… demonized by the Left. Who is it?
For all his faults and mistakes, great nonetheless: Benjamin Netanyahu.
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In the Middle East, paradoxically, in what independent country do Arabs live better than on the West Bank? There, Arabs at least have a free press, which is not the case in any Arab country. Legal equality reigns between men and women. Freedom of worship is complete for [all citizens including] Palestinian Christians. One can create businesses and even get rich by doing business with the Israelis. The Palestinian Birzeit University is certainly the best of the Arab Near East. Ramallah, the capital of occupied Palestine, is one of the most prosperous cities of the Near East. This is not to claim that occupation is a satisfactory solution, but it is better to be a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank than in unoccupied Gaza.
What, then, is the true cause of Europe’s demonizing of Netanyahu? He is on the right and he is Jewish—look no further. And the unrestrained sympathy for the Palestinians? They play the role, despite themselves, of the proletariat in a Marxian vision of the world. Israel and the Palestinians, for elite commentators, are nothing but the screen on which are projected the ideological fantasies of the West.