INTO THE FRAY: Identifying the enemy as…the enemy

For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column

Identifying the enemy as…the enemy

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The entire issue of “Palestinian national identity” is a giant hoax, intended to be no more than a temporary ruse, until the Jewish hold on sovereignty in the Holy Land—any part of the Holy Land—is prised loose.

It appears this week on the following sites (in alphabetical order):

ISRAELI FRONTLINE: http://www.israelifrontline.com/2018/01/fray-identifying-enemy-enemy.html
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/21618
ISRAEL RISING: https://www.israelrising.com/identifying-enemy-enemy/
ISRAPUNDIT: https://www.israpundit.org/into-the-fray-identifying-the-enemy-as-the-enemy/
JERUSALEM HERALD: https://www.jerusalem-herald.com/single-post/2018/01/26/INTO-THE-FRAY-Identifying-The-Enemy-AsThe-Enemy
JEWS DOWN UNDER: https://jewsdownunder.com/2018/01/27/into-the-fray-identifying-the-enemy-asthe-enemy/
MEDIUM: https://medium.com/@martinsherman/into-the-fray-identifying-the-enemy-as-the-enemy-1c8f514cafed
JEWISH PRESS: http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/columns/into-the-fray-martin-sherman/into-the-fray-identifying-the-enemy-as-the-enemy/2018/01/28/

Several short excerpts:

We do not have a “dispute,” but a war—and confronting us is an enemy – Elyakim Haetzni, Arutz 7, January 23, 2018.

Enemy: [a person or group] that is antagonistic to another; especially: one seeking to injure, overthrow, or confound an opponent – Merriam-Webster Dictionary.

D-Day is approaching. The Arabs have waited 19 years for this and will not flinch from the war of liberation…This is a fight for the homeland – it is either us or the Israelis…We shall destroy Israel and itsinhabitants and as for the survivors — if there are any — the boats are ready to deport them– Ahmed Shukeiry, Yasser Arafat’s predecessor, in a premature flush of triumph, just days prior to the Arabs’ crushing defeat in June 1967, before Israel held a square inch of “occupied territory”.

The war between Arab and Jew for control over the Holy Land has dragged on for well over 100 years. For the last seven decades, the Arab effort has focused on an attempt to first thwart the establishment of a sovereign Jewish-nation state, and then, when that failed, to destroy it.

“…we shall enter Palestine with its soil saturated in blood”

Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser (1956–70): “We will enter Palestine with its soil saturated with blood”
Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser (1956–70): “We will enter Palestine with its soil saturated with blood”

Up until the early 1970s, the Arab war effort principally comprised an endeavor to obliterate the Jewish presence by means of conventional military might…Indeed, this brutal credo is perhaps best illustrated by the late Gamal Abdel Nasser’s pre-war bravado, when he threatened the gory obliteration of Israel—within its 1948 frontiers: “We shall not enter Palestine with its soil covered in sand, we shall enter it with its soil saturated in blood” (March 8, 1965).

Attrition not invasion

Thus, although the overriding objective remained the same, i.e. the eradication of the Jewish state, the method by which this was to be achieved shifted from cataclysmic destruction by Arab armies to a process of ongoing attrition by means of political, diplomatic and economic beleaguerment; and asymmetrical warfare launched by non-state-actors.

“Palestinian identity” as a temporary ruse

General Ion Mihai Pacepa, the former chief of Romanian Intelligence: PLO was brain-child of KGB
General Ion Mihai Pacepa, the former chief of Romanian Intelligence: PLO was brain-child of KGB

The notion of a distinct collective identity for the Arabs, whose origins trace (or allegedly trace) to mandatory Palestine (herein under “Palestinian-Arabs”) began to emerge in the mid-1960s. This, according to some senior East European intelligence sources, was the brain child of the now defunct Soviet spy agency, the KGB…[O]f course, one does not necessarily have to lend credence to allegations of the KGB-generated origins of the PLO to grasp that the whole issue of “Palestinian national identity” is a giant hoax…For that, all one needs to do is to examine the deeds, declarations and documents of the Palestinian-Arabs themselves…

Spearhead against Jewish sovereignty

[Former PLO executive member Zuheir Muhsein] underscores, quite unequivocally and unabashedly, that the contrived collective identity of the Palestinian-Arabs as a “national entity” is little more than a flimsy and openly admitted pretext to advance the wider Arab cause of eradicating the “Zionist entity”. He openly confesses: “The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel…. It is only for political and tactical reasons that we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people…

“Palestinian identity” as a temporary ruse

PLO Executive memeber, Zuheir Muhsein: “It is only for political and tactical reasons that we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people”
PLO Executive memeber, Zuheir Muhsein: “It is only for political and tactical reasons that we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people”

But more important, it is a sentiment that permeates the entire Palestinian National Charter. For example, in Article 22, we read: “Zionism is a political movement organically associated with international imperialism and antagonistic to all action for liberation and to progressive movements in the world. It is racist and fanaticin its nature, aggressive, expansionist, and colonial in its aims, and fascist in its methods.” And of course: “Israel is the instrument of the Zionist movement”…

Correctly conceptualizing the conflict

…to devise effective policy to contend with abiding Arab enmity, Israel must correctly conceptualize the conflict over the issue Jewish sovereignty in Holy Land…In this regard, it should painfully clear that the conflict is one between two irreconcilable collectives: A Jewish collective and an Arab collective—for which, today, the Palestinian-Arab collective is its operational spearhead.

An implacable enemy, not a prospective peace partner

it is imperative to keep in mind that, while there are doubtless many Palestinian-Arabs with fine personal qualities and who wish no-one any harm, the Palestinian-Arab collective is not the hapless victim of radical terror groups. Quite the opposite. It is, in fact, the societal crucible in which they were forged, and from which they emerged. Its leadership is a reflection of, not an imposition on, Palestinian-Arab society…The conclusion is thus unavoidable: The Palestinian-Arab collective must be considered an implacable enemy—not a prospective peace partner…and it must treated as such.

Recognizing enmity is realism, not racism

…the crucial point to realize here is that even the most moral and democratic societies can have enemies.

Recognizing such enmity—and the policies required to repel it—is not racism. It is merely realism.

As usual your talkbacks/comments/critiques welcome,
Best wishes,
MS

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