October 14, 2023

As prominent Zionist Max Nordau once observed, “Logic is a Greek art, and Jews can’t tolerate it. The Jew learns not by way of reason but from catastrophes.” Although the circumstances have changed greatly since those words were written, Max Nordau’s wisdom as applied to Israel has not changed.

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In 1947, Arab countries rejected a UN plan to partition the British mandate in Palestine into two states. Armed with British weaponry and guided by British officers, Arabs were convinced they could claim the entire territory by military triumph. If not for comrade Stalin, who supplied the Jews with weapons via Czechoslovakia and dispatched hundreds of seasoned Soviet officers and generals of Jewish heritage to Palestine, all of whom played a pivotal role in the formation, organization, and leadership of the Israeli army, including the air force, Israel would not exist.

In subsequent years, however (e.g., 1956, 1967, and 1973), after each decisive victory, Israel crawled back to the humiliated enemies, begging them for reconciliation and offering captured lands as concessions for peace and recognition of the State of Israel. The process was called “land for peace” and has resulted in neither land nor peace.

Nevertheless, despite these failed bargains and the ever-present and immediate threat of annihilation, Jews have fallen prey to the seductive illusion that peace can be bought. They’ve spilled much blood to achieve this lofty goal.

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In 1993, Israel signed the Oslo Accords and accepted a new advanced form of “land for peace” called the Two-State Solution. This solution, widely supported by the West, was, ironically, an older concept the Arabs had rejected in 1947.

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By and large, Israel had not learned the lessons of the past. Israelis continued repeatedly stepping on the same rakes.

In 2005, Israel handed over control of Gaza, a strategically vital territory, to the Palestinians as a step toward realizing the Two-State Solution. Regrettably, this transfer resulted in a terrorist enclave close to Israel under the control of Hamas militants.

Insanely, this terrorist enclave has been sustained through donations from the United States and European countries, with Israel helping out by providing essential utilities (electricity, water, etc.), food, and humanitarian aid to its adversaries.

Hamas, content with the prevailing situation, portrayed itself as a victim of Israeli occupation, leveraging this image to gather international moral and financial support. Hamas’s leaders have little incentive to establish a state and assume responsibility for their citizens’ well-being. Their stated objective has consistently been Israel’s destruction through perpetual confrontation.

Fortunately, Hamas’ time has passed, and a new era, characterized by political, economic, and philosophical transformation, has dawned in the Middle East. Donald Trump’s ABRAHAM Accord ushered in a fundamental change in the relations between Arab nations and Israel.