The Jews are not ready for nationhood and have never been.
Most of the world understands this reality as have been the thinking Jews who
recognized that the idea of Jewishness is incompatible with the idea of an
independent state because Judaism can only exist by depending on someone else.
When thinking about a group of Jews living in isolation from
other ethnic groups, and trying to be self-sufficient in matters vital to their
existence, two metaphors expressed as sayings come to mind. There is the one
about all of them being chiefs and no Indians. And there is the one about too
many cooks spoiling the broth. These images fit the situation exactly because
Jews are taught from birth that they are special. They are told repeatedly they
were put on Earth not to serve anyone but to be served by everyone.
This is how Jews have lived since they came together as a
group, adopting as their religion the ideology of supremacy over everyone else.
The consequence has been that everyone throughout the expanse of the planet and
throughout time has rejected them … quietly at first, and then violently. This
led humanity to the realization that it had a Jewish problem. To solve it, some
people arranged for the Jews to have a homeland of their own where they were
supposed to learn fending for themselves, stop pestering others, and become a
normal group like everyone else.
But nearly seven decades later, the homeland they were given
(which they named Israel) has absorbed a trillion dollars in donations, and has
achieved nothing that would cheer the hearts of those who wished to see the
experiment succeed. The Jews (called Israelis when in Israel) have only managed
to poison the region where they settled. They also endangered the planet by
starting numerous adventures, thus forcing other nations to come to the rescue
– and in so doing risked a clash with powers that had legitimate interests in
the region.
One of the big powers standing beside Israel through thick
and thin has been the United States of America. It is generally accepted that
without its support, Israel would not have lasted a year. But, as expected,
Israel has come to the end of its current cycle by having a falling out with
America, considered to be Israel's only “friend,” lawyer, supporter, supplier,
bank-roller, bodyguard and what have you.
Two articles were written about that falling out by two
American Jews – one fanatically pro-Israel no matter what it does; the other
pro-Israel but wishing that it will soon realize it has limits, and that it is
entirely dependent on America.
Both articles were published on October 28, 2014; one under
the title: “The Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations Is Officially here,” written by
Jeffrey Goldberg and appearing in The Atlantic magazine. The other came under
the title: “Bibi and Barack on the Rocks” and the subtitle: “The White House's
resort to petty insults risks a strategic relationship.” Written by Bret
Stephens, the column appeared in the Wall Street Journal.
Stephens wants the readers to believe that the relationship
between America and Israel is one between two equals … such as in a marriage
where the wife may depend financially on the husband but is nevertheless equal
to him. Equal to him that is, until such time that she can stand on her two
feet financially. This is when she gains the upper hand, and makes it clear to
him that in case of divorce, she wins. This being the Stephens theory, he
blames the troubles on the White House for starting the dispute by insulting
Netanyahu. And he ends the article by saying that Israel can now live without
America's aid.
Goldberg, on the other hand, has no such illusions. He
maintains throughout the article that Israel is the junior partner in the
relationship, and while Netanyahu and his ministers may be using the current
crisis to their political advantage: “for Israel's future as an ally of the
United States, this formula is a disaster.”
But no matter which side you take, you come to realize that
this is a Jewish tragedy playing itself not as an original but as a sequel to
many other cycles that never seem to end.