Brendan Calling

Israel: The Latest Chamberlain Appeaser

Israel and Syria have begun indirect peace talks, mediated by Turkey, aimed at reaching a comprehensive peace accord, the three governments announced in a coordinated statement Wednesday. The announcement is the first public confirmation of the negotiations by all three sides.

Bush, speaking to the Knesset last week, attacking the Democrats:

“Some seem to believe that we should negotiate with the terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” Mr Bush said, in a speech on Thursday otherwise devoted to Israel’s friendship with the United States. “We have an obligation to call this what it is – the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history.”

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