In my Jewish Journal column this week, I talk about how a Jewish organization called J Street has become an overnight sensation by spewing out cliches about how much they want peace, and how it is so very important that we finally resolve the Israel-Palestinian conflict. No kidding. Who doesn't want that? Of course, there's one nagging detail they seem to have overlooked: the other side doesn't really want to play ball. My pipe dream? An organization called A Street.
If you ask me, what the Middle East needs more than anything today is not a J Street but an A Street.
This would be an Arab organization that would do what no Jewish organization — left, right or center — can do: rally peace-seeking Arab moderates to the cause of peaceful coexistence with a Jewish state. If the Jews can rally their own for peace, why can’t the Arabs? Why should Jews have an exclusive on self-criticism and internal pressure?
Can you imagine how transformational it would be if a high profile, “pro-Arab, pro-peace” organization pressured Palestinian leaders to dismantle the teaching of Jew-hatred in Palestinian society — a hatred that has made a mockery of all moves toward peace?
Can you imagine the impact on the peace process if 1,500 Palestinian peace activists gathered in Washington, D.C., for a conference against hatred?
Sure, it sounds like a pipe dream, but not any more so than the outdated delusions coming out of J Street.
1 comment:
You Have been brainwashed mr Anonymous. David is right on the mark here. There will never be an A street unless Arabs and Muslims want peace.
Where was the brutal so called occupation between 1948-1967?
It didn't exist -- but that never stopped the Arabs from trying via terror and war to destroy Israel.
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