It's hard to take. Especially from my fellow Jews. This talk of the need for the creation of a Palestinian state. Why, after the atrocities committed against Israel on October 7, is this topic of conversation? Why now? The only topics for conversation at this point in time should focus on the three requirements for peace laid out by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 1. The complete defeat and elimination of Hamas. 2. Thereafter, a demilitarized Gaza, with Israel maintaining complete security control. 3. A deradicalization of all of Palestinian society - in Gaza and in the West Bank.
Recently, it was discovered that 12 employees of UNRWA (The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) participated in the October 7 massacre of Israelis. That should come as a surprise to absolutely no one who has been paying attention. UNRWA runs the schools in Gaza. Their textbooks show all the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea to be "Palestine." Israel does not exist. They teach schoolkids that it is good to be a martyr, and that Jews are bad. To this terrorist supporting organization, that teaches death over life, the Biden Administration gave $340 million in 2022. Trump had cut the funding to UNRWA because of their support for terrorism. But, as with many successful Trump policies, Biden reversed it.
Why does UNRWA even exist? As Bret Stephens said in his 1/31/24 Op-Ed in the New York Times: "No other group except for Palestinians gets its own permanent agency." He points out that the surrounding Arab countries did not want them. Stephens: "...the postwar era produced millions of refugees: Germans, Indians, Pakistanis, Palestinians and Jews, including some 800,000 Jews who were kicked out of Arab countries that had been their homes for centuries. Nearly all found new lives in new countries - except for Palestinians."
Stephens: The Palestinians "have been kept as perpetual refugees as a means of both delegitimizing Israel and preserving the irredentist fantasy that someday their descendants will exercise what they believe is their "right of return," effectively through the elimination of the Jewish state." But, again, Donald Trump knew better. He understood that Arab countries could be made to see the futility of the idea of eliminating Israel. He understood that he could get Arab countries to see the benefits in normalizing relations with Israel - an advanced, high-tech modern society. Hence, the successful Abraham Accords.
But what are the Democrats doing? 49 US Senators (48 Democrats and "Independent" Bernie Sanders) announced they will present an Amendment to the pending national security legislation, stating that it is US policy to support a two-state solution. Two Democrats refused to sign on - Joe Manchin and John Fetterman. Good for them. Sad to say that all nine Jewish Senators signed on, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Bernie Sanders, and Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff. I mention Ossoff because back in 2021, during another war between the Palestinians and Israel, Ossoff led 25 Democratic Senators and 2 Independents in issuing a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire. How did that work out, Senator Ossoff? Peace break out?
Over at the State Department, we learn that Antony Blinken instructed his diplomats to "conduct a review and present policy options on possible U.S. and international recognition of a Palestinian state." (As reported in the Free Beacon and reposted by ZOA.) Here is what Reuters reported Matthew Miller, State Department spokesman, saying: "We are actively pursuing the establishment as an independent Palestinian state, with real security guarantees for Israel, because we do believe that is the best way way to bring about lasting peace and security for Israel, the Palestinians and for the region."
Security guarantees for Israel? Would that be like The Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon? Just look at the tremendous success they have had in preventing the massive build-up of approximately 100,000 to 150,000 missiles controlled by Hezbollah, all aimed at Israel. Good job! No, only Israel must be responsible for the safety and security of Israel.
I am reminded of how Obama sold out Israel at the UN in December, 2016, his last full month in office. Obama instructed his UN Ambassador to not veto a Security Council resolution that essentially said all the land beyond the Green Line (the so-called 1967 borders) belonged to the Palestinians. That, of course, included the Holy City of Old Jerusalem, where the holiest sites in Judaism can be found. But the UN and Obama decided that the Arabs owned those sites. That resolution passed the Security Council by a vote of 14-0, with the US abstaining. I said at the time that such a resolution would only be likely to bring about more war. Indeed. (See the 12/24/16 post "The United States Abandons Israel at the United Nations.")
Biden, as always, is on top of things. He has sanctioned 4 Israelis, so-called "settlers" in the West Bank, for allegedly attacking Palestinians. The sanctions prevent them from getting US visas, and from accessing the US banking system. It is basically a meaningless gesture, other than to show his left-wing and Arab-Muslim base how fair he is. But Biden is virtually always wrong on foreign policy. He lifted sanctions on Iran, allowing the Ayatollahs to make billions on the sale of oil, and be able to support Hamas and the Houthis as a result. Biden also took the Houthis off the US terrorist list, after Trump had put them on the list. Now he put the Houthis back on the terrorist list. Good job, Joe.
So, I ask everyone...especially my Jewish friends and readers...please stop talking about a two-state solution. Talk about the 3 prerequisites for true peace as outlined by Netanyahu.
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