Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Trying to persuade Israelis to believe in Greater Israel

I notice the following article in Haaretz today:

"The newly merged National Religious Party and National Union plan to try to recreate the success of the "Face-to-Face" project on the eve of the Likud members' referendum, in which tens of thousands of volunteers paid home visits to the Likud rank-and-file to persuade them to oppose the disengagement plan. That position swept the referendum by a 60 percent majority. The NRP-National Union is now formulating a similar plan for volunteers to go from house to house throughout the country in an effort to get as many voters as possible to support the joint list, or other parties opposed to removing more settlements ... the organization's stated object is to get at least 61 MKs into the next Knesset who will vote against future withdrawals".

All I can say to these people is good luck. You don't have a chance. The Israeli majority reject your position and don't sympathise with it. The settlement movement for good reason is no longer seen as a pioneering enterprise but as a pointless burden. What solution/alternative does this party have. Maintain control over the West Bank forever? And where's that going to lead - binationalism, apartheid? My suggestion to Israelis is to invite them in, listen to them and escort them kindly out of their homes. But whatever you do, don't take them seriously.

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