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the support of evangelicals and
build a coalition against Iran?
Like Balfour, Trump’
s ges-
tures filled us with elation. But
were these more than symbolic
gestures, each a photo-op to rub-
berstamp an already existing sit-
uation? Jerusalem has been the
de facto capital of Israel since its
existence. There’
s been no seri-
ous challenge to Israeli control
of the Golan for decades. And
Israel normalized relations with
the UAE and Bahrain tacitly
nearly two decades ago (Former
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
suggested that, sans Bibi, an
open normalization agreement
would’
ve been signed in 2009).
THE UAE’
S NEW FIGHTER JETS
And what about the fickleness of
self-interest, in this case, the U.S.
giving state-of-the-art fighter
planes to a Middle Eastern coun-
try other than Israel? Time will
tell whether the ultimate disap-
pointment of Balfour will repeat
itself. For now, it’
s essential that
we take advantage of the per-
spective that our forebears a cen-
tury ago did not have — that of
Balfour and its rapid implosion.
An alternative approach to
gauging the support of American
leaders for Israel may be in rec-
ognizing that the way we use the
term “true friend” with respect
to Israel is different from how
we use the term otherwise. My
closest friends are not those who
agree with and praise everything
I say and do.
On the contrary: My closest
friends are my staunchest sup-
porters, but also my most stri-
dent critics when they think I’
m
acting foolishly or self-destruc-
tively. I rely on their criticism.
I use the same standard when
measuring who is a true friend
of Israel — support coupled with
necessary criticism. As with all
things that are important, the
truth is more complicated —
and interesting.
Dr. Howard N. Lupovitch is director
of Wayne State University’
s Cohn-
Haddow Center for Judaic Studies.
SELF-INTEREST continued from page 6
world, explains there is no “
Arab
World” any longer — the geopo-
litical divide in the Middle East
is comprised of two “coalitions.
”
The Iran-led coalition com-
prises Iraq, Syria, Lebanon,
Qatar, the Hamas-led Gaza Strip
and Hezbollah, supported by
Turkey and backed by Russia
and China. This coalition is one
of death and destruction and the
leading sponsor of terrorism.
The Saudi Arabian-led coali-
tion, backed by the U.S., consists
of Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, UAE,
Oman, Kuwait, Israel, Sudan,
Chad, Tunisia and Morocco.
This camp is focused on life,
growth and future, and held
together by mutual fear of
Iranian dominance.
Bahrain and the UAE wouldn’
t
have entered the Accords with-
out the full approval of Saudi
Arabia. The Saudi Minister
of Information tweeted his
endorsement of the Accords.
Netanyahu’
s relationships with
Arab/Muslim countries, many
sub rosa, paved the way, along
with Israel’
s strength and a com-
mon foe, Iran.
The carnage of the ISIS
“caliphate”; the Syrian civil war
slaughter of 1 million; the recent
explosion in Beirut — all have
turned the Arab public away
from the Iran-led camp.
As more Arab/Muslim states
line up to normalize relations,
we see that peace comes not
from relinquishing the Jewish
right to the Land of Israel but
rather from a place of power and
pride in the Jewish identity.
Sheldon L. Freilich is president of the
Zionist Organization of America-
Michigan Region.
EARTHQUAKE continued from page 8