What is the Israeli government’s policy ? To strike at the “terrorist infrastructure”, and then allow it to be rebuilt and re-armed; to assassinate terrorist “leaders” and “senior operatives”, of whom there seem to be an inexhaustible supply; to promise undefined “painful concessions” to an enemy for whom no concessions will ever suffice; to lull its Jewish population into a mind- and heart-numbing acceptance of the current situation as the inevitable fate of the Jews....The policy has failed because nothing of real value or importance to the enemy has been attacked. Expelling terrorist leaders accomplishes nothing, as they will continue to plot and fuel destruction from abroad. Even killing them is of limited value, because of the virulent Jew-hatred and bloodlust that has taken root in the Arab society at large.
A people for whom death while killing Jews is deemed virtuous cannot credibly be “threatened” with death. A people habituated by their leadership to living with poverty and unemployment cannot credibly be “threatened” with economic hardship. Nor are delays in the attainment of “statehood”, “independence” or the trappings of sovereignty meaningful or substantive. These are symbols, which, even if denied in the short term, are held out prospectively as carrots of the future. They can never be lost in perpetuity...since Arabs most fear physical displacement, building new or expanding existing settlements in response to Arab terror will dampen their murderous ardor and deter future attacks. This is certainly worthwhile in its own right, but only as a restatement of our inalienable rights to Eretz Yisrael. As a measure to thwart terrorism, settlement building suffers from a lack of irrevocability...Imprisonment is also no sure deterrent..Even exile holds out the prospect of eventual return.
There is one Arab asset that is prized and vulnerable...The Arabs of Israel benefit from freedom of religion, and of course use it to allow their imams and preachers to spew out hateful incitement against Jews and Israel. They also have almost unfettered access to places that we deem holy and are often restricted to Jews....What would be the reaction if it were announced that for every attack on a Jew in the land of Israel, the Me’arat HaMachpela in Hevron or the Har HaBayit (Temple Mount) will be closed to all Arabs for one week, month, etc.? (...Or, in response to another suicide bombing, the mosque in the Tomb of our Patriarchs will be permanently dismantled ? Or, the topography of the Temple Mount will be significantly altered? Why are their places of incitement protected and guarded by Jewish soldiers? Why should the mosque and shrine, which today desecrate the Har Habayit, be sacrosanct, when Jewish life is not?...
Jewish life is sacred. Arab shrines are not. Put them on the defensive. Force them to exercise internal restraint. Let them feel the pain of self-inflicted wounds that cannot be healed. Let them feel the exercise of Jewish might and pride that proclaims: “This is our G-d-given land. We have finally returned and are not going anywhere. Your stay here is growing tenuous, not ours. We will persevere, we will triumph, and, with G-d’s help, we will achieve our destiny in this land.”
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