The phantom Arab moderate
The phantom Arab moderate
By SHMUEL KATZ, JPOST
Even those Israelis who claim that peace between sovereign Israel and the Arabs is a practical possibility rest their claim on the bald assumption that there exists a solid body of Arabs who are "moderate."
They do not face the reality, taught by many decades of experience, that the most "moderate" of the Arabs (who might have a hand in setting the policies of their people) do not differ, in their view of what Israel's future should be, from the manifestly immoderate mainstream Arabs. They differ only on the method, or process, by which the elimination of the Jewish state is to be accomplished.
This is true of all the Arab states - members of the Arab League - but most importantly of the states that have launched wars against Israel since 1948. [..]
Posted by Ted Belman at November 29, 2005 08:03 AM
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The phantom Arab moderate
By SHMUEL KATZ, JPOST
Even those Israelis who claim that peace between sovereign Israel and the Arabs is a practical possibility rest their claim on the bald assumption that there exists a solid body of Arabs who are "moderate."
They do not face the reality, taught by many decades of experience, that the most "moderate" of the Arabs (who might have a hand in setting the policies of their people) do not differ, in their view of what Israel's future should be, from the manifestly immoderate mainstream Arabs. They differ only on the method, or process, by which the elimination of the Jewish state is to be accomplished.
This is true of all the Arab states - members of the Arab League - but most importantly of the states that have launched wars against Israel since 1948. [..]
Posted by Ted Belman at November 29, 2005 08:03 AM