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OPEN LETTER TO BUSH: SAVE ISRAEL FROM PA STATE
by Hillel Fendel
A grassroots organization has penned an open letter to President George Bush in honor of
his visit, succinctly explaining why many Israelis oppose a Palestinian state.
The letter, dotted with sources from the White House website and elsewhere to bolster its
points, begins by welcoming the US President to Israel. It then explains that
"vital interests" of both Israel and the US are liable to be endangered
"due to your visit, particularly in view of Prime Minister Olmert's legal
troubles."
Not North or South, but East
The Mattot Arim group states that Israel's worst security threat comes not from Lebanon
or Gaza, but from a potential Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria: "Israel is
plagued from the north by a terror machine in Lebanon, and from the south by a second
terror machine in Gaza. However, Israel's north and south border regions are populated by
fewer than 200,000 Israelis. By far, the worst terror threat, therefore, is the potential
third terror machine, in Judea and Samaria, just opposite the homes of millions of
Israelis."
Pro-Terror Rate in PA - the Highest in the World
The letter briefly quotes the finding of the prestigious Pew Global Attitudes Project
that fully 70% of Moslems in the Palestinian Authority believe that suicide terrorist
bombings against civilians can be often or sometimes justified. The PEW survey notes
that the extremist Palestinian position is "starkly at odds with Muslims in other
Middle Eastern, Asian, and African nations." In fact, the next-highest rates of
Muslim approval for such attacks are Nigeria, Mali, and Lebanon, with 42%, 39%, and 34%,
respectively.
Mattot Arim states that "this sinister prospect [of danger to millions of Jews] will
immediately spring into being if the plans to establish a 'Palestinian state' in Judea
and Samaria are pursued."
"We know from your last visit, Mr. President, that you are well aware of this
problem," Mattot Arim states. "For example, on January 9, 2008, you said: 'You
can't expect the Israelis, and I certainly don't, to accept a state on their border which
would become a launching pad for terrorist activities.'"
Despite this, the letter to Bush continues, "Persecution of the only alternative to
the Palestinian terror machine - namely the productive and peaceful, half-million strong
Jewish population in Judea and Samaria - continues, including destruction of homes and
places of worship, prohibitions on building homes and schools for large families with
desperate housing needs, and disregard for elementary safety of these Jews from terror
attacks."
'Olmert is Indisposed'
The letter posits that Olmert's legal troubles render him unable to solve this problem:
"Sadly, due to Prime Minister Olmert's ongoing and recently greatly exacerbated
legal troubles, he cannot be expected to show leadership on the topic of Judea and
Samaria. So, both Israel and the United States can look only to you to act prudently with
respect to Judea and Samaria, an area which has long held the elusive key to world
peace."
The letter concludes, "We are sad to observe our liberal counterparts not only
openly advocating pressure against Israel, but cynically claiming that such pressure is a
form of friendship. We are proud to profess a more reasonable alternative... Contrary to
what you may have been informed, both the people of Israel and Israel's countless friends
in the United States and abroad will welcome any steps you may choose to take to further
the Jewish, peaceful and productive, alternative in Judea and Samaria. Throughout
history, whenever and wherever allowed to exist, the quiet, stable, constructive Jewish
home has been a successful antidote to extremism and barbarism. Your actions can make it
so again - this time in Judea and Samaria, a historically Jewish area whose importance to
world peace cannot be overestimated."
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Glorify your Father Who is in Heaven (Matthew 5:16)
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