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Yesterday Olmert assured Haaretz that the negotiation with Syria is nothing less than an ‘historic breakthrough’. He is absolutely correct. It’s the first time in Israel’s history that a PM initiates a peace negotiation just to escape a police probe into his own unlawful doings. Apparently, Olmert is seeking a quick escape route that would bring the investigation of his corruption to an immediate halt.
The Israeli Knesset has always been a haven for Israeli criminals and Jewish gangsters who seek to take advantage of the immunity membership guarantees. This is nothing new, unlawful activity is rather common amongst Israeli leaders.
The list of villains and convicts within Israel’s political world
is endless. A few years ago an Israeli survey revealed that 60% of
Israeli Knesset members had a criminal record.
As we know the previous
President of the Jewish State, Mr Moshe Katsav lost his prestigious
post because he was charged for sex crimes, rape and sexual
molestation, no less, as well as the more banal offence of
wire-tapping.
Sharon’s son Omri, Knesset member under both Likud and
Kadima, has been indicted for bribery. Ariel the father was lucky
enough to become a vegetable just in time to save himself the
embarrassment of being thrown out of the PM office for involvement in
the same criminal affair.
Olmert is no different, he is
as corrupted as anyone else. However, he may be in a position to
determine his fate. All he has to do is raise enough pressure on police
officers to stop the probe into his wrongdoing.
Olmert
is no Tolstoy, yet he had two options to choose from: war and peace.
Not a single Israeli police detective would put pressure on a serving
PM in time of a war. Similarly, no one would mount pressure on a PM in
the midst of an historic peacemaking effort with Israel’s most hostile
neighbour. Though we were preparing for Olmert to flatten Gaza or
strike Hezbollah, he went for the peace option. He obviously remembered
the colossal defeat of the IDF in Lebanon less than two years ago, so
in doubt, Olmert has decided to not put his trust in generals. To all
appearances, the latter do not trust themselves either, they realise
that Arabs are not easy targets anymore, Arabs fight back and are
getting very good at it.
With no army to fight his
wars, Olmert is left with no more peace spin. He obviously doesn’t have
the political power to undertake a withdrawal from the Golan Heights.
He runs this spin knowing that the Israelis are desperate enough to buy
it. The Israelis know the truth, the days of the Jewish State are
numbered, the so-called ‘window of opportunity’ has been closed a while
ago. Israel is surrounded by hostility and the Jewish majority on the
land is now becoming a matter of history.
The Americans
and the Brits are desperate enough to support Olmert’s spin. Bush,
Blair and Brown need to get a diplomatic achievement even if it doesn’t
lead anywhere. In Western politics everything is measured in a short
time perspective. Hence we move from spin to spin.
By
bearing in mind the recent Israeli military defeat in Lebanon and the
cowardly tactics the IDF performs in Gaza to avoid a ground battle,
taking into no account the presence of civilians and the inevitable
innocent victims that are the outcome of each and every raid, any
Israeli withdrawal in Golan would be considered by Israelis and Arabs
as a white flag. Not many people would support such an initiative in
Israel politics, nor in its military and intelligence branches. Hence,
we have to conclude that the emerging peace spin is there to serve
Olmert’s immediate personal needs. It is there to postpone criminal
investigation of his activities. It is there to give the corrupt man a
few more days in office.
According to Haaretz,
“sources
close to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday said that he
was unable to conceal his disappointment and surprise at the news of
renewed Israeli-Syrian peace talks.”
My dear President
Ahmadinejad, do not hold your breath. Nothing has changed and nothing
is going to happen. The Israelis are not going to buy the new spin.
They just can’t. Israel thrives on conflict, it defines itself by
negation. By the time the Israelis start to seek peace for real they
won’t be Israelis anymore.
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