- Although I’m disposed to think of this as bad news . . .
- Interim Prime Minister Ehud Olmert claimed victory on Wednesday in Israel’s election . . . .
- Olmert, appealing in his speech to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Jews had aspired for thousands of years to create a homeland throughout the Land of Israel, biblical territory that includes the West Bank.
- “But acknowledging reality and circumstances, we are ready to compromise, to give up parts of the beloved Land of Israel … and evacuate, with great pain, Jews living there, to create the conditions that will enable you to fulfill your dream and live alongside us,” Olmert said.
- Olmert, appealing in his speech to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said Jews had aspired for thousands of years to create a homeland throughout the Land of Israel, biblical territory that includes the West Bank.
. . . I also believe events are unfolding in accordance with God’s ultimate plan. In that plan, final good comes even from the bad.
- As a relevant side note, I hardly see how Kadima will help solve this dilema:
- Olmert’s unilateral approach appeals to many Israelis worn down by a five-year-old Palestinian uprising and concerned by the rise to power of Hamas in the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip after the Islamist militant group won elections in January.
But maybe Kadima can pull off what I think Kadima can’t.
I expect Israel’s adversaries to take courage and new vigor from this election, and continuing wearing away at the Israeli psyche.
Oh . . . and while I was about to finalize this post, I came across this perspective.
PS: No, I have not read the book shown above.