Core European Attitude

This thru IsraPundit.
Donnchadh O Liathain (not Jewish I presume...) writes a beautiful, skewering piece on the "Irish 'Friends' of Israel" (nested quotes mine - ed).He exposes the sickening attitude of this Irish group and its European counterparts towards Israel: Be Good, act properly(= the way we say), and we can stomach you. Else, you're Bad.

Israel, as it exists today and has existed since 1948, is to the European elite a pariah, a rogue state. To Europe's chattering classes, the very idea of Israel is wrong. God forbid that anybody in Europe should oppose Israel because it is full of Jews. No, all that is behind us. Europeans say it is the policies of the Israeli government that are so abhorrent to them. If only the Israelis would be good and treat the Palestinians properly, all would be well.

Essentially, the bare minimum is for Israel to return to the pre-1967 armistice lines so that an independent Palestinian state could be created in the West Bank and Gaza. All members of the European intelligentsia agree on this. The IFOI constitution reflects this. Every act of Israel is judged on the basis of this master plan.

But

The Arabs gave up their rights to the terms of the UN plan for the partition of Palestine the day they denounced the UN plan and attacked Israel. Thereafter, under international law, all bets were off. Israel won the wars of Independence, of 1956, of 1967, and of 1973. It had always been willing to make peace with its neighbors. It is not Israel's fault that it is still at war.

But as I've said before, that all happened so long ago it is prehistoric. Tyrannosaurus Rex still roamed the earth then. In other words, it is irrelevant. Just give them their own country and all will be well.

Thank God (or Herzl, Ben-Gurion and the rest of the pioneers) that the Jews have their own country. Now "all" they have to do is keep it. No matter what.