Thursday May 8, 2008

I've Been Thinking:

I do not normally quote from contemporary politicians as examples of profound, significant or insightful thought.
Gone are the days when politicians were great orators.
As always, however, there is an exception to the rule.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said something at Israel's Memorial Day ceremony, which falls on the eve of Israel's 60th birthday, that struck me as so important that I am quoting it and want to underscore it.

Olmert said: "I cannot ignore the deep moral abyss between us and our enemies. We do not deny the right of any people and state to live in peace."

Olmert simply but powerfully encapsulated the chasm that divides the basic value system of Israel from that of her enemies.

Golda Meir said it so well when she said "We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us."

After 60 years it is clear that Israel will not be pushed into the sea.

But 60 years later Israel still faces significant threats.

Israel is threatened because of a huge gap in basic human values - mostly about love and about hate.

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