Now, a year later, Peace Now releases a report claiming that in most cases, the construction has proceeded apace and that in only half the cases have the outposts actually been removed. In the news story, Peace Now representatives are quoted as saying that the agreement isn't worth the paper it is printed on, and that Barak should nullify it and tear down all buildings constructed since he took office, whether legal or not.
One has come to expect such drivel from Peace Now. After all, they long ago dropped any pretense that they actually understand anything about Zionism, and seek daily to prove that they are more Arabist than the Arabs. But something about this quote got me thinking.
By the logic of the representative, the Oslo Accords should also be torn up and all "gains" made since 1993 should be rolled back so that Israel once again controls all of Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Jerusalem and so that the PLO is as impotent as it was prior to the Intifadah. After all, the Palestinians haven't kept their end of any of the Oslo-bred deals either. And this is after seven years, not just one. So by Peace Now logic, Oslo should be forgotten, and Israel should get on with developing the land of Israel.
But Peace Now would never support this idea. You see, if it did, it would have to allow for further settlement growth and expansion in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, not to mention the rest of Israel, it would have to countenance increased populations in all the villages and towns of these regions, and even the growth of Judaism in the Land of Israel, heaven forbid.
And these are things that Peace Now simply cannot stomach no matter how illogical or hypocritical their positions are as a result.
Copyright 2000. Yehuda Poch is a writer living in Israel. Reproduction in electronic or print format by permission only.
