Do Arab decision-makers read? I know some do, so I ask: Are there people who read on behalf of those decision-makers who don't read, because there are more important matters? Over the weekend, I ignored the American Likudnik media and websites such as The Weekly Standard, Commentary, and Front Page, to focus on more credible writers who served under the U.S. administration or around it, to see what Israel wants. Today, I choose for those who read and those who don't the following: Dennis Ross and David Makovsky, of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, wrote an article entitled "Trust, But Clarify," warning that Iran could be on the verge of producing a nuclear weapon, threatening the U.S. policy of preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb, and that therefore, as the article argues, it must be made clear to Iran and other nations what situation or action would lead to a U.S. military strike. Iran does not really threaten the United States. The two authors want ‘their country' to strike Iran if it approaches the point of making nuclear weapons, although such a strike would open the gates of hell in a region whose energy supplies are crucial to the whole world. But what matters to the two authors is solely Israel. Richard Haass is better that the two men. He is the chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations. Haass wrote an article in The Financial Times, which is a thousand times better than The Wall Street Journal, titled "A diplomatic dance will be no waltz for either Iran or America." Haas wrote that progress in relations should not obscure differences between the two sides. Of these differences, Haass mentions three, but I paused at the last one: The author wrote that Obama gave Iran a lot during his speech at the UN, while President Rohani gave little in return. What's "a lot" exactly? Haass, the moderate, says that the United States said it was not seeking regime change and agreed to a peaceful nuclear program in Iran. But I say that the United States does not have the right to act like a cowboy anyway, by threatening other countries, while a peaceful nuclear program is Iran's right. What is not right is for Israel to have a nuclear weapons arsenal that Haass and his ilk turn a blind eye to or deny its existence. Roger Cohen, a contributor in The New York Times, is to me a secret or ‘closeted' Israeli. For this reason, I was surprised to read his article titled "Bibi's Tired Iranian Lines," in reference to Benjamin Netanyahu. He criticized Netanyahu but then in a paragraph, he wrote that the Iranian nuclear program had hidden aspects, or that Iran has killed Americans, Israelis, and threatened U.S. interests. To correct him, I say that the United States brings harm to itself by implementing an Israeli policy in our region. All terrorism on our side was unleashed by Israeli policies. Meanwhile, Israel has assassinated Iranian scientists and has practiced terrorism against Palestinians in their own country and around the world, and yet, the likes of Roger Cohen turn a blind eye to its nuclear weapons arsenal. Jennifer Rubin, who supports Israel, writes in The Washington Post. Rubin was impressed by the lies uttered by Netanyahu at the General Assembly, to the extent that she reproduced them in her column. She found what he said ‘refreshing,' and emphasized his claims that Israel was willing to act alone, but forgot that Israel is not alone, since she and many like her are on Israel's side. In an article two days ago, she wrote about the U.S. government shutdown. In the first two lines (I stopped reading afterwards), she wrote that most Americans assume that the U.S. government consists of idiots and fools. But all opinion polls show that Americans are blaming the shutdown on the idiots and fools of the Tea Party and the rest of the Republican Party, so Rubin is being misleading. All the above pales in comparison to the views of Charles Krauthammer in The Washington Post. Krauthammer is a blind supporter of Israel, and his article titled "The Real Rouhani" reflects his sick mentality. Indeed, Krauthammer, as he wrote about the new Iranian president and his support for the Supreme Leader, and about Iran's stockpiles of enriched uranium, forgot all about the criminal occupation state that possesses an arsenal of nuclear weapons. There are other Jews who pursue peace more than any Arab, and there is a majority of Jews around the world that wants peace. However, there are terrorists in power in Israel. I will continue tomorrow about the Arab issues I read about. [email protected]
