This piece in Ha’aretz by Yoel Marcus shows why the Israeli left has been discredited among the Jewish voting public in Israel. Two things stand out. First, Marcus’s callousness toward the victims of Palestinian terror, dressed up as paternalistic concern that their suffering is being “exploited” for political reasons. Second, the following nonsensical line: “There is no power in the world that can stop a suicide bomber from entering Israel.” Really? Then why has there been exactly one suicide bomb from all of Gaza (and that from British nationals)–safely cut off from Israel by fences, walls, and entry barriers–during the entire Second Intifada, compared to the dozens from the West Bank? Why has the number of suicide bombs decreased dramatically since Israel reclaimed security control of the West Bank? And why has the number of suicide bombs decreased even more dramatically near the areas of the West Bank where the security fence is complete? Surely, a military solution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is an imperfect one. But the view that force can play no productive role in quelling a terrorist campaign is just incredibly stupid, not least because it is contrary to observed experience. Out of such delusions the Israeli left’s continued electoral debacle is made.
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