{"id":130,"date":"2005-09-22T21:52:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-23T04:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/?p=130"},"modified":"2005-09-22T21:52:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-23T04:52:00","slug":"sign-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/2005\/09\/22\/sign-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I saw this billboard several times yesterday in Bethlehem. It expresses the desire to press forward with the “peace process” now that Gaza is “free.” A few thoughts:<\/p>\n

1. This is a “victory” sign for the Palestinians. They “won” Gaza by terror, and if they aren’t given the West Bank (in its entirety), then they will “win” that too. This is not my prediction; this is what the chief of Israeli intelligence is saying. With what withdrawal will the Arabs be satisfied and stop clamoring for more?<\/p>\n

2. Perpetuating the illusion that Jerusalem is a possibility for the Israelis to surrender to the Palestinians is foolish and counter-productive. How about changing the “road map” to include a provision that the Palestinians agree to release all claim to Jerusalem as the next step, before which the Israelis will take no steps.<\/p>\n

3. Of all the things to make one sad, it is the person whom the Palestinians put on their posters. Arafat’s face is everywhere in Bethlehem. They know he is a crook who literally stole from his people. They know that he cost them far more than he ever gave them. They know that he is a terrorist who killed innocent women and children. Still they hold him forth as their hero. What does this portend for the “nation” of Palestine, when their “George Washington” is such a person. The damage is more than just internal; the world looks at Arafat and thinks that all Palestinians are like him. They are not. But you wouldn’t know it from their posters.<\/p>\n

The answer to #1, if you are completely ignorant of all Arab history and rhetoric: Tel Aviv<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw this billboard several times yesterday in Bethlehem. It expresses the desire to press forward with the “peace process” now that Gaza is “free.” A few thoughts: 1. This is a “victory” sign for the Palestinians. They “won” Gaza by terror, and if they aren’t given the West Bank (in its entirety), then they\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddbolen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}