JOSEPH FARAH Israeli voters made a tragic mistake this week -- the kind of epic, colossal, historic blunder Americans made in 1992 and 1996. The Jewish state rejected the policies Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in favor of more promises of peace from Ehud Barak, the latest Labor Party leader in the mold of doves such as Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin. In other words, Israelis bought into the lie that Netanyahu was too tough, too inflexible, too rigid in his dealings with the countless enemies of the Jewish state. No. 1 on Barak's agenda, therefore, is peace with the Arabs. That means more land concessions, more treaties, more false hope. Barak wasted no time getting down to the business of appeasement. He spoke with Yasser Arafat by phone yesterday, agreeing to more peace talks. As an Arab-American with some first-hand knowledge of Middle East politics, let me offer some free advice to Barak: Arafat and his minions will never accept a final and just peace that doesn't include carving up Jerusalem, the historic capital of Israel, and strategic lands the Jews need to ensure their own safety and security. More land-for-peace negotiations are a long-term prescription for disaster for Israel. But I doubt Barak is listening to me or any other sensible observers. He's more likely listening to James Carville and President Clinton's other media and political gurus who helped engineer his victory this week. That's right. Clinton believed it was so critical to his own globalist agenda that he dispatched his top political strategists to the Middle East to counsel Barak. And what does Bill Clinton want and expect from Barak? Well, let's think about that. Wasn't it Hillary Clinton who called for the creation of a Palestinian state? Hasn't the Clinton administration consistently pressured Jerusalem to compromise its own security needs for the sake of peace? Wasn't it Bill Clinton who even offered to send U.S. peacekeeping troops to patrol the Golan Heights? Indeed, the quagmire in the Balkans is little more than a dress rehearsal for the big show in the Middle East. Clinton believes there is no conflict in the world that cannot be resolved by dropping some bombs and by deploying a few peacekeeping troops. Of course, Barak, a soldier himself, gave little hint of what was to come in his victory speech. "We will reach peace not from weakness but from strength and a feeling of security -- not a peace which comes at the expense of security, but a peace which will bring security." He set out four conditions: no negotiations on Jerusalem, whose eastern half the Palestinians want to have as their capital; no return to the borders of Israel before the 1967 Six-Day War; the majority of Jewish settlers on the West Bank and Gaza Strip to remain under Israeli sovereignty; and a ban on the Palestinians having any army in their future state. Don't believe any of it. Would Bill Clinton have invested so much politically in Barak if that kind of rhetoric truly reflected his vision? The truth is that the Arab-Israeli conflict cannot and will not be resolved through redrawing maps any more than the problems in the Balkans will be settled that way. Remember, prior to 1967, the Arabs controlled half of Jerusalem, and all of the territory they now claim to covet -- the Golan Heights and Judea and Samaria on the west bank of the Jordan. They could have created a Palestinian state had they so desired. It never came up. Instead, they launched the second of three major Arab-Israeli wars and lost that land and the Sinai and Gaza, which have since been returned to Arab control. The so-called "Palestinian problem" is little more than a manufactured issue for the Arab states -- a problem Arab leaders have little incentive to solve and every incentive to enflame I wish Barak well. I hope he lives up to his own post-election promises. But if he does, he had better watch out, because Bill Clinton is an undependable friend and an unpredictable enemy.
Clinton/Barak Election Victory Dooms Israel by CARL WORDEN The victory of Ehud Barak over incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spells disaster for the Nation of Israel, but it sure makes the fulfillment of Biblical prophesy a snap. These are truly exciting times, if you can call them that. It's as if you hopped on the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster, it jumps it's tracks mid-run, and suddenly you realize this really will be the ride of your life -- and there's nothing you can do about it. Those of you unfamiliar with Israeli politics need to understand there are two political camps; the Likud Party of Netanyahu and the Labor Party of Barak. The Likud Party most closely resembles the American Republican or Libertarian Party. Orthodox (strict, conservative, deeply religious) Israeli's gravitate to the Netanyahu/Likud camp. The Labor Party most closely resembles our Democratic Party which has become somewhat anti-religious, immoral liberal and socialistic -- just like our president. You may recall that Yitzhak Rabin was Prime Minister of Israel at the time he was assassinated. At the time of the assassination, Rabin was in the process of "trading land for peace", a peace plan heavily favored -- and in fact, brokered -- by our president, William Jefferson Clinton. Conservative Israeli resistance to Rabin giving up strategic land holdings to the Palestinians led to his assassination, and that killing sent Mr. Clinton's "peace plan" into a tailspin. Clinton's meddling in Israeli matters was further stymied by the unexpected election of conservative Benjamin Netanyahu to Prime Minister. Clinton made no pretense about his feelings toward "Bibi", and it is purely my personal opinion that Mr. Clinton has been working with the Labor Party and others to undermine Bibi's performance and his leadership in the eyes of his people since the day he took office. With the victory of Barak, it appears Mr. William Satan Clinton has indeed won another round, and a very significant round it was. We can expect Mr. Barak to immediately implement Clinton's insane "land for peace" deal, which will place areas of Israel exclusively into the hands of the Palestinians -- but it will also leave Israel vulnerable to attack by her sworn enemies, and that is why I'm calling this so-called "peace deal" certifiably insane. That roller coaster just jumped it's tracks, folks, and there's not a d--- thing you can do about it but watch and hold on. Call me crazy, but I have never believed William Jefferson Clinton is a friend of Israel. What kind of friend would delude his "important" ally into taking a potentially irreversible and vulnerable position, knowing that everyone in the immediate neighborhood would love the chance to kill him, burn his house down, rape his wife and slaughter his kids? That's what "Land For Peace" translates into when it comes to the reality of Israel. That is why one Israeli citizen permanently sacrificed his freedom in order to stop Yitzhak Rabin from doing the same thing. I wonder what that young man is thinking right now, knowing it was all for naught. As many of you know, I like to crawl around in Clinton's head from time to time, and you also know I'm pretty good at it. Here's my impression of the most recent mind-meld: Bill Clinton believes that if Israel ceases to exist, peace would come to the Middle East. With Israel only a memory and the Brits sent packing long ago, the entirely Arabic Middle East would be a plain of pure peace and harmony. Any smart sociopath would come to that conclusion, because it is so logical. Sure, people would have to be killed, but so what? Isn't it worth the sacrifice of the few to ensure the survival of the masses? Think about it, people: As long as you don't find yourself "one of the few", and if you lack the ability to empathize with those about to be slaughtered, well hey: It's a done deal. Go ahead; tell me I'm wrong. The fact is, I've been wrong in the past about what others might do in an effort to thwart Bill Clinton, and not just wrong, but also deeply disappointed as well. But I've nailed it every time I've told you who Bill Clinton is, what he is and in predicting what he'll do. Mark my words this time too: I just know that's what he's thinking. Okay, enough about me and what I think. I believe this will interest you also: Remember when Ross Perot dropped out of the race the night before the Democratic National Convention? Many of us said it was just too much of a coincidence and that Perot had to have been working with Clinton all along. Well, I just learned that Clinton sent several of his best political advisers to Israel to "assist" Mr. Barak in his campaign efforts, and guess what? Just days before the Israeli election, two or three of the other candidates for Prime Minister dropped out of the race, virtually guaranteeing a victory for Ehud Barak. I believe Bill Clinton has perfected the art of throwing an election. Again, call me crazy. |
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