Israel better think twice

As the rift between Israel and Turkey deepens, the Israeli media are preparing their crowd for another possibly exciting bloody conflict.

Israel’s leading news outlet Ynet published Tuesday a detailed comparison between Israel’s and Turkey’s military capacity—it outlines the size of the air force, navy, ground forces in the respective countries. “Turkey,” it says, “posses much bigger navy but our air force is larger.’

I guess that this is what one would expect from Israel, a morbid collective driven by war enthusiasm and some bizarre craving for bloody conflict.

We have to remember, that at least on the face of it, this new emerging rift between Israel and Turkey, is not about land, oil or assets. It is all about apology. Relations between the two old allies have soured further in recent days after the publication of the UN investigation into Israel’s murderous assault on the Turkish Mavi Marmara on the high seas. In the attack, nine peace activists were murdered; some of them were clearly executed in cold blood. Turkey demands Israel’s apology. For some reason, Israel failed to react. The meaning of it is simple. Israel prefers the prospect of a violent development instead of confronting its sin.

I will make myself as simple, short and clear just to make sure that the Israelis and their allies around the world understand how futile their agenda is.

Islam is unbeatable and indestructible. The Israelis should remember their latest military blunders. In 2006, its army was humiliated by the Hezbula, a small Lebanese paramilitary organisation. In just a few weeks, the heroic Hezbollah managed to bring Israel to its knees. In 2008–9, the Israeli Army mounted a massive attack on Gaza, the initial objective was to dismantle the democratically elected Hamas. Israel murdered more than 1,400 Palestinians but it achieved none of its military objectives. Hamas and Hezbollah won these battles without an air force, navy or tanks. In fact, its resilience was enough to defeat the IDF.

But Israel is not alone, The English speaking Empire is also heavily beaten in Iraq and Afghanistan. Similarily, the Iraqi insurgency and Taliban do not posses tanks, F16s or submarines. In the age of Islamic resistance, tables of contents with numbers of tanks, vessels, and airplanes are obsolete. It is the spirit and the will rather than the tank that wins the battle. This spirit would better be called The Islam Spring, and it is unbeatable indeed.

The message for Israelis is plainly clear. Israel and its supporting lobbies had better learn how to contain their inherent violent tendencies. Israel cannot win this battle. The sooner the Israelis encompass this obvious fact, the better it is for Israel and for world peace.

Gilad Atzmon is an Israeli jazz musician, author and political activist. His new book, “The Wandering Who,” may be ordered from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk.