Israel: End the Appeasement Process
Aug 25, 2005

IRVINE, CA-- Israel's withdrawal from Gaza "is a deadly act of appeasement toward Israel's committed enemies," said Alex Epstein, a junior fellow at the Ayn Rand Institute. "It will only increase their hope and ability to achieve their goal of destroying Israel."
       
"The Palestinian Authority and its supporters have proven by their statements and actions that they seek to obliterate Israel. They have turned from open warfare to the negotiating table only because they have learned that this--combined with terrorism--is their most effective means of destroying Israel.
       
"Observe what the absurdly named 'peace process' has consisted of. The PA and its Arab neighbors deliberately keep the Palestinians in misery, inculcate them with anti-Semitism, and sponsor terrorism against Israel. They then blame Israel's 'occupation' of self-defense for the Palestinians' misery--and blame the Palestinians' misery for Palestinian terrorism. The solution, they convince Israel and the West, is more land, loot, and power for 'downtrodden' Palestinians--which the Palestinian leadership uses to initiate still more attacks on Israel.
       
"By relying on terror and unearned guilt, the enemies of Israel have been able to undermine Israel's security and its moral confidence in a way they never could by direct attack.
       
"The only way to stop Palestinian terrorism is for Israel to identify the PA and its supporters as the evil they are--and to righteously defeat them. Not only should Israel retain Gaza, it should destroy the Palestinian leadership and do anything else necessary to eradicate the hope that drives Palestinian terrorism--the hope of Israel's destruction."

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