Britain is too pro-Israel?
Those of you who follow the news coming out of London may be surprised to hear this, but there is someone in the world who believes that Britain is too pro-Israel. That someone is Bahraini crown prince Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Bin Isa al-Khalifa and he made the complaint in an interview with Sky Television.But the crown prince may actually be more flexible than most Arab spokesmen. Let's go to the videotape:
Now read this partial transcript carefully:
"If we are to solve the Arab-Israeli issue then you cannot approach it as a friend of one side at the expense of another," Sheikh Salman Bin Hamad Bin Isa al-Khalifa told Sky television.I've never heard an Arab leader make a distinction based upon whether the land has been built on. So maybe there is room to talk there. But Britain 'too pro-Israel'? On what planet is he living?
When asked if he felt Britain had been too pro-Israeli he replied: "I think we all feel that."
"But that doesn't mean we don't want Britain's involvement, we need Britain's involvement and we need Britain to be more impartial, sure," he added.
Solving the Arab-Israeli issue was "challenging but imperative" if extremists were to be deterred, he said.
The crown prince said Britain should work with moderates in the region and avoid adding fuel to extremists' fire.
"Work with the moderates in this part of the world, to work for peace, prosperity and stability," he said.
To settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, "you give up land for peace," he said. "Land that you haven't already built on. It can't be simpler."
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:49 PM
3 Comments:
What's amusing is hearing an Arab leader complain Jews are crowding out the Arabs when no new settlements have been built for the last couple of years.
People don't realize it but not building new settlements is what causes Arab extremism. The Palestinians only began to somewhat moderate their position when they realized they might lose everything. Its not land for peace that brought the Arabs to the negotiating table but rather the reverse and this is the reversal of causality argument. Just like the argument the UK's supposed "pro Israel" bias prevents it from being helpful in Middle East peace talks.
Only Arabs could make the argument that being friendly towards Israel and Israeli land policies is what is blocking progress towards peace in the region when the truth is its their own behavior in both respects that is the obstacle towards it.
Qur'an 9:3, "Allah and His Messenger dissolve obligations." Qur'an 66:2, "Allah has already sanctioned for you the dissolution of your vows." -
Any contractual agreement with infidels (Jews are infidels too) are worthless in the eyes of the believers, the kuffar are obliged to religiously observe the depredations and humiliating conditions of the Dhimmah, and are to live in abject poverty and fear under Muslim rule.
There can be no peace or any agreements before the Arabs start burning the Koran.
The Muslim is permitted to break pacts with the infidels when it is to his advantage. Mohammed discovered centuries before Machiavelli that politics is expedient and there is no such thing as an obligation freely entered into. In the Muslim World, keeping one's word does not have the same weight as it has in the West and one can lie without shame. Something to keep in mind when making agreements with them.
Post a Comment
<< Home