History Revised

The 40th anniversary of the 6 Day War has brought out all the revisionist fantasies of the Left in the US, Europe and Israel. the (Bolshevik) party line is that Israel was better off without liberating Judea, Samaria and Gaza and conquering the Sinai and the Golan. If Israel had only been willing to cower and shake before the Arab threats, they would be safer now and there would be PEACE with their Arab neighbors. The sad truth is that there is not even a drop of truth in this fantasy. It is only Liberal/Leftist wishful "thinking" and revisionist history. Before 1967, the Arabs were fully convinced, and STATED SO, that they could destroy Israel at the very next opportunity; many Israelis were convinced of that too. If Israel had not conquered Sinai, the Egyptians would never have made peace. If Israel had not conquered Golan, the Syrians would not even be contemplating any kind of accommodation (they can never accept PEACE, per se).

If Israel had not liberated the Jewish homeland, the Palestinians would not be begging for a "two-state" solution. And, if Israel had not demonstrated its prowess, NO ONE would be discussing a "lasting peace". People conveniently forget that even after the war and UN resolution 242 (the land-for-peace rubbish) the Arabs met at Khartoum and declared the three no's to Israel - no peace, no recognition and no negotiation. It was only much later that Sadat, acknowledging the sad state of the Arab world, and in order to get US aid, broke the log jam by going to Jerusalem (JEWISH Jerusalem) and offering peace for the return of the Sinai.

Let us not let the Leftist rubbish re-write history.

No question, Israel made many mistakes after 1967:
1 They should have immediately expelled the Muslim "clerics" off the Temple Mount and returned it to Jewish control ( the caterwauling would have long ago died down, by now)
2 They should have "encouraged" the Palestinian Arabs to follow the Egyptian and Jordanian armies out of Gaza, Judea and Samaria, by whatever means necessary.
3 They should NOT have fallen for the Oslo trap. At a minimum, they should have imposed their own three no's before agreeing to Oslo: No Jerusalem for the Arabs; no "right of return"; no dismantling of ANY Jewish settlements in the Jewish homeland (NO JUDEN RAUSS in the Holy Land).