By Bob Parks ——Bio and Archives--March 4, 2009
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Barely a day goes by without Jimmy Carter and assorted European politicians calling on Mr. Obama to coerce Israel into hastily withdrawing from more land no matter the security risks. But Israelis are also very aware of the dangers of naively handing over territory to terrorists, as was done during the presidency of Secretary of StateHillary Clinton's husband in the 1990s. The vote by Israelis in elections two weeks ago was not a vote against peace as many Western commentators claim. It was a vote for realism and security. Even Shimon Peres, Israel's dovish president, now has second thoughts about unilateral Israeli concessions. Having long championed territorial withdrawals to attain peace, Mr. Peres last month acknowledged that it was a mistake for Israel to withdraw from Gaza in 2005 without first having a peaceful and democratic Palestinian party to hand that territory to.Maybe liberals should spend a few weeks in Tel Aviv, wondering when Hamas was going to break yet another "cease fire" and launch rockets into their living room. But to call Israel's quest for self defense and security "apartheid" denigrates what South African blacks went through, just as their use of the term "civil rights" (when it comes to gay marriage) slights the hundreds of years of hell Democrats put American blacks through.
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Bob Parks is a is a member/writer of the National Advisory Council of Project 21. Bob’s websites are Black & Right and youtube.com/BlackAndRight