| Praise for Netanyahu Judith Weinstein, Esq 16 May 2002 Organization: New York Features Syndicate - Press & Photography This is my response to Zev Chafets' article denouncing Netanyahu as a political opportunist after the no PLO state vote by the Likud commitee. Your ad hominem attack of Netanyahu smacks of your own political prejudice and is unfair and unsubstantiated. It was Netanyahu's opposition to Sharon that finally pressured Sharon to abdicate his year-long policy of restraint against the Paestinian terrorists and, after 600 Israeli deaths, to take the offense in the March IDF operation. Besides, what's wrong with the Likud upholding its platform and agreeing not to reward the terrorists with a rogue state? Thank G-d for Netanyahu. He has been a one man PR team for the state of Israel in a time when Israel was looking weak and losing its deterrence in the Arab world under Sharon and Peres. Till recently, with his policy of restraint to appease the int'l community and the State Dept, Sharon had sacrificed Jewish lives in the face of a bloodthirsty enemy and abandoned the Likud /Israeli mandate upon which he was elected. For Shame on Sharon. Judith Weinstein, Esq., Zev Chafets' response: I think you may have missed the point of my article. I have no problem with Netanyahu's policy analysis. My problem is with his demonstrable lack of character (the examples I cited are a few among a very great many). He was, for that reason, a very destructive prime minister and would be again. I agree that Netanyahu is an excellent spokesman and I would be glad to see him remain in that role, perhaps as Foreign Minister. But the prime minister of a country like Israel (ie. an endangered country) has to be someone capable of preferring the national interest to his/her own. my(Judith Weinstein) response: A man of principle, often reflected in his policies, and yes with "moral clarity", like Netanyahu, is a man of "character". Also, when he left office, Netanyahu was also cleared of any wrongdoing (i.e. accepting unreported gifts) in the unfound Labor dictated interrogations against him. As for upholding the national interest above his personal ambition, Netanyahu's principle of no restraint in the face of a blood thirsty enemy clearly puts the survival and value of the Israelis and all Jews above the appeasement policy of a self interested Sharon who fears losing his Prime Ministership if he does not compromise to preserve the unity government with Arafat's best defender Shimon Peres. It is that very unity government with the delusional creators of the suicidal Oslo agreem't that have "endangered" Israel. Judith Weinstein, Esq., ----- Original Message ----- From: |
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