People who hate the very idea of peace
You know them. The people who come out every time there’s any chance of anything resembling a move toward peace between Israel and the Palestinians. You know their simmering rage, their triumphant condescension, their propensity to call anyone who opposes them, at best, a wishful thinker, at worst, a dangerous traitor.
They are people for whom the very idea of peace ignites a passionate hatred. It is, more often than not, directed against people on their own side of the Jewish-Arab divide.
They will tell you that this peace, any peace, is fictitious, virtual, a fantasy, a sham. They will tell you that for true peace, you need not give up a thing…
You know them. The people who come out cheering for anything that has the word ‘peace’ in it, no matter how unlikely it is to bring peace or how likely to compromise security. You know the way they are prepared to believe any Palestinian atrocity story, and think that the occupation of the West Bank by Israel is worse than the possible occupation of Israel by Palestinians.
You know their simmering rage, their triumphant condescension, their propensity to call anyone who opposes them, at best, anti-peace, at worst, a right-wing extremist just like Yigal Amir.
They are people for whom the very idea of a Jewish state ignites a passionate hatred. It is, always, directed at those who value self-determination for the Jewish people above the aspirations of the Palestinians.
They will tell you that the threat from the Palestinians and their allies is fictitious, that if only Israel will give up a little more, true peace will follow.
Yes, I do know them.
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