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Ah, that's it. I'll explain. Arafat was a very clever man. There were several different groups committing terror in the name of the Palestinians. Some of these attacked foreign - by that I mean non-Israeli - citizens. With Soviet and Egyptian assistance (discovered by the Israelis when they captured his Lebanese headquarters in the 1980s) Arafat's PLO had informers in these groups who were instrumental in getting foreign hostages back and even undermining other more murderous leaders, like Abu Nidal. Many diplomats thus had an automatic incentive to play up Arafat and put down the others. That's how Arafat came to be seen as "a man of peace."Arafat is made to look like a champion of peace here in India.
From my point of view, it is this lack of "a moral stand" that makes you weak.Many of us Indians dont give a hoot about Palestine or its cause. As a nation, we are too weak, to take a moral stand and support Israel right to defend itself. Instead we provide lip service to Arafat to please Muslim states, all the while this very muslim states have never supported us on Kashmir.
There was a reason the Brits classed Punjabis as a "martial" race and didn't recruit much from the south. Nevertheless, you can take heart by establishing a firm moral stand, basing it in truth.Why, we have already forgotten the dead of Mumbai massacre and Mumbai serial blasts. What more can you expect from us ... A state without courage.
From my point of view, it is this lack of "a moral stand" that makes you weak.
Is this willful or assumed blindness or a constructive approach? It looks like I must study Hinduism more closely.For that, you need to understand a bit of Hinduism. There are no clear black & white positions in it. The "good" are never all good nor are the "bad" all bad. Most people therefore see things primarily in the grey. It is why, no matter how liked Israel is (and it is very liked), Indians will never be comfortable supporting what is done to the Palestinians, blindly.
First off, much of the contact in the article is ridiculous incorrect
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Jerusalem, not Tel-Aviv, is the capital of the Jewish nation. This is where anyone who supports Israel stops taking such an article seriously.
People like to complicate things and diplomatically correct phrasing but the situation is quite simple:
Israel is fighting 2 terrorist orginizations. 1st is the honest terrorist orginization, Hamas, and the 2nd is PLO which glorifies terrorism and perpetuates the Arab hatred for Israel(These are the "peaceful" Arabs). One is in an armed war with Israel and the other is in a political war with Israel.
India supporting either of them is equivalent to Israel supporting LeT, LeJ or the Maoist terrorists.
Let there be no doubt that supporting the enemies of Israel politcally or verbally encourages them and gives them legitamacy to continue their terrorism.
Why do you focus on one person to judge the merits of the cause he or she espouses? And what do you know about Arafat? Do you learn that he was one of the most crafty and deceitful persons in the twentieth century, or is he portrayed as some sort of hero, or both?
New Delhi can not really openly make a one-sided statement like 'Israel should stop killing innocent children and women' no matter how much pressure is created from below.
If I murdered someone in my distant past and I confess I did so to you, convincing you that I'm no longer a criminal and no threat to society, would you be willing to grant me forgiveness?
Entebbe - Kandahar
Is this willful or assumed blindness or a constructive approach? It looks like I must study Hinduism more closely.
Interesting, but my point is that not supporting Israel encourages terrorism and criminal activity in India itself. It's because the values one needs to assert to support Israel are also those required to battle terrorism and criminality, while support of a Palestinian cause founded on lies and executed by terror encourages terror and criminality at home. If India could come out and flatly assert that the Palestinians are in the wrong and should be grateful to the world and the Zionists for receiving outstanding mercy it might go a long way towards solving both Israel's and India's problems.if you think that Israel has a god given right to demand support from other countries and that not supporting Israel is a crime, you can take that attitude elsewhere to some one who actually gives a damn.
Interesting, but my point is that not supporting Israel encourages terrorism and criminal activity in India itself.
It's not obvious and I am a stranger to Hindu culture, but elsewhere the deadly analogy holds. It has to do with the mentality it encourages. The Crusaders started biting their own before they even came near Jerusalem; the Talibs and Al Qaeda cite being inspired by the Arab use of terrorism, and so on.No it doesnt. There is no correlation.
I am not so sure. The objective isn't self-government or external protection but killing Jews. These aren't people clamoring for security, justice, and prosperity but a mob clamoring for torches and pitchforks. You think murders are merely their methods but I believe the Arabs when they claim these are their goals.The Palestinian demand for a state is not wrong .