Israel
does not have to defend its’ legitimacy! r4
Israel’s rights to the land is ingrained in history,
archeological findings, international law and possession. Just like the Arab
States have not been required to defend their legitimacy, Israel should also not be required to defend its’
legitimacy. The 21 Arab States and the State of Israel were set up by the Allied
Powers after WWI, when the Ottoman
Empire relinquished its
title to the territories to the Allied Powers. The British were assigned as
trustee for the Jewish people to help reconstitute the Jewish State as
Implemented by the San Remo Treaty of 1920. The San Remo Treaty adopted the
Balfour Declaration of 1917. Of importance is the fact treaty terms and
documents prove there was no state allocation of land to any other people or
nation other than the Jewish people in Israel. It should also be noted the League of Nations set up the Mandate for Palestine as a State for the Jewish people with exclusive
political rights.
The Jewish people who lived in Israel for over 4,000 had additional Jewish immigration in
the mid 1800. The local Jewish people with the infusion of more Jewish
immigration, resources, funding and with the explicit permission by the Ottoman
government, started developing the land. Within a short time the Jewish people
started turning the desert and desolation into green pastures, thus, building
an economy, agriculture, housing and industry. Many Arabs from neighboring
depressed states who viewed this development as an opportunity for work and an
improved standard of living, came to work in Palestine.
It is of interest in this conflict to take into consideration. The Arab
countries expelled over a million Jews and their children, confiscated their
assets, businesses, homes and land 5-6 times the size of Israel (120,440 sq. km or 75,000 sq. miles valued today in
the trillions of dollars). Most of these expelled Jews from Arab countries were
resettled in Greater Israel.
Over the past 68 years Israel has become a thriving nation with exemplary
innovation in education, technology, high tech industry and medicine. Many
nations admire Israel’s outstanding development and innovation. Israel has always been extending a helping hand to any
nation that wants to learn and advance in industry, technology and medicine.
The Arab-Palestinians saw an opportunity to get land and a country that was
developed and flourished by the Jewish people. They decided that through
intimidation, harassment and violence to usurp the Jewish habitants into
capitulating to their scheme of an Arab-Palestinian State on Land allocated to the Jewish people . The Arab-Palestinians
live on charity from the nations of the world. They are unwilling to help
themselves. After the 1967 war when Israel defeated the 5 Arab armies who tried to destroy it, Israel started employing many of the Arabs in the liberated
Jewish territory, educating them in agriculture and water resources. In the
following years the standard of living of the Arabs jumped 5 fold and more, and
their economy and housing blossomed. When the terrorist organization entered
the picture and instigated the Arab population to start terror and violence
against the Israelis, the economic advancement was slowed down if not halted.
The dire predicament of the Arab-Palestinians is of their own making.
If you look at Arab land it is desolate and barren, with few exceptions. At the
same time, the Jewish land is blooming and developing at an accelerated tempo.
The Arabs, rather than follow the example set by Israel, tried to take the Jewish land by force and lost 4
wars in a span of 25 years.
The Arab-Palestinians current actions in the political and legal arena is a
result of losing 4 wars and various battles with Israel. They not only could not win ground, but in fact have
caused themselves a downward spiral toward economic desolation.
The Arab-Palestinians have switched tactics and have now gained more ground and
concessions by playing the peace game. The Arab-Palestinians obfuscation and
disinformation campaign along with various pleadings in front of the U.N. and
other International bodies has gained them more inroads. The power of oil and
the Arab Countries, who do not want the Arab-Palestinians to return to their
countries, are helping them promote the false information, and utilizing their
numerical control in the U.N. to pass any resolution that they deem necessary
to advance their cause.
Money, power and greed promoted hate and anti-Semitism by the Arabs in order to
force Israel into surrendering territory to the Arab-Palestinians.
The Arabs are trying to initiate land piracy camouflaged as legal rights to the
land of Israel.
Jewish resistance to persecution by the Arabs and the world at large: Any level
headed individual would think that after WWII and the 6 million Jews
exterminated in the Holocaust (plus another 5 million of other ethnic groups)
would diminish, if not eliminate anti-Semitism and baseless hatred. It seems
that no matter the amount of unwarranted persecution, and no matter the
sacrifices the Jewish people have endured through the ages, Anti-Semitism
continues to raise its ugly head.
The Media is guilty of escalating hostilities and violence in Israel and elsewhere. The Media has a responsibility to
deliver fair and unbiased reporting. They influence the information that people
rely on. It is an awesome responsibility and it must be handled with factual
un-slanted reporting. Peoples lives depend on it; maybe yours or someone you
love. Do we need a legal task force to discipline the Media when they
intentionally distort the truth and or stage events for Media sensationalism? I
would like your comments and input.
The affects on the world at large: Has humanity lost its values and fairness?
The answer is no. In order to lose something, one must first possess it and the
truth is, the world has never had total control of values and fairness. In
today’s world, where money and power is pursued at all costs (see Machiavelli)
, the core family unit is disintegrating and family values deteriorating.
Honesty, integrity and fair-play seem to be a thing of the past. Where are we as
human beings of the 21st century heading? Obviously downward.
Take some time to reflect on the truth of what is stated here. Do you really
want this kind of world for your children? Senseless hate and destruction must
not be tolerated. I urge you to wake up, take the bull by the horn and pursue a
path of correction, or we are doomed as a civilized people.
YJ Draiman
P.S. How many holidays do the Arabs celebrate due to historical events in the
land of ancient Israel. The Jewish people celebrate most of their holidays and fast days in
memory of and the goal and aspiration to return to Israel and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem – where it was before it was destroyed and desecrated
by the enemies of the Jews. Many of the Jewish prayers for thousands of years
recite the love of Israel and the Jewish aspirations to return to their
ancestral land and bring back its glory and holiness.
In a Jewish wedding, they
break a glass in memory of Jerusalem
and the aspiration of the Jewish people to return to Jerusalem and rebuild the Jewish Temple.
In Israel, in order to be a realist you must believe in
miracles.
Ben Gurion
“Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its ‘right to exist.’ [As
a Jewish State] Israel’s right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved. Israel’s legitimacy is not suspended in midair awaiting
acknowledgement. . . .There is certainly no other state, big or small, young or
old, that would consider mere recognition of its ‘right to exist’ a favor, or a
negotiable concession.”
Abba Eban
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