University Wire

03-06-2002

(The Battalion) (U-WIRE) COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- America's weak support for Israel and coddling of fanatic Islamic terrorists may have emboldened the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said Dr. Yaron Brook during a lecture at Texas A&M University on Tuesday.

"We feared declaring one side right and one side wrong, and our failures invited such an attempt," Brook said. "They could smell our fear."

Brook, the executive director of the Ayn Rand Institute, discussed the moral and practical necessity for America to stand by its long-time ally in the Middle East as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict intensifies.

Brook said one reason for the attacks may have been because Arab terrorists did not expect America to strike back since the United States has discouraged Israel from retaliating against the recent wave of Palestinian terror.

"America has not done enough in supporting Israel," Brook said.

By not taking out terrorist camps in rogue states America made itself vulnerable to attacks by Muslim fanatics, Brook said.

The United States supported the United Nation's 1948 decision to establish Israel, and became an important supplier of arms for the new nation. But recently, the U.S. has continued to increase pressure on Israel to make concessions to its Arab neighbors, Brook said.

Brook said there will only be peace once Israel is seen as strong and indestructable and Arabs abandon their quest to destroy Israel, but that will never happen until America throws its weight decisively behind Israel.

"America has not done enough in supporting Israel," Brook said.

Although both sides have staked a claim on the same tiny sliver of land in the Middle East, the Israelis earned their right to the land and they have only entered war when forced to by Arab aggression, Brook said.

The Israelis came to a largely barren land and built cities, grew crops, brought industry and built universities, Brook said. Arabs in Israel are more prosperous and free than in any Muslim country, Brook said.

"The Isralites took Western civilization into the Middle East," Brook said.

The Arabs responded to the civilization with violence, and proceeded to harass and attack Israel to rid the land of the Jews, Brook said.

The Palestinians were the agressors in the first war of 1948, and since have forced Israel to enter four additional wars, all in self-defense, Brook said. The war of 1948 was not fought by the Arabs to establish a state, but because all of these Arab countries wanted the land for themselves, Brook said.

Palestinians do not deserve statehood because they refused it when it was offered, they resort to violence, they do not recognize or respect Israel and they have a brutal dictatorship, Brook said.

Apr 10, 2006 (U.S. Newswire via COMTEX) -- News Advisory:

Who: Dr. Yaron Brook, president of the Ayn Rand Institute, Dr. Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, moderated by Dr. Edwin A. Locke.

What: (1). A display of the controversial Danish cartoons depicting Mohammad.

(2). A panel discussion and Q&A on free speech and the meaning of the worldwide reaction to the cartoons.

Where: University of Southern California, Davidson Conference Center, Embassy Room, 3415 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0871

When: April 11 at 8 PM

Summary: ARI's Yaron Brook will participate in a panel discussion on the Mohammad cartoon controversy. He will explain: Why the eruption of violence and the issuance of death threats make completely irrelevant the question of whether the cartoons are in bad taste. Why the idea that freedom of the press must be "coupled with press responsibility" means that free speech is not a right, but a fleeting permission. Why every Western newspaper and media outlet should have immediately re-published or shown the cartoons in solidarity with the cartoonists. Why the cowardly and appeasing response of many Western governments--including our own--will only invite further aggression.

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Dr. Yaron Brook and Dr. Daniel Pipes are available for interviews.

Contact: Larry Benson

E-mail: media(At) http://aynrand.org

Phone: (949) 222-6550 ext. 213

For more information on this event, please e-mail http://events(At)aynrand.org

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 Larry Benson of Ayn Rand Institute,  
 949-222-6550 ext. 213 or media@aynrand.or