Samson BlindedSamson BlindedRational perspective on the Middle East conflict, peace process, and antiterrorist efforts. By anonymous Israeli politician. Articles
Peace doesn?t come through withdrawal
2009-06-29 09:26:00 Arabs will not decrease violence to allow Israel an honorary withdrawal from the West Bank. Just like the Jewish fighters haunted the British in Palestine in 1947, Arabs will continue killing Jews even if Israel evacuates Gaza and the West Bank. Diplomats cannot understand why Arabs keep on killing Jews even in the face of ... More About: Peace , Withdrawal
Palestine?s real enemies: other Arabs
2009-06-25 09:08:00 Arabs, rather than Jews, have proved the biggest obstacle to Palestinian statehood. Jordan looked forward to annexing the West Bank, Egypt wanted the Negev, Lebanon had designs on the Galilee, and Syria wanted everything. Nobody cared about Palestinian Arabs. Jordan, seeking to annex the West Bank, even banned the word ?Palestinian.? Later, Jordanian (the Black ... More About: Palestine , Enemies , Real , Arabs
The miracle of fleeing Arabs
2009-06-22 09:43:00 The 1947 partition of Palestine left the Jewish state with a 40 percent Arab population. Miraculously, the Arabs took off. Their flight started almost a year before the conscious Jewish policy of expelling the fifth column. Unlike in the previous periods of civil unrest, Arabs fled the country rather than temporarily moving into the hills. ... More About: Miracle
From West Berlin to the West Bank
2009-06-18 09:28:00 Palestinians didn’t define themselves as such until the 1960s. The original Palestinian nationalists of 1920s-40s, such as Istiqlal?the most radical party?spoke of Syro-Palestinian identity or Greater Syria. Syria, however, was under French occupation while Palestine was under the British. The British, accordingly, resisted Syro-Palestinian nationalism and evicted its proponents first to Syria, and then arranged ... More About: Berlin , West , Bank , West Bank
Netanyahu surrendered
2009-06-16 10:56:00 Where venerable Yitzhak Shamir, the former commander of LEHI terrorist group, caved in to American pressure, Netanyahu stood no chance - especially since he had already surrendered during his prior term as prime minister. Netanyahu raised two demands for accepting a Palestinian state. One is that it either be demilitarized or Israel receive international security guarantees. ...
Palestinians in Jordan
2009-06-15 09:10:00 The Jordan River makes for a cultural barrier, but not an ethnic one. An almost impassible waterway a century ago, the Jordan River marked the boundary of civilization. East of Jordan lay barbarous Arabia, but the West Bank showed a degree of civilization, first owing to the influence of the Ottomans and, since the late ... More About: Palestinians
And many false prophets will arise?
2009-06-13 22:02:00 The catastrophe is unfolding so slowly, draped in so many speeches, that few note it. Distracted by myriad events, people don?t see the terrible picture which unfolds just before their eyes: The end. By leftists. For the entire history, things were allowed to run their course. Time and again, great leaders intervened and caused ripples on ...
How Palestinian is this land?
2009-06-11 09:58:00 Even today, the West Bank is thinly populated: about 60 percent of its territory is settled by a mere 1 percent of the Palestinian Arab population. In the early nineteenth century, Palestinian Arabs lived predominantly in the hills except for minor communities in Jaffo, Akko, and Jerusalem. When the citrus boom started, Palestinians began acquiring ... More About: Land
The Palestinian no-nation
2009-06-08 09:44:00 Nationhood is irrelevant to statehood. Russians are closer to Ukrainians than Tatars, but Russians form a state with Tatars rather than Ukrainians. Spaniards are closer to Portuguese than to Basques, but form a state with Basques separate from Portuguese. African tribes are not nations, but the withdrawing colonial powers allotted the tribal entities statehood. States ... More About: Nation , Palestinian
On honest reconstructionism
2009-06-04 09:59:00 I dislike many, perhaps most of the halachic Jewish rules, yet, for the most part I observe them. That doesn?t make me a hypocrite but a responsible citizen of the Jewish nation, respectful of the other Jews? opinion. Let?s say, everyone drives 65 miles an hour and I feel that?s absurd. I can safely drive twice ... More About: Honest
A club of club-wielding Jews
2009-06-01 09:00:00 Absence of riches is not poverty, and absence of arrogance is not humility. One need not be humble in order to avoid arrogance. Self-respect is a positive attitude. Rabbis emphasized humility for a reason: stiff-necked Jews could be extinguished. Given the weakness of Jews compared to the imperial powers and the host nations of the Diaspora, ... More About: Judaism , Club
Peace? Fear not
2009-05-30 21:18:00 “Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, to you have I given it” Joshua 1:3 Abbas places unrealistic demands on Israel because he cannot push his Arabs to any concessions. He cannot sell them even the best peace offer as he is no one by now. His presidential term expired, and even ... More About: Peace , Fear
It?s not about ethics
2009-05-28 09:50:00 Psalm 78:4, 7: “?telling to future generation the praises of the Lord?. That they might put their confidence in God? and keep his commandments.” Jews praise God as the ultimate king not to please him, for he cannot be pleased. Continuous praise of God allows sufficient confidence in him that Jews firmly observe the commandments. Praise ... More About: Ethics
Bribery pays
2009-05-26 08:17:00 America ignores friends, bribes enemies insufficiently and mismanages the resulting crises. The country spends tens of billions dollars in a pointless Afghan war which it failed to end promptly on the winning note. Pakistan is America?s closest ? indeed, indispensable - ally in that war. The US recently lost the Central Asian bases after Russians ... More About: North Korea , Bribery , Pays
On the utility of illegal outposts
2009-05-25 09:44:00 Settlements in the territories are legal in terms of Israeli law and illegal in terms of Palestinian law. Current international law also bans settlements on occupied territories, but that idealistic doctrine arose after 1946 and was never tested in legal practice. The UN doesn’t dispute the legality of Russian settlements on the occupied Kuril Islands. ... More About: Utility , Illegal
With Blood and Steel
2009-05-21 09:33:00 “Against them make ready your strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror into [the hearts of] the enemies, of God and your enemies” Quran 8:60 Everyone has the occasional moment when he leisurely walks to a coffee shop and sees an old poor man on the street scrambling for ... More About: Blood , Steel
Netanyahu and Obama: The end
2009-05-20 11:13:00 “Bare Your holy arm and hasten the time of salvation. Take retribution against the evil people on behalf of Your servants, For deliverance has been too long delayed; there seems no end to the evil days. Thrust the enemy into the darkness of death, and establish for us the seven Shepherds.” Maoz Tzur song Netanyahu’s meeting with Obama might enter ... More About: Israel
Capture Bin Laden?
2009-05-18 08:25:00 It is unbelievable that the CIA is seriously searching for Osama bin Laden . He cannot hide for thirteen years. The CIA closely works with Afghan mujahedeen, who are Osama’s close friends and would readily betray him to the Americans for a quick profit. Osama’s CFO defected to the Saudis, and his chief buyer, Abu Hajir, ... More About: Osama Bin Laden , Capture , Bin Laden
Netanyahu and Obama
2009-05-16 20:33:00 ?They have healed also the hurt of My people lightly, saying: ‘Peace, peace’, when there is no peace.? Jeremiah 6:14 I?ve never bought the hypothesis that individuals shape the history. They can produce ripples, to be sure, but little more. If not Stalin, Trotsky would have sent Russians into Gulag to form a ?labor army? for ... More About: Israel , Obama
Debating the left
2009-05-14 08:53:00 In our days, leftists are not really left. Traditionally, the right-wingers were conservatives seeking to preserve the time-tested order of things, and the leftists thought to change it for what they think is better. Since Plato, the leftists? major qualification was their belief that immensely complex human societies can be fully understood, therefore redesigned, and ... More About: Left
Facebook and the right of Holocaust denial
2009-05-11 16:23:00 Liberal Jews are inconsistent. They seek to shut up Facebook ?s Holocaust deniers but resist the Muslim attempts to shut up those who defame their religion. An affront against God is immeasurably more offensive than against any number of his creatures. There is nothing wrong about fooling the opponents with false moralizing. The problem starts when Jews ... More About: Semitism , Holocaust Denial , Denial
Politics of religion
2009-05-11 09:45:00 I have reservations about the Trinity, but so did many early Christians, and the concept is lacking in the synoptic gospels. When Jews adorn Torah scrolls with silver crowns, I?m not in a position to criticize portraits of God in Christian cathedrals. In the synoptic gospels, Jesus hardly said anything contrary to Judaism . His Sermon on ... More About: Politics , Religion
Yes, we?re chosen
2009-05-08 09:35:00 The Jews’ status as chosen people is politically incorrect. The concept is not racist: unlike the black/white skin-color distinction, anyone can join the chosen people by converting properly. The concept, however, is insulting: any Jew is chosen from birth, automatically, while Gentiles have to undergo a very hard conversion. It is of no sense to ... More About: Judaism
Biography, ideology, and personality
2009-05-05 09:05:00 Osama is not an insurgent leader, but a CEO. A rich kid, he always wanted to prove himself a combatant, but ended up a manager. Osama introduced business concepts to terrorism: seed financing, outsourcing, and franchise. He is not directly engaged in terrorist operations but gives small money to promising aspirants; helps them with inspiration, ... More About: Biography , Osama Bin Laden , Ideology , Personality
Justice, modern and the real one
2009-04-29 11:47:00 Global communication allowed for our increased our knowledge of remote facts, but state propaganda facilitated by the very same global communication increasingly twists those facts. It is astonishing that most Westerners imagine Israel as a liberal democratic state, friendly to Jews and militant toward Arabs. The first was never true; the other two are false ... More About: Justice , Real , Modern
No trust in the government
2009-04-27 11:33:00 The Israeli ruling establishment buys off the opposition or destroys it. Religious parties are bribed with massive subsidies to their electorate, and vote in the government on the par with left-wingers. The real opposition leaders, such as Meir Kahane or Rehavam Zeevi, are assassinated with Arab hands. The establishment routinely resorts to falsifications and provocations ... More About: Government , Trust
World against Jews: Battleground Jerusalem
2009-04-22 11:13:00 Presenting the conflict as Israeli-Palestinian is misleading, a classic case of what mathematicians know as Achilles and the turtle paradox of infinitely small iterations. The conflict is between Jews and the world. European powers evicted Jews from Europe, and allocated us 0.01% of the Middle East. In fact, there were several arrangements, in turn diminishing ... More About: World , Jerusalem , Semitism
What?s so good about peace?
2009-04-20 11:07:00 Peace with Muslims would be great, but Israel would never be able to exist peacefully among the sea of Muslims. It’s a matter of xenophobia, jealousy, Islam ? not of the Israeli quarrel with Palestinian Arabs whom the other Arabs hate, anyway. Israel is a perfect enemy for Muslims: different, strong, acting weak, moralistic. The ... More About: Peace , Good
Can a Jewish state be ethnic-blind?
2009-04-16 11:02:00 Absence of the rule of law surfaces in the highly unequal treatment of Jews and Arabs in Israel. Jews suffer two to three years’ conscription while the Arabs refuse even civil service. Jews pay the highest taxes in the world while Arabs are universally engaged in the black market economy and pay virtually no taxes. ... More About: Jewish , Ethnic , State , Blind
The goodness of evil
More articles from this author:2009-04-12 10:58:00 Hebrew word for ?neighbor? is a cognate of ?evil?. That puzzling relationship is the quintessence of social order: communities are created for doing evil to outsiders and defending against the evil attempted by outsiders. Communal action is generally evil. Even defense of goodness is clothed in evil: the Russian army in WWII defeated a great ... More About: Judaism , Evil , Goodness 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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