The Deadly Price of Pursuing "Peace"

OK, the scare quotes on "Peace" are mine, but you get the point.

This is an excellent article by Evelyn Gordon in Commentary Magazine.

It's basically a summary of how Israel's entire negotiating position went down the toilet, starting with the Oslo accords-when it ceded its own right to its own territory. Thus began the impossible task of justifying its own existence. Thus began the insane process of "negotiating" a settlement with the same people who are sworn to your own destruction.

The article is not really depressing, it's just a good history and shows that many people, and many Israelis in particular, are well aware of the challenges ahead.

It is factual and calm and very good read. It even ends on a positive note, a bit of inspiration for those of us who still have the fight in us-and believe that we, in the West, will eventually triumph and be victorious in the current World War.