By Cal Thomas
In 1982, during one of many visits to Israel, I had the opportunity
to speak with Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who told me, "Israel needs
friends." He added that in the end, his nation could not trust any
nation with its fate and security. The protection of Israel, he said,
was ultimately the responsibility of Israelis.
Begin's comment was prophetic given the petulance of our current
president, who behaves like an enemy of Israel when he attempts to
impose a Palestinian state on Israel and negotiate a deal with Iran that
can only lead to new threats against the Jewish state and further
destabilize the chaotic Middle East.
Suicide is not in Israel's interests, or that of the United States, but suicide is what President Obama seems to want Israel to commit by pressuring it to return to indefensible 1967 borders and accept a nuclear deal with Iran.
In his determination to strike a deal with Iran over its nuclear
weapons program (which Iran has denied exists, so what is the U.S.
negotiating?), President Obama has traded history, facts and reality for
a potential deal with a regime that promotes terrorism around the world
and is busy attaching Iraq to its vision of a greater Persian Empire.
Last Saturday, Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei
again called for "Death to America," just one day after President Obama
appealed to Iranians in a video message to seize a "historic
opportunity" for a nuclear deal and a better future. The leader of the
Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, also continues to use inflammatory rhetoric about the ultimate destruction of Israel. What should this tell us?
The president is cozying up to a nation that oppresses women, has an
apocalyptic view of the world and believes that if it starts a nuclear
war the 12th Imam
-- the Islamic messiah -- will emerge from a well and bring peace on
Earth and good will, at least to Shia Muslim men. Women will remain
subject to male domination and have only the few rights given to them by
men.
Israel, which embraces Western values of free elections, religious
tolerance and pluralism, a free press and equal rights for women is
treated by President Obama and his administration as Iran should be
treated. Do these people suffer from diplomatic dyslexia, or
anti-Semitism?
The coming nuclear deal with Iran, if it occurs, will be a sham from
the start. Agreements between nations require at least some trust, but
Iran has as much credibility as a double-your-money promise from Bernie
Madoff.
Why should Israel be forced to surrender more land to an enemy that
has sworn to destroy it? A Palestinian state would likely be used as a
launching pad for an attack. Gaza is a perfect example. It has been used
by Hamas to attack Israel, which unilaterally and foolishly gave it up
in hopes of promoting peace.
Suicide is not in Israel's interests, or that of the United States,
but suicide is what President Obama seems to want Israel to commit by
pressuring it to return to indefensible 1967 borders and accept a nuclear deal with Iran.
That two states is not what Israel's enemies want was made clear
enough when President Clinton brought then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud
Barak and PLO leader Yasser Arafat to Camp David
in 2000. Barak offered Arafat virtually everything he asked for -- 95
percent by some estimates -- and Arafat rejected the offer. Arafat, his
contemporaries and those who have come after him, desire only one state
headed by themselves with no Jewish state and no Jewish presence, as
evidenced by the wars and terrorist attacks they have launched and
continue to wage against Israel.
In Deuteronomy 17:7, God instructs the ancient Israelites: "You must purge the evil from among you."
In his dangerous pursuit of a problematic nuclear weapons deal with
Iran and his attempt to marry a cancerous Palestinian state to the land
of Israel, President Obama is not purging evil; he's inviting it to
spread. History will judge him for this as it has every other nation
that has harmed "the apple of His eye." (Zechariah 2:8)
------------------- Cal Thomas is America's most widely syndicated op-ed columnist. He joined Fox News Channel in 1997 as a political contributor. His latest book is "What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America".
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