A large number of studies were done both by Jews and
non-Jews on the reasons why the Nazis, and many others on every continent
before and after them, concluded that the only way to deal with the Jewish
problem is to implement some kind of a final solution … whether or not they
attempted it.
When you go through those studies, making a genuine effort
to understand how something like the Holocaust can happen, you find the studies
to be lengthy, tedious, difficult to read, and at times rambling. When you're
done with them, you realize that you haven't added an iota to your knowledge on
the subject.
If that was your experience, you may thank the editors of
the Pittsburgh Tribune, who in their own clumsy way, have giving a lesson in
less than 200 words on how human beings – who may be normal in every way you
may think of – can be provoked into thinking about a final solution, at times
act on it if and when they have the power.
Those editors wrote: “Palestinian end run,” a piece they
published on their website on January 31, 2016. As the title indicates, it is
about the Palestinians whom, the editors of the Tribune claim, are doing an end
run around a two-state solution. And why is that an end run? Because the
“Palestinians are pushing for a new United Nations Security Council resolution
declaring Jewish settlements on the West Bank illegal,” they say.
Well, you want to know what should be done. What would an
alternative look like? Too bad you asked this question because the editors have
no suggestion to make in that regard. In fact, all they do, having accused the
Palestinians of planning an end run, is to attack everyone that is now involved
in this matter, and anyone who may be involved in the future. And guess who
that is. Surprise, surprise, it's the whole bloody world, they say. It is the
entire human race. Everybody is bad because nobody stands with Israel on this
one, they say.
They begin their defiant moaning with this sentence: “even
if the latest condemnation of Israel
sails through the council, what then?” inserting the bitter remark “as is
typical at Turtle
Bay
That, in fact, is one of the double blackmails that the
Israelis and their supporters throw at the Palestinians day in and day out. It
boils down to this: Come negotiate with us when you're ready to fully surrender
expecting nothing in return. Or take the legal route, and you'll get no lasting
peace because we have the bombs with which to kill your families, and you have
nothing with which to defend them.
Having taken a swipe at Turtle
Bay – which stands for United Nations,
given that is where the UN building is located in New York
– the editors continue their anti-UN offensive by warning that “repetitive Israel bashing
at the United Nations only has increased animosities.” Do you realize where
this outburst comes from, my friend? It comes from the fact that the editors of
the Tribune have anticipated that the Palestinian resolution will “sail through
the council.” This, in their eyes, constitutes bashing Israel .
And because they foresee that Israel
will be so bashed, they feel obliged – in the name of Jewish fairness – to
return the favor in advance whether or not Israel will actually be bashed. And
what better way to return the favor than to insult and demean its
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon? And so, they take him on.
They begin by reminding the readers that he is “in the
twilight of his final term.” This done, they rail against him for calling “on Israel to make
policy changes to improve the lives of Palestinians.” And Pow! A volcano erupts
in the bellies of the editors. They cry out: “Seriously? Is he removed from
reality?” At this point you think they are about to reveal that the
Palestinians are living in luxury, and that they are not complaining.
But no. Instead, you discover how wrong you are because this
is what they say: “he [Ban Ki-moon] is ignorant of continual Palestinian
attacks.” To a normal human being, this indicates that the Palestinians are
unhappy about their living conditions and could use some improvements. To the
Jews, however, it means that the Palestinians are unhappy instead of being
happy that the Jews pay attention to them. So what if they treat them badly?