Born out of violence Israel has an addiction for violence. Its philosophy is that violence can solve all its problems, specially the ones coming from its immediate neighbours, the Arabs. The purpose of the violence, state terrorism in other words, is to secure peace for the Israelis. This philosophy and its purpose, therefore, clearly exclude all possibilities of an enduring peace between the Jews and the Arabs in the Middle East. Surely there exist peace agreements between Israel and Jordan and between Israel and Egypt, but these were “purchased” by American money and are continuously “financed” by the so called “American aid”. Moreover, Egypt was pressured/persuaded to sign “peace agreement” with the Jewish state in order to divide and weaken the then united Arab world. As far as Jordan is concerned, it is a creation of the West and survives on its charity. Furthermore, Jordan’s peace agreement with Israel is not like the one signed between two equal sovereign states but it resembles the one which has been dictated by the victorious to the vanquished.
Why Israel has addiction for violence? A combination of factors has convinced it that nothing but violence can buy it the peace it needs so much. The first factor is a “historical factor”. That the Jews have been persecuted all over the world because they happened to be weak. So, in order to be powerful “they created” Israel, and to show their power they unleash violence against the Palestinians and other Arabs on regular basis. The second factor is their fear that they might be wiped off the face of earth if they do not keep their enemies weak forever for which they indulge in violence time and again. The third factor is internal. That the Jews living in Israel are a badly divided lot, politically as well as religiously, and they can be kept united only through a constant fear of external threat. And if no such threat exists, it has to be created through war and terror which Israel manufactures expertly from time to time. The last factor is the Jewish inability to make Israel attractive enough for American and European Jews to migrate to and settle in the so called “promised land”. As a result they have been forced to drop the idea or project of creating the so called “historical greater Israel”, at least for the time being. This inability often results in frustration which makes the Zionists unleash violence against their opponents.
But one thing is mighty clear. That violence can succeed or triumph temporarily but it can never secure peace for the violence-mongers. This has been made abundantly clear by the recent Israel – Hizbullah war. The entire world knows that Hizbullah “attacked” Israel in response to its brutal violence against the Palestinians who were unable to retaliate. We also know that Israel failed miserably in defeating Hizbullah which, according to large number of people across the globe, has emerged victorious. The victory is not only psychological but it is also strategic. The Israeli defeat is not that its fighter planes and missiles failed in finding their targets but it lies in their inability to spy on and locate the Hizbullah fighters accurately. This explains why the Isareli bombs and missiles killed more civilians than the Hizbullah fighters. Israel’s defeat and misery is further aggravated by the fact that the largely ineffective and short-range Hizbullah missiles were more accurate in finding their targets as they killed more soldiers than Israeli citizens. Moreover, the inaccuracy of Hizbullah missiles became a potent psychological weapon as it instilled fear in the hearts of Israelis who escaped in panic from the war zone, and thus for the first time a huge refugee problem was created in Israel, and they too, like the Palestinians, were made to feel what life means in a refugee camp.
Israel is bitter and has launched an official investigation in its military’s failure. Whatever the result of the investigation, one thing is clear. That Israel, born out of violence, will remain addicted to violence. The reason is that it can not survive peace, specially an honourable peace with the Arabs, as such an eventuality will eliminate the external threat that keeps the badly divided Israeli society united. It means that Israel will continue to believe in and practise its false philosophy of violence.
This also means that the West, because of its support to Israel, will remain embroiled in the vicious cycle of Middle Eastern violence and pay a heavy price for it. Stray voices have already started questioning the West’s unqualified support to Israel. The need, however, is that sooner than later the West must realize that Israel is not in their interest.
[September, 2006]
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