their bona fide intent to compromise for peace, to restrain their own (Palestinian) rejectionists, to eject Iranian arms and influence, etc. That will never happen so long as the Palestinians can continue to look to outside intervention to force Israel to submit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com