Posted by
Cary Wesberry on Saturday, May 10, 2008 1:34:48 AM
Here in Israel this week for her 16th visit in three years, Secretary of State Rice again attended to urgent business for the United States such as: has Israel been taking down checkpoints and roadblocks in the West Bank that have been a crucial element in its success in stopping suicide bombings for the last couple of years? Do Palestinians have comfort and freedom of movement?
With Defense Minister Ehud Barak, backed by the entire Israeli defense establishment, insisting on the indispensability of the checkpoints, Americans will be relieved to know that the secretary of state met with him Sunday night to try to get him to take down some more of them.
She also met with Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian chief negotiator Ahmed Qurei to talk about a “shelf agreement”—in which, even if a Palestinian state doesn’t get set up this year, Israel commits itself in advance to turn over vital strategic assets to Arab sovereignty.
This time, though, even for Israelis concerned about Israel’s future survivability, Rice’s visit has less of an air of menace and more of an air of unreality, for three glaring reasons.
1. Olmert’s days may be numbered.
2. The “moderate Palestinians” could not be less interested in peace with Israel.
3. There are much more serious issues at stake than getting Israel to remove checkpoints.
Hit the link above and read David's entire article at Front Page Magazine. Brilliant as always. If Olmert's days are numbered, does that also mean Condi Rice's days of systematically dismantling Irael's national security are soon coming to an end as well? Stopping Rice's destructive influence in Israel is just as productive as killing terrorists, maybe even more so. Israel will be a safer and more secure nation once those checkpoints removed by Olmert and Rice are back in place where they belong. Just think, if the Likud Party regains control of the Prime Minister's office we might even see the destruction of Hamas too. Well, one can dream anyway.