Regarding that “fortess mentality”
The King of Jordan says that Israel must make a choice:
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said Friday that Israel must choose between the mentality of “Israel the fortress” or “living in peace and security with its neighbors.”
Nowhere in the article does it point out that the “fortress mentality” was brought upon by the thousands of terror attacks Israel has suffered since before her inception. Yes, before. And prior to the “occupation,” also.
The Middle East faces “either the choice of peace or the choice of chaos, violence and destruction,” Abdullah said in a rare television interview.
[...] But, the king added, “the principle problem in the region is the Palestinian issue and, if it is not solved, it will be impossible to solve the other problems.”
“The main responsibility (for achieving peace) lies with Israel, which must choose either to remain a prisoner of the mentality of ‘Israel the fortress’ or to live in peace and stability with its neighbors,” he said.
It is not Israel that chooses to withdraw behind fortress walls. It is the Arabs who refuse to make peace with Israel, and who flog the palestinian issue, that are the problem. When Syria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Arabs and Muslims across the world—including Jordan—continue to fund and supply the terrorists who murder Israelis, Israel must respond in kind. Defense isn’t an option. It is a requirement, to keep from being murdered in their schools, on their buses, in pizza parlors and markets, in restaurants and shops, and in their beds.
Place the blame where it belongs, Abdullah: On the murderers, not on those who defend themselves from murder.
