[Take a look at the news item below. A former chief of the Israeli Defence Force, who hawkishly pursued the erradication of terrorists, gave a speech in the USA recently.

Oh, and before I forget, his views on killing terrorists in their beds, is 100% on the money. That is definitely the best way to sort them out. I have said many times that terrorists must be pursued to their bases, safe houses and training camps and killed right there. That’s definitely the best value for money. Americans have a lot to learn before they truly start beating terrorism! Just look at what a mess Iraq has become.

Take a look at his views on the terrorists, and on the Palestinians. Virtually everything he says could have been applied in S.Africa or Rhodesia. It was as true here as it is in Israel now. In fact, as you can see, in Rhodesia the whites were enventually destroyed completely, and in S.Africa, phase 2 of the attack on us has yet to come – but it will. Here in Africa we ended up surrendering to people whom we really should have destroyed. And the process of surrender only serves to increase their ambitions and to make things worse. And, even appeasing them to the point of surrender will not prevent them coming back to try to annihilate us one last time!

I have said in the past that having a Palestinian state next to Israel will cause MORE VIOLENCE than before. Don’t be fooled for one second that “peace” is coming to Israel any time soon. In fact, the opposite will happen. You will see more terrorism and more violence in Israel in the next few years than ever before. The more concessions the Israelis make, the more the violence will increase and the more concessions will be demanded. It is a vicious spiral.

Now take careful note of the predictions of the military people in Israel. They said, that giving Gaza away would make things worse and it would become a hotbed of terrorism. That prediction has come 100% true. I don’t hear anyone talking about it… I don’t hear anyone saying it outright – but it has come true within a mere matter of months. Gaza is now a tremendous hotbed of unreconcilable TERROR!

But in Israel, you can see that this IDF chief was FIRED… well… he was replaced when his time came up. This is like in S.Africa when President De Klerk started purging, firing and axing all our generals who were going to resist his plans to surrender. The problem is, that Generals who are concerned by the problems, will be replaced by ever softer ones. This is not good for Israel’s chances of survival.

In my book I wrote about “Semantic Warfare” – about people saying things in ways which fool the enemy. For example, the word “peace” and the search for “peace” often, in terrorist lingo, really means: “Your surrender”. The terrorist means: “There will be peace when I have defeated you or you have surrendered”. So “peace” is a highly abused and misused word, and it rarely means what you think it does at face value.

Another one is “the poor”. In Haiti, I see the new president is “A Champion of the Poor”. Translation: He must be a Marxist or Socialist of some kind.

For there to be peace, either Israel must be destroyed or the Arabs must be destroyed. There will be no peace in the Middle East until that has happened. I hope the Israelis don’t surrender. Jan]

Former IDF Chief Ya’alon: “Israel’s Leaders Selling Illusions”
Sunday, May 14, 2006 / 16 Iyar 5766

Former IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon has broken his relative silence, decrying the entire notion of a Palestinian state and urging Israel to be strong rather than appease the global Jihad.

The longtime warrior drew a comparison between the events leading up to the Holocaust and the present, comparing Ehud Olmert to Neville Chamberlain. “We look back to what the West experienced before World War Two. There was denial of reality, denial of threat. The attitude was, ‘Let’s leave it to next year, to the next generation,’ “Ya’alon said. “We don’t need Chamberlains, we need Churchills. We are flooded with lies, manipulated by Al Qaeda, but, most prominently, by the Palestinians.”

Ya’alon spoke at Manhattan’s Lincoln Square Synagogue last Monday, registering harsh criticism of Israel’s leadership for offering “illusions” to the Israeli people. Ya’alon was Chief of Staff up until just before the implementation of Ariel Sharon’s Disengagement Plan, of which his criticism was well known. His tenure was not extended and he was replaced with the current COS, Dan Halutz.

The retired general criticized the notion of withdrawing from parts of Judea and Samaria, in addition to the building of the Partition Wall, which he believes is an illusion in terms of security. “The best defense is a good offense, not a fence,” he said. “The best way to deal with terrorists is to arrest them or kill them in their beds. The IDF has intelligence capability to intercept terrorists. They use their civilians as human shields, knowing our sensitivities to killing civilians “ but we do have the capability to intercept them in real time. Without dealing with the roots, we can cut down the weeds “ to deal with the roots would be to force them to reform their education and culture. I am not sure we will succeed but we should be under no pressure to make any concessions until this change.”

The former Chief of Staff says that not only did the Disengagement propel the Hamas terror group to a landslide victory in PA elections earlier this year, but œwhat we are doing is leaving a legacy for the next generation who will deal with Palestinians who believe that terrorism pays, that Israel cuts and runs under pressure, Ya™alon explained. He said that at this point, when Kassam missiles are already falling regularly on Israeli towns, “we must stop getting used to these constant missile attacks as if they are rain. We can™t tolerate this missile threat from Gaza or continued terrorismWe must step up military actions in Gaza despite the problems of not being able to have laser-like accuracy against the terrorists there.”

Ya’alon doesn’t see negotiations as a reality any time in the future. “I do not see any prospect for peace and reconciliation on the Palestinian side,” he said. “I needed no sophisticated intelligence to reach this conclusion “ I only had to look at their textbooks, posters and so on. We should not be surprised but we ignored it. Without this kind of change, not just in Israel but the West, all Western powers will have to fight them. They believe they can defeat the West and Israel first. We need a wake-up call here and across the West. Under no circumstances should we surrender to terror. As long as they see our appeasement policy, they will continue.”

Though Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reaches similar conclusions with regard to the prospects of a negotiated peace deal, Ya’alon takes issue with the assumption that creating a Palestinian State is anything but dangerous for the Jewish state. “From the dawn of Zionism until this day, the source of all terrorist attacks has been the refusal of the Arab world to recognize Israel™s existence. Until this changes we will remain the target of violent terrorist activity. The (152)˜67 borders are neither a solution to rocket attacks, suicide bombs nor to more conventional forms of warfare,” he said. “The two-state solution has failed and to my mind is now irrelevant. Even before the Hamas victory, a two-state solution was a mistaken fantasy – now it’s even more irrelevant. The Palestinians knew exactly who Hamas was when they voted for them.”

Ya’alon was optimistic, however, saying what Israel needs most is a change of outlook. “The front line is in our heads,” he said, “because they challenge our values and culture.” The man who is credited with pushing through the policy of targeting terrorists and killing them, no matter how unpopular next days headlines made the Jewish state, said he believed Israelis “must consolidate our Jewish Zionist narrative. Without believing in our case, there is no way to convince someone else,” he said. “We need moral clarity and clear strategy “ or else there is no way to deal with the problem and find a solution. Otherwise, there is no chance for one now over the horizon, meaning in my generation. Yet we prefer to be confused, to ignore reality. This is the case with Israel; this is the case with the West. Iran sees us withdrawing from Gaza, Hamas is elected, they see US trouble in Iraq and because they do not pay price for financing, supporting and encouraging terrorism, they continue.

“The war has become super-conventional. Syrian scud missiles, Iranian Shihab missiles, Iran pursuing nuclear capabilities “ these are the threats today … The deliberate targeting of Israeli civilians “ we suffered more than 1000 fatalities in the last five years, more than 70% civilians because the other side believes that Israeli society is the weakest link in the Israeli security chainNow it is more and more a religious conflict “ from their side, not ours but like in the past, Hamas says, again, no room for Israel, instead there must be a Palestinian Islamic state. They say what they mean and mean what they sayAnd Israel is only the first target of their planned Islamic empire.”

The speech was organized by the Zionist Organization of America. ZOA’s President Morton A. Klein said, following the lecture, that, “General Ya’alon brings a very sobering message, people were keen to hear his moral clarity and strategic wisdom that states clearly that the Oslo path of the past 13 years has been a terrible mistake. We will not begin succeed in seeking peace until we first win the war.”

Source: Arutz Sheva – IsraelNationalNews.com