It's time to end the illegal occupation of Israeli land--the illegal Arab occupation. It is time to settle the settlement issue, now and forever. Obviously, the Arabs will never live in peace in Israel or with Israel, so it's time to remove the problem. Circle the moving vans and gather up the furniture pads, there's heavy lifting to be done! And since no Islamic religious sites should remain in Israel, the Arabs must dismantle the mosques on the Temple Mount and move them to Medina or Mecca or Damascus (in the same manner that the original London Bridge was moved from England to Arizona). I don't feel competent enough to debate whether a new (Third) Jewish Temple should be built, but without doubt the Temple Mount would be the place to build it.

Moreover, it's time to remove the problem from within Israel's Jewish community itself. A Jewish homeland was desired and needed in order to protect the Jewish people and their religion. The intention was always to provide a safe haven for Jews. A Jewish homeland was not intended or designed to be a tribute to American-style democracy or to be a replica of America's great melting pot society. There are Jews living in Israel that are at odds with Israel's goals to remain Jewish and to defend itself. These Jews should not be living in Israel. You don't tell the Pope to be less Catholic in Vatican City, so don't tell Jews to be less Jewish in Israel.

I'm not necessarily saying that they are bad Jews or that they don't deserve to be Jewish, but they certainly don't deserve to be living in Israel. If someone is Jewish and they want to live in a diverse melting pot society that is more concerned with the rights of criminals and murderers than it is with the victims, then they should leave Israel. There are plenty of other countries for imbecilic Jews to go to where they can spout their left wing, anti-Semitic claptrap.

Would the removal of anti-Jewish people and sentiment mean that Israel would cease to be a democracy? Well, so what if it did? None of the Arab nations are democracies, and yet it hasn't stopped the world from recognizing them and trading with them. These countries have highly restrictive, inhumane, even barbaric societies. Israel would have to go a long, long way before it would sink to the level of Egypt or Saudi Arabia or Syria. The goal of a Jewish homeland was to provide a sanctuary for its religion and people. The continued objective of Israel should be to protect the Jewish religion and people.

The removal of destructive people and ideas from Israel does not mean that Israel would cease to be a free and democratic society, not at all. A democracy need not be in the exact mold of the United States to be a democracy or for its people to keep their basic human rights intact. Just look at Canada, at Great Britain, at France, at Japan, at Italy, at Germany, at Sweden, or at the world's largest democracy, India. Although India's constitution may have borrowed from the U.S. Constitution, it is not a duplicate. India has been rightfully concerned about protecting the culture of its majority population, and they've passed or changed laws to do so. Those changes haven't diminished their distinction as the world's largest democracy; the amendments have only strengthened and perhaps preserved it for future generations. Canada's interpretation of freedom-of-speech and freedom-of-the-press is significantly different from America's. It's far more restrictive. It would be a pissing contest to argue over which version of democracy is better, or that one might not be a democracy at all.

It's time to end the illegal occupation of Israeli land -- the illegal Arab occupation.

We may have the greatest democracy in America, but we don't have all the answers. The melting pot lunacy appears to be on the verge of destroying our country. It's ludicrous to expect a country like Israel to live up to a principle that we shouldn't be continuing.

Israel can survive and prosper as a Jewish State and as a Jewish democracy, but it must be free from constant attack by its enemies, both within and from outside its borders, be those borders physical or metaphysical. To do so, Israel must assert and secure its legal boundaries: from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, from Lebanon to the Sinai Desert.  

Marc Rauch is a multi-award winning TV/film writer, producer, and director, and has been a broadcasting and marketing executive since 1975.

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