Familiarity and habitual Grant breed Contempt

We all know what the precious metals are, but not the rare earth elements even though both have much that's in common. It is that they are rare and they are precious. They are precious because the law of supply and demand says that when something is rare, the demand for it exceeds the supply, and this makes it valuable.

These concepts are so universal; it is a mistake to believe they apply only to tangible things such as the metals and the other commodities. The truth is that they apply just as well to the abstract as to the concrete. Friendship, understanding, tolerance and other attitudes being the abstract qualities that bond individuals and societies together, they too are governed by the same laws as the precious metals and the rare earths.

Not many people will dispute the validity of the old saying: “Familiarity breeds contempt.” That is, people – especially the young among them – are apt to be more scornful of what's familiar than they are of what's unfamiliar. The same goes for the things we take for granted. That is, whereas we rejoice when receiving something we did not expect, we scorn those who give it when the giving becomes a habit we take for granted. We – especially the young among us – get worse when the giver happens to deliver less of it or delivers it tardily. Simply stated, when we take something for granted, we expect perfection in the manner it is handed to us.

Believe it or not, all of that applies to one degree or another on the international stage among nations and other entities, as well as it does among individuals. And there too, you'll find considerable variation in the levels of scruple you detect in the different cultures. In this regard, the absolutely most infamous of the cultures is the Judeo-Yiddish concoction whose expressed gratefulness for favors received habitually, is manifested not in direct relation to the generosity of the giver but in reverse relation. That is, the more generous the giver, the more contemptuous of him will be the Jew.

You'll see this phenomenon in the way that the Jewish pundits respond to the favors which Israel receives from America. The absolutely most generous administration toward Israel being that of Barack Obama, the Jewish pundits respond to it in the most contemptuous way you can imagine. And given that not one of the pundits rises above the level of mud, it is impossible to classify them by the degree of their ingratitude. That's because you cannot build a totem pole whose every section fails to rise above the mud.

One of those Jewish pundits is Benny Avni whose latest creation came under the title: “A rare foreign policy success for Team Obama,” published on June 27, 2016 in the New York Post. Note the word “rare” because it is key to unlocking the workings of the mentality that powers the Judeo-Yiddish culture. To understand what is at play here, we need to review Israel's standing in America and around the world.

Israel is reviled practically everywhere in the world. Rare are the expressions of goodwill expressed towards it by someone. As to the situation in America, Israel is still tolerated by the public, and sort of “cherished” by the politicians who fear the wrath of a media that's monopolized by the Jews. Thus while everything Israel receives from America is taken for granted, it is treated with contempt by the Jewish pundits. In contrast, anything that America manages to procure for Israel from anywhere in the world, is considered to be a rare occurrence, therefore regarded as a precious development.

This is the situation that Benny Avni is celebrating in his article. He regards as precious the fact that the Obama administration has achieved the rare feat of reconciling Turkey and Israel. But does this mean he has reconciled himself with the Obama administration? Of course not. He wouldn't be a Jew if he did.

Now that he pocketed the Turkish gift, he does two things: He waves a cease-and-desist order at the current administration, and he makes a demand on America by setting the tone for the next administration.

Here is the cease-and-desist order: “Let's hope that Kerry won't use the opportunity for a clumsy relaunch of diplomacy between Israel and the Palestinian Authority”.

And here is the demand on the next administration: “An alliance between Israel and its neighbors can help Clinton or Trump clean up the Mideast messes their predecessor will leave behind”.

He is being ungrateful to the last moment in the most tenacious of the Jewish traditions.