As Predicted, Netanyahu Displays Weakness: Gives into Obama/Islamic Terrorist Demands
It's a shame when Jewish "leaders" give into demands that only whet the appetite of our enemies to destroy us. So long as terrorist organizations like Hamas, Fatah, Hezbollah, PFLP, and others are promoting hatred and violence against the Jewish people and Israel, these gestures - like the announcement the Israeli government made today - are absolutely absurd. Despite ridiculous claims that this is a good thing, and all the support from the mainstream Jewish establishment, common sense and morality dictate that this announcement only promotes more bloodshed and is not a viable step toward peace whatsoever. Jews should be working to expand the Land of Israel. We should not freeze our growth. Courageous leaders would not give into international pressure. Courageous leaders would build more Jewish settlements each time we're asked to stop. So long as our enemies are plotting and thirsting for our destruction every day, the only viable option is to do everything in our power to extinguish their hope. Anyone who thinks this conflict is about the national aspirations of the "Palestinian" people is terribly misguided. This is not a conflict over land. This is about Jewish survival and growth in the face of an Islamic terrorist threat in which Israel is on the front lines. As we should all know by now, the global jihad is real and has nothing to do with Jewish settlements in Israel. Therefore, Jewish leaders should not be working to promote the "freezing" of Jewish growth in the Land of Israel. We should be working to promote basic education, morality, and common sense about the conflict, and not lend credence to the false propaganda of our enemies by giving into the ridiculous demands to halt our growth.
PM Netanyahu broke campaign promise Rightist camp blasts decision to temporarily halt West Bank construction. Marzel: Prepare to topple Netanyahu, toss him into the trash bin of Jewish history along with Olmert, Sharon (YNET) The Yesha Council said Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu broke a campaign promise by declaring a 10-month West Bank construction freeze. Earlier Wednesday, Yesha Council heads rejected Defense Minister Ehud Barak's request to meet with them on Thursday. The leaders said that Barak has been "conspiring against settlement construction for some time, prior to the decision on a temporary freeze. "He is even refusing to approve the construction of classrooms and kindergartens," the council said in a statement. The Yesha Council heads held an emergency meeting Wednesday evening with the participation of Likud Knesset members Danny Danon and Tzipi Hotovely. "So far, Netanyahu received a slap in the face from the "Palestinians" and in return he gave them a settlement freeze. Throughout his entire political career Netanyahu has preached against unilateral measures, and now, shortly after entering office, he is renouncing his own worldview," said Yesha Council chairman Danny Dayan. "The Netanyahu government was elected based on its promise to promote settlement activity in the West Bank, but immediately after it was established this government began to constrain the settlement enterprise. The cabinet ministers are obligated to prevent this," he said. 'Prevent another Sharon trauma' MK Hotovely told Ynet, "We are calling on the PM to return to the principles of the Likud party. The party's charter does not make a distinction between the status of the West Bank and east Jerusalem – that is Kadima's charter. "We must not adopt the Left's policy after the Israeli public voted Right. We'll continue building in the West Bank," she said, adding, "No one in Israel actually believes this move will jumpstart the (peace) negotiations." MK Danon aid, "We were elected to bolster the settlement enterprise, not freeze construction. The freeze constitutes a statement that the settlements are an obstacle to peace, while up until this point Likud has backed the concept that the settlers guarantee Israel's security. "We will demand that Netanyahu bring the issue to a Likud faction and Central Committee vote, to make certain that the Sharon trauma does not repeat itself," said the MK, referring to former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's decision to unilaterally pullout from Gaza. The Binyamin Settlers' Committee called Netanyahu a "leader with weak character who succumbed without a fight to pressure from the Arabs and the Americans, and decided to wipe out the Jewish settlement enterprise." Baruch Marzel called on his camp to "prepare to topple Netanyahu and toss him into the trash bin of Jewish history, together with the scoundrels (former PMs) Ehud Olmert and Sharon, who betrayed their constituents and their path."
Looks like David Appletree was right. Bibi? I'm very disappointed. This had better lead to #GiladShalit returned alive or there will be hell to pay for betrayal of this level of blind handshaking.
