On the 7th anniversary of his son’s murder, Judea Pearl writes:
But the clearest endorsement of terror as a legitimate instrument of political bargaining came from former President Jimmy Carter. In his book “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid,” Mr. Carter appeals to the sponsors of suicide bombing. “It is imperative that the general Arab community and all significant Palestinian groups make it clear that they will end the suicide bombings and other acts of terrorism when international laws and the ultimate goals of the Road-map for Peace are accepted by Israel.” Acts of terror, according to Mr. Carter, are no longer taboo, but effective tools for terrorists to address perceived injustices.
Mr. Carter’s logic has become the dominant paradigm in rationalizing terror. When asked what Israel should do to stop Hamas’s rockets aimed at innocent civilians, the Syrian first lady, Asma Al-Assad, did not hesitate for a moment in her response: “They should end the occupation.” In other words, terror must earn a dividend before it is stopped.
Sometimes the normalization of evil, as Dr. Pearl accurately calls it, is manifest in less obvious ways. Notably the media and NGO’s have a hard time acknowledging that they were wrong in their assessment of Israel or are silent in the face of evil that cannot be justified even by standards such as the specious “ending the occupation.”
Crossposted on Soccer Dad.
“The Syrian first lady, Asma Al-Assad, did not hesitate for a moment in her response: They should end the occupation.”
This is PC code for all of Israel is under occupation, the Arabs want nothing less then the elimination of Israel and the deportation of the Jews “back” to Europe, the USA, and Russia. Any peace agreement with them is only a short term goal until they get stronger.
What irritates me more then anything is the liberal appeasement crowd catering to these lying barbarians.