By Jack Greenberg, , Seattle
Re: Josh Basson’s recent letter about Israel and a two-state solution (“No conditions, no compromise,” Jan. 29). His basic premise is that if only Moslems would make nice, we would give them our land. We must stop such foolishness, for the “peace process” is a road to Israel’s suicide.
In our daily prayers we are admonished to “stay away from evil men,” and that includes Moslem land grabbers who openly profess their goal to destroy us. We must not negotiate with them at all.
Did our generals ever negotiate with Hitler, Mussolini or Hirohito in World War II?
And when the Confederate states merely wanted to go their own way and were never a threat to the North, our Grant and Sherman did not negotiate but mounted a devastating war promising the South “would learn a lesson they would never forget.”
Does England give up Gibaltar to Spain or the Malvinas to Argentina? Does France give up Corsica; China give up Tibet and Taiwan; Spain give up land to their Basques; or the Philippines give independence to their terrorist Moslems; or Russia, Turkey and Iraq to their Kurds? Does India give up Kashmir, or do the USA and Canada permit former native Indian lands to secede? Does Turkey give up its occupation in Cypress?
Jews must proudly assert our self respect and affirm our historic and ancient rights to this tiny God-given land, sworn by our Creator to be ours for as long as the sky remains over the earth (Deut. 11:13-21). The traitorous, spineless Netanyahu, Obama, Livni and Barak are not our gods to alter anything.
When did the Moslems ever get title to any portion of our land, except by duplicity, invasion and conquest? The Balfour Declaration, the League of Nations, the British Mandate, the San Remo Conference — all these confirmed the Jews’ rights to our historic homeland.
This land is not for steal — or deal — or sale. Period.