This is a good day for France And Elsewhere…..

One must not mistake Sarkozy’s family heritage as being the grounds for a new beginning in France’s relationship with Israel, his first and foremost policies concentrate on domestic issues. Also, France’s foreign policies are dictated solely (like all states) from their own self interests. That said, it will be interesting to see if a new breath of realism will begin to take shape in France’s foreign policy vis-a-vis Israel.

Perhaps the illogical attitudes and policies that drove French policy during the past 30 years in regards to Israel, will be somewhat amended or changed. Zarkozy has said in the past during last year’s war with Lebanon that “Israel has a right to self defence” as well as recently in the Jerusalem Post.

“Only if Israel is guaranteed that its existence will not be threatened and the Palestinians are allowed to form a viable state can we achieve a durable and viable solution.” “I defend the right of Israel to protect itself against external aggression, particularly when it takes the form of blind and cowardly acts of terrorism,” he declared. “But the measures taken must not condemn the search for a negotiated peace settlement. They must be appropriate and proportional.” Then there is the statements by officials close to Sarkozy who go on to elaborate even further:

“When there are Kassams and Katyushas being fired into Israel, where is the problem in defending yourself?” one official said. “Israel cannot compromise its security, otherwise it will be the civilian population that will suffer.” The official argued that Israel’s West Bank barrier, even when it cuts through Palestinian territory, falls under the jurisdiction of security. “When there is peace, the route will be reworked,” he said. “For now, it is in disputed territory. First, let Israel and the Palestinians reach a peace agreement, and then, once there is a deliberate step toward peace by the Palestinians, the details can be worked out.”

If France disembarks from its wrong and illogical foreign policies vis-a-vis Israel, there could be a new awakening and subsequent shift in EU policies towards Israel as well. This could have a positive effect on the conflict between Israel and the Arabs, making accountability the cornerstone for any future interest in securing peace between the two sides. Perhaps France will sometime in the near future take the lead in pressuring the Palestinians to truly moderate themselves, to disinvest from their failed policy of using violence in place of negotiations and prepare their society for an eventual peace with Israel.

The problem isn’t about Israel, which already has a formal policy that invests Israel’s future in the realization of a democratic Palestinian state that is at peace with neighbors, including Israel. The problem is that the Palestinians haven’t let go of their “all-or-nothing” plan for a greater Palestine, which includes all of a Israel. No matter how tall of an order, at least there is some element of hope, no matter how remote it seems right now. More here *L* KGS

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By Incognito May 07, 2007

It is truly a hopeful sign for France and Europe, at large. Let’s hope he’s allowed to institute the needed changes.

I’m not so hopeful for Palestinian/Israeli peace,however, because I don’t believe the Palestinians truly *want* it. I think they are so full of rage and antipathy and hatred for Israel.. a loathing that is so inbred, from years of indoctrination, it would take decades to change that mindset. They start teaching their children to hate at very young ages… how do you break through that barriers? Unfortunately, not sure what the solution is.
By Mikko Ellilä May 08, 2007

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There’s No Common Cultural Legacy For The Alt-Right

Still, is there something to it? Is there a common heritage that will cover El Greco and Hume and Dostoyevsky? Is there one that can include the Jacobites and the Jacobins? There is, but it is not racial, and white supremacists reject it because it rejects them. The unifying heritage of Europe is religious and philosophical. It is Jerusalem and Athens, in one famous formulation. Christian religion and Greek philosophy, filtered through Roman law and culture, are the foundation of European culture. The tensions, agreements, developments and settlements between these have shaped the Western world, and these roots of Western civilization are not congenial to white supremacy.

Christianity is universal in its message and Jewish in its origins. For centuries after its founding, Christianity’s center was the Mediterranean world, including Asia Minor and North Africa. Christianity has never been defined by race, and locally-grown racist heresies are only sustainable among those ignorant of Christianity’s teachings, origins and history.

Greek philosophy is likewise ill-suited to serve as a basis for white identity. It is either too universal (addressing the human condition in general) or too local—none of us live as citizens of an ancient Greek polis. Later philosophical developments in Europe, such as the philosophies of the Enlightenment, likewise tend to be too universal for white supremacists seeking a tribal identity. As for the scientific revolution that developed within Western culture (albeit with much borrowed from outside Europe), math doesn’t care what color someone is.

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War is being waged against Western culture from within which is in essence a war against Christianity and its moral origins in the Hebrew Bible. By attacking these Biblical foundations in the name of reason and human rights, the culture warriors of secularism are sawing off the branch on which they sit. The only way to defend Western civilisation is to reaffirm and restore its Biblical foundations. My argument is a development of ideas I first explored in my 2012 book The World Turned Upside Down: The Global Battle over God, Truth and Power.

We are living in an era which extols reason, science and human rights. These are said to be essential for progress, a civilised society and the betterment of humanity. Religion is said to be their antithesis, the source instead of superstitious mumbo-jumbo, oppression and backward-thinking.

Some of this hostility is being driven by the perceived threat from Islamic terrorism and the Islamisation of Western culture. However, this animus against religion has far deeper roots and can be traced back to what is considered the birthplace of Western reason, the 18th-century Enlightenment.

Actually, it goes back specifically to the French Enlightenment. In England and Scotland, the Enlightenment developed reason and political liberty within the framework of Biblical belief. In France, by contrast, anti-clericalism morphed into fundamental hostility to Christianity and to religion itself.

“Ecrasez l’infame,” said Voltaire (crush infamy) — the infamy to which he referred being not just the Church but Christianity, which he wanted to replace with the religion of reason, virtue and liberty, “drawn from the bosom of nature”.

Perfecting society

But this Enlightenment did not remove religion so much as pervert it. It took millenarian fantasies, the idea that the perfection of the world was at hand, and it secularised them. Instead of God producing heaven on earth, it would be mankind which would bring that about. Reason would create the perfect society and “progress” was the process by which utopia would be attained.

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“I think that we should correct the vocabulary that we use, and call a spade a spade. It is all about Jihad, the Islamic effort to spread Islam globally”:

Terrorist attack – should be called Military Jihad.

Incitement – Media Jihad.

Al-Jazeera – Media Jihad Channel.

Imposing Sharia law – Judicial Jihad or Legislative Jihad.

Boycotting Israel (BDS) – Economic Jihad.

Emigration to EU and US – Emigration Jihad / Hijra Jihad.

Building mosques, Islamic education institutions – Cultural Jihad.

Halal food – Dietary Jihad.

Hijab or Niqab – Clothing Jihad.

Activity of MSA – Academic Jihad.

Activity of CAIR – Political Jihad / Public Jihad.

Collecting money for Islamic “charities” – Financial Jihad.

Political correctness – Submission to Jihad.

J Street, Peace Now, JVP and their likes – Jewish Useful Idiots who Serve Jihad.

Iran deal – Western Support for Nuclear Jihad.