Elections Musings #1 With Israeli Elections Approaching-- Whom to Vote For? Undecided Panel

 

Here in Israel we're getting into the "pre-election season" yet again, and as many of you may remember, there's no political party or leader which automatically gets my vote and support. You can call me a "political orphan." 

I've been disappointed and deserted by numerous Israeli politicians and parties. Jonathan Feldstein of the Genesis Foundation has invited me to join a panel of Israelis to discuss our mutual quandary. His plan if for us to talk together via Zoom every month or so as Israeli Elections grow closer, as will the deadline of our decision. Those of us on the panel are from various political opinions, Right, Left and Center, but we're all rather rudderless in the storm of war and insecurity.

I'm inviting you to listen to our discussion, and please don't be shy about voicing your opinions in both comments section, this blog and the YouTube video. Of course you can share the post and YouTube with others. We're interested in everyone's reactions. 

War Musings #75: The War is The Result of Dangerously Incorrect Israeli Policies Since Our 1967 Victory

The Land is all ours in terms of History and 1967 Victory, but successive governments have failed to declare Israeli Sovereignty which has caused our enemies to get stronger and more confident. That's why we are forced to fight successive wars for our very survival.

The Land is all ours in terms of History and 1967 Victory...

Europe's and many other countries' policy as reported here, EU moving toward implementing sanctions on Israeli West Bank settlements, ambassador confirms, is the price of Israel's waffling on our rights to all the Land, Judea, Samaria, Jordan Valley and Sinai which were liberated 59 years ago this week in the Six Days 1967 War. If the government of the time had proudly and confidently declared full Israeli Sovereignty ריבונות over every inch/centimeter of it, the world would have understood it and accepted it. But The State of Israel responded with shocked embarrassment and even "disgust." With few exceptions, making a better straighter road between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and expanding the Jerusalem borders to include the Old City, Mount Scopus and Neve Yaakov, which had a lot of Jewish owned land, nothing else was made officially Israel.

Farms, agricultural communities mostly for export were begun in the Golan, Jordan Valley and northern Sinai, but Israel didn't declare sovereignty there. Our misguided successive governments just kept offering to return the land in exchange for peace. Menachem Begin foolishly followed Labor policy and gave away the Sinai, Israel's perfect buffer zone, to Egypt. Arik Sharon and his followers used that precedent to justify his Disengagement, destruction of Gush Katif. And all it did was to increase the attacks on Israel. Yes, that was after no more Israelis were in Gaza. Their hatred and aggression, as you must know, only got worse after Israel's withdrawal, because they saw Israel's weakness and lack of self loyalty.

I was 18 on the outbreak of the Six Days War, and I remember how awed the world was at our miraculous victory. It was squandered by successive Israeli governments. When will we ever learn....?