Tony Karon's words fall like hammers in this piece saying that Israel has lost the war, that it never fixed its borders, that Nakba is intertwined with Israel's existence, and that Palestinian resistance is completely understandable:
Arafat is dead and gone. So is Sheikh Yassin, and Rantissi. And Abbas
al-Musawi, and Imad Mughniyeh. Israel's ruthless efficiency at killing
the leaders of Palestinian and Lebanese resistance groups is second to
none, and yet, no matter who it kills, there are always thousands more,
ready to declare, "I am Spartacus". That's because those who step up to
lead these organizations are acting not out of personal ambition —
leadership in Hamas is a death sentence. The endless stream of
Palestinians willing to sacrifice themselves in the role, then, is a
symptom of the condition of their people. And Israel's leaders know
this. Asked when running for Prime Minister a decade ago what he'd have
done if he'd been born Palestinian, Ehud Barak — the man directing the
current operation in Gaza — answered bluntly, "I'd have joined a terror
organization."
al-Musawi, and Imad Mughniyeh. Israel's ruthless efficiency at killing
the leaders of Palestinian and Lebanese resistance groups is second to
none, and yet, no matter who it kills, there are always thousands more,
ready to declare, "I am Spartacus". That's because those who step up to
lead these organizations are acting not out of personal ambition —
leadership in Hamas is a death sentence. The endless stream of
Palestinians willing to sacrifice themselves in the role, then, is a
symptom of the condition of their people. And Israel's leaders know
this. Asked when running for Prime Minister a decade ago what he'd have
done if he'd been born Palestinian, Ehud Barak — the man directing the
current operation in Gaza — answered bluntly, "I'd have joined a terror
organization."
