Editorials

The Daily Graphic comments on Ghana – Israeli relations. The paper says globalization today imposes on us the concept of each being his brother's keeper, implying that we need co-operation in finding solutions to the many problems confronting the world and it is within this context that the visit to Ghana by the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister, Avigdor Liberman, ought to be placed.

Commenting on some of our compatriots who kicked against the visit of the Israeli Deputy Prime Minister and his delegation, citing Israeli policy towards Palestine, the paper says we can not begrudge them for expressing their opposition to the visit, but while we endorse the right of Palestinians to self-determination, we must also avoid any move that denies Israel's place on earth.

The paper says the paradox of the circumstance is that while we sing praises to all visiting American Presidents to our country, we are quick to denounce an Israeli Deputy Prime Minister's visit to Ghana where in fact, both the US and Israel share the same ideological inclinations with regard to the Palestinian state.

The Daily Graphic encourages the two states to adopt the path of dialogue as it holds the key to promoting total peace in the Middle East in particular and the world at large.

The paper continues that Ghana is not at war with Israel, neither is it against a Palestinian state therefore our doors must remain open, as a peaceful nation and pioneer in African liberation interested in the total freedom of all oppressed people of the world.

The Daily Graphic hopes the coming of the Deputy Prime Minister of Israel would mark the beginning of a new chapter in Ghana-Israel relations adding that Israeli expertise will be vital in Ghana's economic growth and therefore stands to gain from the visit of the Deputy Israeli Prime Minister.