[Opinion] After 77 years, is this the opening for peace?
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For Israelis and the Jewish people, the magnetic pull of hope, optimism and even euphoria are back. More than 30 years of heinous terror, annihilation threats, and nuclear nightmares directed by the Tehran regime appear to be almost gone. Almost overnight, the IDF, Netanyahu and Trump (yes, the ones so many loved to hate) are delivering an impossible victory of deliverance. We follow every development as more and more weapons and assets of this evil regime are blown to bits.
The mix of terror and relief recalls the events mid-May to early June 1967 (I was in high school in California). We listened & watched very nervously as Nasser marched troops into Sinai and prepared the upcoming war to wipe out Israel. Then, totally by surprise, it was over in a day – the Egyptian and Syrian airforces were destroyed. A few more days, and Israel took Sinai, Golan & re-opened the gates of Jerusalem (Zion) to the Jewish people.
Fifty-eight years later, and we are again — or more accurately still — on the pendulum, swinging wildly between nervous determination and euphoria. Perhaps this time will be different – not a repeat of the pattern that began with the 1948 War of Independence, which ended with defeat of the invading Arab armies and a ceasefire, but no peace. And while 1967 was a great victory, the infamous Arab “three nos” — no recognition, no negotiation, no peace — continued, and we were not any closer to beating swords, boms, missiles and enriched uranium into ploughshares.