‘God Help Your Souls’

‘Don’t repeat the terrible mistake of 1938 when the enlightened democracies of Europe decided to sacrifice Czechoslovakia for a temporary solution,’ Prime Minister Sharon warned America in 2001.

National Archive of Poland via Wikimedia Commons.
Neville Chamberlain announcing the 'settlement of the Czechoslovakian problem' after the Munich conference in 1938. National Archive of Poland via Wikimedia Commons.

The frantic pursuit by the Biden administration of articles of appeasement with Iran reminds us of a spat that erupted in 2001 between the new prime minister of Israel, Ariel Sharon, and the new president of America, George W. Bush. The issue was Mr. Bush’s pursuit of a deal with the Palestinian Arabs. Sharon refused to back down, though he had irked Mr. Bush by suggesting that Israel would not play the role of Czechoslovakia in 1938.

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