Another footnote: another way to become your enemy

Possibly few phrases in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have been thrown against Palestinian politicians more often and with more force than "rejectionist front." That charge is not without truth when directed at some - but anyone who doubts that there is also a pro-Israel rejectionist front needs to check out the website of the reactionary gang at Think-Israel.org. (I don't normally provide links to right-wing sites; let them get their own hits. But in this case, the site is the topic and so the link is necessary.)

Just on the home page, it argues that "extremist Islam is the norm and normal Islam is extremely rare," cries "free Jonathan Pollard" (the convicted spy for Israel), and openly calls for rejection of peace agreements and for expulsion of Arabs: "To date the theme has been: give up the land and keep the Arabs. More Jews now see it would be better to keep the land - it is after all legally and by conquest Israel's - and give up the Arabs."

Articles in the current issue include ones
- accusing the US government and media of "covering up" for Palestinian terrorists.
- labeling Israeli advocates of negotiations for peace as "intellectually dishonest."
- calling for "America, acting alone and with overwhelming force, [to] destroy the Iranian Islamic State now."
- arguing that Israel must be bigger - maybe 5 times bigger - than the 1967 borders.
- claiming Gaza is a Palestinian state and, of course, a terrible one, thus proving the evil nature of Palestinians - assuming, that is, that there is such a thing as a Palestinian, which another article questions.
- advocating "blowing up the 'Al-Aksa mosque and then without hesitation rebuilding the Temple."

No, these people are not in places of power in the Israeli government. But as Professor Wahrman notes, such people have their friends and defenders in high places. And maybe the better statement is that they don't have places of power - yet.