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Israel Hayom | According to Grey Lady, the wicked will prosper.

Dror Eydar

And then U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ran in a frenzy all the way to Geneva. Peace is fast approaching, and we must seize it with both hands. The Iranians realized the U.S. had taken the bait; it was Munich 1938 all over again. The only thing missing was the umbrella in Kerry’s hand.

Through their use of flattery, Iranian hagglers managed to make a declining West dance to their own tune. The sight of Kerry scrambling to Geneva was their cue to toughen their stance.

So what did Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu do? He sounded the alarm, covering every possible angle as he made his case. He reiterated his refrain that Iran was not just a threat on Israel, but a threat to the entire West.

Having realized that the March of Folly was still advancing, Netanyahu let all hell break loose. He emerged from the shadows and lifted the veil of secrecy. By doing so he forced his way into the talks, irking the White House.

The New York Times — the paper of the non-Jewish Jews that has never missed an opportunity to turn its back on the Jewish people and their fate — also weighed in on the matter. Its editorial from Monday added another dimension to the already frantic state the American Left has found itself in. The paper does not worry about the Iranian nuclear program; it is alarmed by the “opponents of the deal,” with Netanyahu being the main antagonist.

Negotiations require time and patience, the editors said. No way! Are they serious? So, would they be so kind as to share this insight with Kerry, who could not keep the West’s cards close to his chest in the earliest stages of the talks?

“It would be nice if Iran could be persuaded to completely dismantle its nuclear program … but that is unlikely to ever happen,” the paper said. Really? It would be nice? You can just hear the thunderous sound of defeatism being spread throughout the West. Tehran, Syria and North Korea, listen up: The New York Times thinks your conduct may continue over the long haul. Or as the prophet Jeremiah said, “Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper?” (Jeremiah 12:1)

Last December, the National Intelligence Council in the U.S. predicted that the conflicts in the Middle East over the coming decades would “risk inclusion of nuclear deterrent.” Indeed, the U.S. has become resigned to a nuclear Iran, just like the Western Left has surrendered to Islamo-facism and the totalitarian movements of the past.

Now, who bears the brunt of the Times’ attack? Why, Netanyahu, who said the emerging agreement was Iran’s “deal of the century,” even before the details were made public. The way the paper sees it, Netanyahu’s conduct was designed “to generate more hysterical opposition.” The New York Times has essentially become part of a psychological warfare apparatus. The defeatist paper is not concerned over the disastrous deal; it is alarmed by hysteric hyperbole. The word “hysteria” is often used to trigger a Pavlovian reaction among Israeli opinionators and various journalists in the hope that they would besmirch Netanyahu and criticize his insistence that Iran fully dismantles its nuclear program.

“What is the alternative?” the paper asks? Well, an alternative does exist! Only in a world of glut and corruption do you become submissive in the face of evil and search for a compromise. Here is an alternative: ratcheting up the sanctions, making them even more crippling, more active support of the Iranian opposition and a credible military threat against the ayatollah regime.

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