The AP notices that Palestinians have more rights in Israel than in Lebanon: It’s a profile of the Lebanese debate about whether to give Palestinians the right to work in the country where they’ve lived (in many cases) all their lives. Although the article does point out that one of the reasons the Palestinians are persona non grata is the launching of terror attacks from Lebanon into Israel, causing retaliation. Oh, and there’s that trying to set up a state-within-a-state thing. Once again, I must point out that an equal number of Jews fled or were driven from Arab and Muslim nations post-1948. Israel accepted them as citizens, and now half of all Israelis are Sephardic or of Sephardic ancestry.
What’s wrong with this analysis? Well, let’s see. There’s the part where Fred Kaplan seems to think that peace with the Palestinians will stop the Iranian drive towards nukes. Because the other Arab nations will help Israel, or something. Then there’s the part where he mentions politicians with daddy issues based on Jeffrey Goldberg’s conclusion that Netanyahu will not make peace with the Palestinians until after his father is gone. Kaplan complains about politicians with daddy issues, and jumps immediately to G. W. Bush. And yet, the man in office currently—the one who wrote “Dreams of My Father”? Not a mention. Pot. Kettle. Double standard.
Oh, look. More Palestinian glorification of terrorists as “heroes”: Funny how the Obama administration, the State Department, the media, and everyone who calls out Israel on settlement building as an obstacle to peace never seem to notice that the glorifying of terrorists is a regular part of the Palestinian Authority’s daily business. No, it’s not really funny. Not noticing that the Palestinians are not keeping the obligations of the Road Map while accusing the Israelis of the same is simply Israeli Double Standard Time which, as you know, occurs only on days that end with a “y.”
The Syrian/Iranian victory over Lebanon is complete: Saad Hariri is calling for an investigation into Israel’s role in his father’s death. The fact that the UN panel is about to name Hezbollah as behind the murder is going to be slammed as a Zionist plot. How sad is it that the Lebanese March 14 movement has fallen so far, so fast, when a few years ago they managed to drive Syria out of their country and started to take back their own? Since then, of course, Iran’s sponsorship of its Hezbollah proxies and takeover of the Lebanese army have all but crushed the democratic movement. And what does the world do? Why, it sends money to the Lebanese army even after Hezbollah was made part of the government, indirectly causing the ambush on Israeli soldiers last week.
How much does it have to suck to be him right now? Forced to work with his father’s murderers in blaming someone else for the murder, for fear of his own life, and for that of his country falling into civil war?
If ever there was a case for the EU and the Obama administration to get involved in a Middle Eastern country’s internal politics, it’s here. But no. They have to keep on slamming Likud and Netanyahu. Because if Israel would only make peace with the Palestinians, Iran’s proxy army wouldn’t be assassinating Lebanese democrats.
Baby Hariri has his unmentionables in the vise, energetically tightened by Nasrallah and Baby Assad. Beaten on the head by his Christian political “colleague” Michel Aoun and stabbed in the back by the Druse chieftain Walid Jumblatt. Tough spot by any means. So the squealing is only natural.
Lebanon’s last chance for independence was to join with Israel against Hezbollah in 2006, to destroy Iran’s and Syria’s proxy army in Lebanon. The Lebanese decided that they feared getting cooties from allying with Israel’s Jews over securing their independence. Inevitably they were sucked into subordination to Iran and Syria once again. They made their bed, actuated by Judenhass, so they must lie in it in future. When Iran decides that the Hezboes will unleash a war against Israel, Lebanon will once again become a battle ground. But the Lebanese chose that when they chose not to fight Iran’s puppet dogs, Hezbollah.