The West pretends to know what's best for Israel better than Israelis ~ Elder Of Ziyon

Tuesday, August 05, 2025

The West pretends to know what's best for Israel better than Israelis

There’s an unspoken condescension behind how many of Israel’s so-called “friends” talk about the war.

They don’t really believe Israel wants peace.

They’re convinced Bibi is prolonging the war – and the hostage crisis – just to stay in power.

They think Israel’s goal of destroying Hamas is irrational vengeance, not strategic necessity. "Don't worry, they can't hurt you," they tell Israel - which is what Israel thought on October 6.

They believe the Palestinian Authority – one of the most corrupt and abusive governments on Earth – is a viable peace partner. Its own record of supporting terror, antisemitism, incitement, paying terrorists an their families, human rights abuses against its own people - none of that is considered as important as the abstract idea of a state that will fail before it starts. (It is worth mentioning that the EU has sent hundreds of experts to the PA over the past 30 years to teach them good governance techniques. A generation later, shouldn't they know them by now?)

And they’re sure that if Israel really wanted peace, none of this would matter. There’d be a two-state solution by now and Israelis would be dancing in the streets.

How stupid do they think Israelis are, not to accept the utopia the West imagines?

This isn’t just ignorant – it’s deeply condescending. And the suggestion that Israelis prefer war to peace is borderline antisemitism.

Yes, Israel has done a terrible job explaining itself. But that doesn’t excuse the arrogant delusions of Western elites.

So here’s some news: Israelis are smart. They disagree on many things – but nearly all of them want peace. They don’t want war, nightly running to shelters, or loved ones in combat Gaza or Lebanon for months at a time.

Also, Israelis love their country. Their cab drivers care more about Israel's future than the most fervent of Israel's Western friends. And I would trust the cab driver who has to live with life or death decisions than the diplomat who sits behind his desk in Brussels and can say "oops" if hi ideas turns out bad.

Most of all, Israelis are not suicidal.

They won’t gamble the country’s future on a “peace plan” that could hand the region over to jihadists, Iran, or a Chinese-armed terror state next door. No agreement or even Israeli military might can stop a Palestinian state from acquiring advanced missiles from Iran that can reach every corner of Israel. The Judean Hills provide a high ground where Tel Aviv can be shelled with impunity.

The West's answer is that Israel can invade after a bunch of Jews are killed, so what's the big deal? Israel's answer is that we don't want our citizens to be killed at all, thank you very much.

It is utterly delusional to think that a Palestinian state under current conditions is the solution rather than a bigger problem. Hamas is still the most popular political party in both Gaza and the West Bank. Can the Western leaders who are supporting a Palestinian state really not know this basic fact?

Israelis aren’t stupid. But the leaders of France, the UK, Canada, Spain, Ireland, and others might be - if they think a fantasy state of Palestine will bring peace instead of more bloodshed.