You know that Israeli Double Standard Time I’m always mentioning? It’s worse than I thought.
The Israeli government crisis should not be allowed to undermine efforts to revive the Middle East peace process, European Union president Germany said on Thursday.
[…] “A situation like this, in which the Israeli government … is under pressure, should not be allowed to lead to the abandoning of our
joint efforts to strengthen the peace process,” German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier told reporters after meeting his counterpart from New Zealand.Steinmeier said the efforts of the Middle East Quartet of peace negotiators needed to be complemented by efforts in the region, above all by closer contact between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
“I hope that despite the present difficulties in Israel after the submission of the report, the efforts will continue,” he said. “I especially hope the bilateral talks between Prime Minister Olmert and Palestinian President (Mahmoud) Abbas will continue … and that the timetable is adhered to.”
I believe in Yiddish terminology that is what’s known as chutzpah.
Wow. Just when you think the world can’t get any worse in its attitude towards Israel, out comes the president of the EU telling Israel to forget about its worst leadership crisis since Ariel Sharon was stricken, and its worst military crisis since the Yom Kippur War, and hey, don’t let either of those minor problems stop what’s really important: Peace with the murderers who on a daily basis attempt to lob rockets, shoot, stab, and bomb Israel. Because after all, peace between Israel and the Palestinians is far more important than Israel being able to protect herself from her enemies.
Really. When you think the world can’t sink any lower in their disregard for Jews, they do.
in other words israeli democracy is supposed to take a back seat to the german desire for israeli concessions
essentially this has been the european and american position for quite some time… especially with Clinton’s aggressive interference in israeli elections
Meryl
Yes, contempt for Jews is high. And it will get worse.
I always suspected that if you scratch a Eurotrash Socialist you would come up with a neo-Stalinist at heart.
A picture for you, of Jimmy Carter in context.
I diagree, Meryl.
It should be possible to sort out an internal problem without affecting relations to the outside world in the process.
Ralf,
I think you’re right, factually. However, as a matter of principle: why should Israel do that? What the blazes did we set up a sovereign state of our own for? We want to do things at our convenience, and the Zeropeans can just take a walk.