Friday, June 30, 2006

More Israel News: Olmert, Settlers, Friends in Africa

Military operations continue in Israel, but The Jerusalem Post's incomparable Caroline Glick lays down the unfortunate reality: Olmert Still Refuses To Get It. Palestinian factions including both Hamas and Fatah, plus much of the surrounding Arab world (not to even mention Iran), all want to destroy Israel, and Olmert responds by laying blame on the Jewish settlers in Judea and Samaria.

This boneheaded thinking must stop immediately, or else Israel could face ever greater dangers to its populace. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The Jewish settlers in the territories are a vital part of the nation, and Israel is exponentially stronger united than divided.

On a similar token, meanwhile, the Jewish state should welcome its allies across the globe with open arms. In particular, many millions of such friends (now famously including Ghana's John Paintsil) reside in Sub-Saharan Africa, and now it's time, a Jerusalem Post writer argues, for Israel to fully embrace them. I couldn't agree more. Cheers to such a relationship!

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