Further steps escalate the showdown and show Israel’s determination. Declare Sweden and enemy state and demand that all Swedish citizens present in Israel must register weekly with the police. Place limits on Swedish shipping into Israel and later expand it to include controlling of presence of Swedish ships in E. Mediterranean. Israel could demands the right to board and search Swedish commercial shipping in E. Mediterranean. Since Sweden sends ISM/BDS saboteurs to Israel one needs to check if it might be smuggling weapons into Gaza. Sweden would have to defend itself by claiming it is not shipping weapons. And so on.
Any subtle hints by Swedes at desire for compromise should be soundly rebuffed. The idea is to escalate the hardship on Sweden unless they crack and cry uncle. This is the gist of a showdown.
Sweden has to become convinced that there is no end in sight and that this will keep on escalating to the point of violence. Sweden is a politically correct country with no stomach for confrontation. If and when they give up, an example will be set for the whole of Europe. We would be unlikely to see another European country view Israel as an easy target after Sweden was humiliated. (Note that I use Sweden latest provocation and the resulting showdown only as an example)
Such a policy will be risky but it will offer an alternative to the continual deterioration of Israel’s standing in the world, to slow death through futile concessions. The greatest challenge to implementing such a policy is the desperate desire of the Jews to pretend that things will improve, in order to avoid the necessary showdown.
And so, the question remains: Will Israel find the courage to bring about a showdown with its detractors? The longer it waits the harder it gets. At the end of the road, with its back to the wall, Israel will be forced either into a suicidal surrender or it will need to fight. At that time the fight will be on enemy terms and at time of the enemy’s choosing, and Israel will be much weaker from economic boycotts and isolation than it is today. In the end Israel will be forced into a showdown while also having the world’s disrespect. To paraphrase Churchill: “Israel will chose dishonor—and it will have war.”
Daniel Grynglas
San Jose, 25 Nov 2014