


The retaliatory actions taken by the Israeli government against Great Britain in the wake of the latter’s anti settlement measure are simply not enough.
For example, both the British Embassy in Tel Aviv and the British Consulate in Jerusalem should have been closed. Indeed, I would go further and condition the reopening of the British Embassy only if it’s relocated to Jerusalem AND $6 billion restitution is paid for the British Government’s closure of entry to its Palestine Mandate to Jews fleeing Nazi extermination.
Moreover, I think it would have been right and proper for the Israeli Government to take this opportunity to announce that henceforth ALL embassies must either be relocated to Jerusalem or be closed until such action is taken.
Of course, why all the other signatories of Foreign Secretary Miliband’s antisemitic initiative weren’t also sanctioned by having their consulates in Jerusalem closed is totally beyond me.
And a further diplomatic retaliatory measure was needed: namely, ALL foreign diplomatic offices in Ramallah should also have been ordered permanently closed.
Recognizing American sovereignty over Greenland and supporting Argentina’s claim to the Malvinas Islands should also have been adopted.
But perhaps the greatest lost opportunity is the Israeli government’s cowardly refusal to officially declare the death of the Oslo Agreement. I ask, how much more Jewish blood has to be spilled before the genocidal P.A. regime in Ramallah is closed down?
And when will an Israeli Government that finally summon the courage to announce the application of our G-d given sovereignty over Judaea and Samaria? I mean, exactly who are we waiting to negotiate this with? Ed Milliband?
What Israel’s response to this whole sordid matter reflects, more than anything else, is our political establishment’s unwillingness to think and act decisively on foreign policy issues.
And until our administration adopts such a mindset, no matter who stands at its head, we will continue to calmly wipe the world’s spit off our faces while pretending it’s just rain.