If Netanyahu fails to realize this and succumbs to Obama, the prime minister will not only be jeopardizing the dim prospects for peace, but also will be resigning himself to a patently false narrative: that Israel is fighting a losing battle, and therefore must preemptively concede to its enemies.
As a student of history, Netanyahu should know that there is no light at the end of the tunnel of appeasement.
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There is only the abyss.
Charles Bybelezer is publications chairman at the Canadian Institute for Jewish Research. He can be reached at [email protected].
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