"Israeli" Envoy to US: "Israel" Faces Existential Threats

 
Source: almanar.com.lb, 12-5-2009

"The State of '"Israel"' copes not only with one but with at least seven existential threats on a daily basis. These threats are extraordinary not only for their number but also for their diversity. In addition to external military dangers from hostile regimes and organizations, the Jewish State is endangered by domestic opposition, demographic trends, and the erosion of core values," Dr. Michael Oren, "Israel's" ambassador-designate to the United States, wrote in an article.

Under the title "Seven Existential Threats," published in the latest issue of the conservative Jewish publication "Commentary," Oren wrote that "Israel" has no competition in the modern era when it comes to the number and variety of threats that endanger the Jewish state's existence.

Oren, a historian from the Shalem Center whom Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tapped for "Israel's" top diplomatic post, described a country rotten to the core, riddled by everything from drug dealing to white slavery, from money laundering to illegal arms trading.

He reported that not even the army has escaped the clutches of corruption, thus weakening "Israelis" will to fight for "their country", or even to live in it. Moreover, Oren complained, "Israel's" best and brightest are being persecuted around the world for what the country's detractors term ‘war crimes'."

Next on the list are the existential demographic threat, the "existential terrorist threat" and the "existential threat of Iran's nuclear capability".

According to Oren, "if this trend continues, ["Israeli" founding father David] Ben Gurion's nightmare will materialize and "Israel" will be rendered soulless, a country in which a great many Jews may not want to live or for which they may not be willing to give their lives."

"For the first time since 1948, "Israel" is in danger of losing Jerusalem-not to Arab forces but to a combination of negligence and lack of interest," Oren wrote. "Recent years have seen the flight of thousands of secular Jews from the city, especially professionals and young couples. This exodus has severely eroded the city's tax base, making Jerusalem (al-quds) "Israel's" poorest city. Indeed, virtually half of all "Israelis" under 18 have never even visited Jerusalem."

On the two-state solution, Oren said that no Palestinian leader, even the most moderate, recognized "Israel's" right to exist, thus the Zionist project would be halted. "In the absence of a realistic two-state paradigm, international pressure will grow to transform "Israel" into a binational state. This would spell the end of the Zionist project. Confronted with the lawlessness and violence endemic to other one-state situations in the Middle East such as Lebanon and Iraq, multitudes of "Israeli" Jews will emigrate."