Kind of Mystifying

Some of those complaining the loudest about the Netanyahu visit- "how dare that so-and-so lecture our president"- had a good laugh when an Iraqi "reporter" threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush. What a jaded perspective that must be when Netanyahu's foremost concern must be the survival of the Jewish people. This is not a card game or boardroom bullying or a classroom exercise, but the existence of the Jewish State in the balance, and if there is no Israel, a guaranteed haven for those whose very lives are under threat then someday the genocidal project of Hitler may well be completed. In the Nazi era, the non-Jewish elite were convinced of the merit of eugenics and embraced it. Their often more qualified Jewish colleagues were banned from their professions clearing the field for those who did not say a word of protest to this obvious injustice but were only too happy to take the Jews' former positions and enjoy more easy advancement. The world's elite today are little different with even the J Street type Jews who speak from the safety of New York or Washington demanding Netanyahu give in without any regard for the future of the Jewish presence in the Middle East.