intransigence
Reader comment on item: Is the Hatay/Alexandretta Problem Solved?

Submitted by Yuval Brandstetter MD (Israel), Jan 2, 2007 at 17:45

which goes to show that only complete Jewish intransigence concerning the Golan, or any other part of the country under Jewish sovereignty, will cause the necessary shift in the Arab attitude. All vacillation, self-doubt, eagerness to please the tyrant and shirking of fidelitym to the Land of Israel encourages further blood-shed. Only a no-holds-barred decisive victory with total humiliation of Arab self-confidence will do the trick.

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