The Guardian reported on Wednesday the 18th March that Binyamin Netanyahu scored a dramatic victory after a late surge in support in the Israeli election, after the highest voter turnout in recent memory (72.3%). Netanyahu was trailing in the last opinion polls before the election.
Congratulations to Binyamin Netanyahu for winning the Israeli election this month. The world is safer for him being back in power. It seems that the worldwide socialists and their buddies in the media such as the New York Times and the Guardian were all hoping that he would be knocked out and that one of their own would be voted in, but the Israelis have spoken and they know a lot more than your armchair pundits around the world. Everything the leftist ‘progressives’ could do to take him out failed and he won a remarkable victory.
Survival is the name of the game in Israel, literally. If you had armed thugs outside ready to beat down the door of your house and attack your family your mind would be concentrated in nano seconds and at the very least you’d have the baseball bat ready. So Israel continues to be the canary in the mine, the first line of defence against Islamic fundamentalism trying to take over the land that the original ancient Israel settled thousands of years ago. That’s the reason why an eminent professor from the London School of Economics, yes, that prestigious British educational institution, said recently on Radio 5 Live that western governments should unequivocally support Israel. He knows a thing or two about reality.
As for friction with Israeli Arabs in the election, well, elections could get pretty nasty in any western democracy in the slurs, counter slurs, accusations and downright lies and deception, exactly what happens when you have humans around. Yet Arabs are well represented in the 20th Knesset, 17 of them (14% of the total seats), almost the proportion of Arabs in the population. Now that’s an interesting point. What percentage can the Mother of Parliaments boast for minorities like blacks?
I am no expert on Netanyahu, but I see him as a warrior, and Israel needs a warrior to lead it, just as the UK and the U.S. need a warrior, but do not have. You only have to look at him to see he has a certain air of confidence and decisiveness. Amazingly we had our own warrior here in the UK, when Winston Churchill, flawed though he was, was raised up to deal with the prevailing evil. Under Netanyahu there will be no Palestinian state in the present climate as he understands the mortal danger that Israel would come under if they allowed a so called Palestinian state to be established up against its borders. Do you really beIieve that a Palestinian state snuggling to Israel’s borders would not be a conduit for immense evil, as Islamic fundamentalists pour in to ‘drive Israel into the sea?’
‘I think that anyone who moves to establish a Palestinian state and evacuates territory gives territory away to radical Islamist attacks against Israel,’ Netanyahu said. ‘The left has buried its head in the sand time after time and ignores this, but we are realistic and understand.’
However, Netanyahu has been criticised for his stance and has taken a more conciliatory tone since the election, hinting that if circumstances change, there might be room for a two state solution. Well, I guess that’s politics for you. It seems that he would be open to a demilitarised Palestinian state if conditions are satisfactory and Mr President Abbas recognises Israel as a Jewish state. However, it is difficult to see how circumstances would change, given an insurgent radical Islam and an intransigent Israeli position. As Netanyahu has already observed, Islamist forces have taken every territory vacated in the Middle East.
Obama was probably hoping and praying that Netanyahu would fail and be replaced by one of his own, someone of a liberal left appeasement mentality would fit the bill I am sure, a centrist, a social democrat or suchlike. It was even said that Obama had backed a bunch of activists ‘bussed in’ from the States to try and influence the election against Netanyahu. This campaign was run by Jeremy Bird, of the Chicago school of politics, doing consulting work for the group V15, an Israeli group campaigning to replace the Israeli government. Reminds me of when the Guardianistas in the UK tried to influence the Bush election and got short shrift from our US cousins ‘How dare you limeys with your filthy yellow teeth try to tell us who to vote for,’ was the gist of one rebuke issued back across the pond.
When you are facing great evil that threatens the annihilation of your nation you need a leader who can recognise that evil, state what it is and face it down head on without flinching. That leader will have flaws, offend people and get some things very wrong, but they will have the courage and authority to deal with overwhelming wickedness. Sadly, we live in a world where you have to fight for your freedom and liberty, that there are lots of nasty people out there who will take you out if you are not armed to the teeth. It was ever the way, to keep your liberty you have to fight for it. If you want peace, prepare for war as some very wise man said!