ALGEMEINER
by Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn
March 23, 2015

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s remark about the dangers of a Palestinian state has sent advocates of Palestinian statehood into a rage so hysterical that you would think he had questioned somebody’s sacred religious beliefs. On second thought, maybe he did. The Palestinian statehood crowd has become so inflexible and doctrinaire, and so oblivious to the changing realities of the Middle East, that their political positions are starting to resemble a set-in-stone religious faith. Here’s what the prime minister said: “Anyone who is going to establish a Palestinian state, anyone who is going to evacuate territories today, is simply giving a base for attacks to the radical Islam against Israel. This is the true reality that was created here in the last few years.”…Those who advocate a Palestinian state with the fervor of a religion will continue to pursue that goal, regardless of the reality around us. But a prudent national leader assesses changes in international circumstances, and adjusts his positions in accordance with new political, military, or diplomatic realities.  READ MORE