"Bill Clinton has caused anger in Israel by describing Russian-speaking immigrants to the Jewish state as a significant obstacle to a peace deal with the Palestinians."www.telegraph.co.uk
There is no expansionism. We have lived in this land since forever. You cannot expand in your own land.
Even Clinton did not compare their zeal toward maintaining the land we have to the expansionism of the Soviet Union.
And Clinton is wron...g in regards to the origin of this zeal.
Russians have seen Chechnya. They have seen terrorism. It hits close to home. Even thosewho are hear for tens of years have someone back home, who has been affected. In some parts of Russia terrorism is more real than it is in Israel (post wall). Suicide bombings are happening. And they are even more brutal, targeting school, for instance.
Russians are much less forgiving. They don't believe in any way of peace besides containing the terorists in their territory and subjecting them to harsh conditions (lightly speaking, when it comes to Chechnya). The Russians believe that peace of mind comes with the price.
They don't care about finding the solution for the Palestinians (or care less) as much as they care about their lives. Of course, there are exceptions.
My friend Racheli, who is a lawyer, is planning to found an association of former FSU lawyers for peace.
There are all kinds of Russians. While Clinton is right about their sentiment, he is wrong about its origin and he is wrong about the Russians being the obstacle. If you want to talk about the obstacles, let's talk about the Palestinians and the lack of a real partner for making peace.
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