Posted by
Jason Cunningham on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 5:52:23 PM
In today's Los Angeles Times, Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzook, in classic Palestinian form, rails against Israel's violent acts while neglecting to mention all the gratuitous violence that his people have committed against Israelis. Let’s face it, both sides have committed terrible acts, but focusing on “Who’s the worst offender?” is to miss the larger point: Israel is the only Jewish state in the world – and a tiny one at that – but Muslims and Arabs can’t be content with letting it exist. Think about it: The Palestinians are trying to wrestle two small patches of ground from an already-diminutive Israel when any of the large Muslim countries surrounding Israel could simply give a chunk of land to their Palestinian brothers: “Here you go, Abu,” says the leadership of Iran (or Jordan, or Egypt, or Syria, or Iraq, or Saudi Arabia). “A hundred thousand acres for your people, on us. Live now in peace, and let Israel live in peace.”
But no. Because as much as the Palestinians want their own state, they – and many of the Arabs and Muslims surrounding Israel – desire most of all to see Israel wiped off the map. This has been and always will be their truest motive.