Monday, December 3, 2012

The Israel Card- sanctions are a two edged sword

The Israel Card- Israel took chances for peace, from agreeing to " land for peace" after the six day war to the Camp David agreements, "The Oslo Agreements" then the "Road-map for peace  " then the "two state solution". All along losing a bargaining chip for peace and not getting any peace. Remember at Camp David Menachem Begin just wanted to offer autonomy to the Palestinians and this was a large appeasement at the time. Now look where Israel is. The peace lover that she is. Now what are Israeli chips not used till now. Sanctions are a double edge sword. Israel can sanction visitors from countries sanctioning Israel from entering the country and thus the holy sights. After all these are under Jewish control, and the world takes for granted that Jews were not allowed to visit their religious sites under Arab rule. It was Israels mistake to hand over Christan and Jewish religious sights to Arab Palestinian and Jordanian control . It can be taken back, easily. Then there is the point that Israel can form alliances with Eastern Europe, Russia , Canada or even China if she needs too. This is not against the USA , but opening up to others that the USA would not like Israel to be too close to. It is not that the USA is supporting Israel as much as the USA wants Israel technology  for herself. Yes , the Einsteins living in Israel are a commodity . That is, Israel can also even become a non- aligned country as Israelis come from many countries especially Russia. From Israel's point of view- big war is coming sooner or later, and the west will align with Israel in the end, she has no choice - going with the victor and all . The more control and space Israel has on her own territory which includes the west bank- the better. And if Israel is less aligned - she has a freer hand to operate as she did in the 1967 and 1948 wars. Remember , the USA put sanctions on arms to Israel during the Lebanon war and after that war became even closer friends, after Hezbullah killed so many marines for thanks for the shift in American pro Arab friendship in Lebanon. America turned around and became an even closer friend of Israel.  Israel's big mistake has been to make too many sacrifices for peace and give up too many chips for American appeasement with her Arab friends that now out number Israel as a friend . What the world is going to see in Netanyahu and Lieberman is that the Israelis and the Jews see themselves as the ones giving compromises for peace  ,because they want to for peace not because they are being forced too. If the peace comes as a forced agreement , then the world will see from Israel a shift to become a  major world player and not the Holocaust Jew, that Europe still thinks about. The Israelis are now a Spartan nation that stood up to suicide bombing- including myself and my own children. The Israelis are not afraid of sanctions. and to make up for manpower, Israel it seems is making an army of robots , drones, pilot less boats and anti missile missile systems- which means her enemies are nude to an Israeli attack.  and of course , many Israelis - not the majority though - think they have God on their side- the God of the Bible the God of the Jews. Sanctions indeed can be  a double edge sword.