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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
From a letter to the Editor of the Wall Street Journal published December 30, 2017.
“If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not consider Jerusalem my highest joy.” These words in Psalm 137: 5-6 written long before the birth of Muhammad, attest to the reality that Jerusalem has been Israel’s capital for millennia. I did not vote for President Trump, but I applauded his willingness to put his money where past presidents have only put their mouths in relations to Jerusalem.
Signed, Linda K. Gragg
Kennewick, Washington
Below is an article from Mitchell Bard, written many years ago when Arafat and Sharon were still living.
Today, the Palestinians could be enjoying their 54th year of independence, or their 52nd, or their 19th, or their 3rd or the eve of their 2nd. That’s right, by my count they have had at least five opportunities to have a state beside Israel if that was their real objective, but they have chosen to hold out for a Palestinian state instead of Israel. Even today, under that “hardline, right-wing” Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, the opportunity for emancipation exists, but the Palestinians stubbornly cling to their dreams of a Palestinians state replacing Israel rather than accepting the offer to establish a state beside Israel.
The first chance for statehood was in 1947 when the UN actually created an Arab state in Palestine. It was not perfect, it was not what they wanted, but it was a state. The Zionists accepted partition even though it was a truly rotten deal for them too. Think about it. Like the Arabs, the Jews believed they were entitled to all of Palestine, and not just what was then called Palestine, but the 80% of what had been Palestine that the British lopped off and turned into Transjordan. True, the UN gave the Jews more land, but most of it was the Negev desert. The borders were indefensible, and Jerusalem was not only excluded from the Jewish state, it was to be internationalized and surrounded by the Arab state.
So why did the Jews accept such a lousy deal?
David Ben-Gurion and the other Zionist leaders recognized it was the best deal they would get. They also understood that the international community was offering legal recognition for the establishment of a Jewish state. And most important, they would now have an independent state that could be a haven to Jews from around the world, and they could build it into something greater.
Most Palestinian Arabs, on the other hand, believed Palestine really was just southern Syria. They were convinced by their Arab brethren that they had no need to compromise because the Jews would be driven into the sea and they would have the entire country. The whole refugee issue is proof that most Palestinian Arabs were not even prepared to fight for their independence; they chose to flee instead. And so their chance for statehood was squandered.
The Palestinians actually had 19 years to demand statehood during the Jordanian occupation from 1948-1967. Jordan annexed the West Bank in 1950 rather than grant the Palestinians independence. What is remarkable is that there were no Hanan Ashrawis demanding the end to Jordanian occupation and the creation of a Palestinian state for all those years. Ask a Palestinian today about that and you’ll hear a lot of hemming and hawing. They only discovered a passion for independence after Israel captured the territories in 1967.
The third opportunity for statehood was presented by yet another “fanatical, right-wing” Prime Minister, Menachem Begin. In fact, when the Palestinian state comes into being, as it inevitably will some day, Begin should be regarded as its true founder. Begin was the first one to offer the Palestinians control over their own affairs. Yes, the autonomy plan that came out of the Israeli-Egyptian peace negotiations was limited, and did not offer immediate statehood, but there is no question that once the Palestinians began to control their own affairs, it would be impossible for Israel to stop them from ultimately becoming totally free of Israeli control. From about 1983 on, it was no longer a question of if there would be a Palestinian state, but when. Had the Palestinians accepted Begin’s offer, however, they would have had their state long ago.
The Oslo agreements were specifically geared toward an Israeli withdrawal from the territories and the creation of a Palestinian state. According to the timetable, the last remaining issues should have been resolved by 1999, but the Palestinians never lived up to the commitments they made, starting with the recognition of Israel and renouncement of terrorism that Arafat declared in September 1993 that was the basis for the entire Oslo process. Had Arafat ended the violence and complied with his treaty commitments, the Palestinians would be completely under Arafat’s control today (as it is 98% of the Palestinian people are under his autocratic control).
Finally, the Palestinians were offered a state by Ehud Barak in the negotiations at Camp David and the White House in 2000. Today, they could be living in a Palestine comprised of 95% of the West Bank, 100% of the Gaza Strip, and most of Arab east Jerusalem. They would have greater control of the Temple Mount and an unimpeded highway between Gaza and the West Bank. Instead, most of their cities are under curfew and surrounded by Israeli forces because Arafat rejected Barak’s offer and waged a war of terror in hopes of achieving his dream of liberating all of “Palestine.”
The best chance for the Palestinians to achieve statehood in the short-run would be to tell Ariel Sharon they are now prepared to end the violence, replace Arafat, and negotiate. They should offer to accept whatever deal Sharon offers even if it means a Palestinian state the size of a postage stamp. Why? For the same reason the Zionists accepted a state that was little more than a postage stamp.
Think about it. After agreeing to make peace with Israel, within a nanosecond of declaring statehood, the United States will recognize the new state. The rest of the world will follow suit. Within a few minutes, the Americans and Europeans will begin throwing so many dollar bills at the Palestinians that they’ll think that it’s a plague of locusts. If the Palestinians truly wish to live in peace, they can spend the next 50 years building their state, developing an economy, infrastructure, governmental institutions, and all the rest, and the world will cheer and do everything to help them. Israel will be first in line with assistance.
The great thing from the Palestinian perspective is that they don’t even have to give up their goal of destroying Israel. They just need to exercise some patience. As soon as they’re independent, they can have Karine-A’s docking nonstop at Gaza port bringing in tons of weapons. In 50 years, then, they may be strong enough to drive the Jews into the sea.
But Israel won’t allow this, you say. Even the far left in Israel has only been willing to allow the Palestinians a demilitarized state. This shows how naive they truly are. Once Palestine is independent, Israel cannot enforce this. Sure, Israel will do everything possible to prevent the large scale importation of weapons, and will interdict shipments of arms, and maybe have to conduct an Osirak type raid if necessary, but there will be a limit to what Israel can do. I still believe Israel can defend itself, because it will do whatever is necessary to insure its security, as will the Jordanians, by the way, who have just as much incentive as Israel to insure the Palestinian state is as small and weak as possible to insure the Palestinians don’t repeat their 1970 effort to take over their country.
President Bush has now offered the Palestinians a sixth opportunity for statehood. Will they finally abandon their dreams of liberating all of Palestine and choose the path of compromise rather than extremism? Will they devote their energy to building a state of their own rather than try to destroy the state of the Jews?
What do you think?
FROM TIP:Posted by Tip Staff – December 28, 2016
In a speech at the State Department on Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry cast the majority of the blame on the lack of Israeli-Palestinian peace on the Israelis, ignoring Israel’s history of repeatedly making risky overtures for peace with the Palestinians, only to receive terrorism in response.
Israelis voted in Labor’s Ehud Barak to the premiership in 1999 specifically because he promised to make peace with the Palestinians; in 2000, he met with then-PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat at Camp David and offered the Palestinians 92% of the West Bank, all of the Gaza Strip, and eastern Jerusalem as its capital. Israel even proposed that a maximum of 100,000 refugees would be allowed to return to Israel on the basis of humanitarian considerations or family reunification, and an international fund would be created to compensate the Palestinians. Arafat rejected the offer. Sweetening the deal, the Clinton administration suggested that the Palestinians control 97% of the West Bank and the entirety of the Gaza Strip, with a land-link between the two, as well as a capital in East Jerusalem. Barak endorsed the Clinton Parameters; again, Arafat rejected them. After having rejected Israeli peace offers at Camp David with no counter-offers of his own, Arafat chose to launch the murderous Second Intifada, killing more than 1,500 Israelis between 2000 and 2005.
In 2005, Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip, only for that territory to be taken over by Hamas in a Palestinian civil war in 2007. Ever since, Hamas has used the Strip as a base from which to launch attacks on Israelis, using rockets and underground tunnels, and Gazans live under the grip of Hamas’ authoritarian rule.
In 2008, then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas 93.7% of the West Bank; the remaining 6.3% would be made up with land swaps. He also offered to take in 5,000 refugees over five years; an international committee to oversee Jerusalem’s holy sites; and an international fund consisting of billions of dollars, administered by Norwegians, to compensate Palestinian refugees. In a May 2009 interview with The Washington Post, Abbas admitted that he had turned down the offer and said, “The gaps were wide.”
The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to an unprecedented 10-month freeze in settlement construction in November 2009 only for the Palestinians to say it was insufficient and then call for an extension when it expired. Netanyahu said he would do so if the Palestinian Authority recognized Israel as the Jewish state; the PA refused.
When the Obama administration proposed a framework for a peace agreement in 2013, the Netanyahu government accepted it, while the Palestinians turned it down. Even still, Israel was willing to talk with the Palestinian Authority, until Fatah and Hamas announced a unity government in April 2014. Hamas refuses to reject violence and terror against Israel and Israel refuses to negotiate with it. The Palestinians adopted a policy of trying to skirt direct negotiations and internationalizing the conflict via the United Nations and other international fora.
ISRAEL HAS BEEN THROWN TO THE WOLVES
Senators who are casting their vote for the Mullahs have shown their hand, they are obviously against the Jews and the State of Israel. They are for Obama and his anti Jewish upbringing. There are no two ways about it. Israel is now between a rock and a hard place which means, sooner or later they will have to act; hopefully when that time comes, a Republican President will be sitting in the White House.
There was a better deal, a “no deal” and more sanctions, inevitably this would bring Iran to the table because an anti-cleric revolution would be brewing. But as we have seen, Obama is Muslim Brotherhood and anti-Sunni. Americans who know the truth understand the anti-semitic ways of this Muslim in sheep’s clothing.
The Jewish Democrat supporters of Obama are in a state of shock, fuming over what has happened. It was much Jewish money that flowed into Hussein’s campaign, they find out now that they made a bargain with the devil. How this will play out in the 2016 election is worth noting. We would expect a wave of the Jewish vote crossing over to the Republican side.
One thing that is not forgotten, the American people as a whole, over 58% according to last count, are against the deal and only 31% are for it. Another salient point, this is not a treaty, but an Obama U.N. caval that sees Israel (Jews) as the trouble of all the world’s ills. Out of seven billion people only .20% call themselves Jews, fourteen million out of seven billion. Christians worldwide are coming to Israel’s defense which is not surprising.
Wasserman-Schultz, another Jew carrying Obama’s water. May she rest in peace.
DAVID VS GOLIATH
The biblical story of David slaying the giant Goliath is now playing out in real time. In the past couple of weeks we have seen heightened acrimony develop between Netanyahu and Obama. First Netanyahu’s poked his thumb in Obama’s eye when he accepted Boehner’s invitation to address Congress. Apparently Obama did not want the American people to hear the truth about Iran’s covert nuclear operations.
The subject Israel knows all too well, a nuclear genocide threat from the terrorist regime of Iran comparable to the Nazi extermination of the Jews. Of course no one expects Israel to sit idly by waiting for their destruction no matter what the United States does. However, the Israeli elections were shocking to the Obama camp as they backed the Herzog-Livni ticket. We know what happened here; a stunning defeat and egg on Obama’s face.
In this regard Obama acts like a child, going into a tantrum type frenzy-bouncing off one wall after another; for what can he do? Threaten the smaller Israel. Picking a fight like a bully, but laying down to Iran. He is now rethinking America’s support for Israel, what support?
Under Obama Israel and Egypt have been thrown under the bus. Obama has given flight to ISIS, Iran and Russia. However, Israel has other weapons at its disposal in its fight with Muhammad Hussein Obama. For instance, Goliath thought his size alone would be enough to thwart the smaller David, but David had one thing Goliath did not, a secret weapon. David’s sling was enough to bring Goliath to his knees and like the sling of old Israel has many slings in their arsenal that have not yet seen the light of day. Stay tuned.
OBAMA SET TO LIGHT THE FUSE
When those present yesterday rose to their feet in a standing ovation when listening to “Bibi” Netanyahu speak before congress, they meant it; for they knew that Israel will act with or without the United States OK. But when the same Congress gives an ovation to the President during the State of the Union speech the Republicans do so out of decorum. Obama did not listen to the speech, but did comment on it, as usual Obama chomped around the edges saying nothing has changed, saying no alternatives were given. Apparently he should have been there, but again if he was the world would see what a little man he really is. For comparing him to Netanyahu would show the world the difference between a man and a child; how little a man he is; Obama is part of the JV team, a bench warmer wannabee where Netanyahu plays in the major leagues without fearing anyone – for he has an arsenal backing him up and will use it when time comes; you can count on it.
When the deal with Iran is signed the fuse will be lit, the Saudi’s know it for they stood tall and commended Netanyahu yesterday. The difference between the two countries is most telling.
The Saudi Daily Al-Jazirah published an article written by Dr. Ahmad Al-Faraj, who supported Netanyahu’s decision to speak to the U.S. Congress against the upcoming deal with Iran. He called Obama “one of the worst American presidents” and said that Netanyahu’s campaign against the deal is justified because it also serves the interests of the Gulf States.
Here is a quote from Al-Faraj’s article:
“I will conclude by saying the following: Since Obama is the godfather of the prefabricated revolutions in the Arab world, and since he is the ally of political Islam, [which is] the caring mother of [all] the terrorist organizations, and since he is working to sign an agreement with Iran that will come at the expense of the U.S.’s longtime allies in the Gulf, I am very glad of Netanyahu’s firm stance and [his decision] to speak against the nuclear agreement at the American Congress despite the Obama administration’s anger and fury. I believe that Netanyahu’s conduct will serve our interests, the people of the Gulf, much more than the foolish behavior of one of the worst American presidents. Do you agree with me?”
Read more at http://www.westernjournalism.com/arab-commentators-back-netanyahu-speech-congress/#SBPUZxhIPM6oxCJv.99
QUESTION: WHY IS OBAMA SO UPSET THAT NETANYAHU IS ADDRESSING CONGRESS?
The Prime Minister of Israel will be addressing Congress tomorrow. The prospect of his appearance has greatly upset the anointed one to such a degree that he has sent out his pit bull libtards to attack the Prime Minister. The question arises. What is Obama afraid of?
In a nutshell expected Netanyahu to reveal more details of Iran’s nuclear capability that Secretary of State and President Obama are willing to admit. Not that Iran is moving toward the capability of manufacturing a nuclear weapon in the next ten years, but they are today on the verge of developing a nuclear bomb. Netanyahu will propose the one and only option available to Israel at this point in time.
OBAMA’S WAR
Obama continues to wage a war on America, adhering to the Chinese method of torture-death by a thousand cuts – the anointed one is losing one country after another. The shot heard around the world was Obama’s gutless cut and run from Iraq; the vacuum provided the incentive for the ruthless Islamist entity, ISIS, to run rampant overt Syria, Iraq and who knows what else. The second failure was Obama’s lack of intestinal fortitude in standing up to Russian regarding the Crimean incident, bowing one more time to Czar Putin.
Continuing on his quest to American serfdom he is cajoling the Jew hating, American hating, Western Civilization mullahs in Iran; next stop is the imploding situation in Yemen, Nigeria. Nor is he taking a cue from King Abudullah of Jordan to bomb ISIS into smithereens. By not supporting a all out war on the Islamic cancer, which is tantamount to surrender, the Muslim in the White House is guilty of treason. The only true friends of Jordan in the Middle East now are Israel, Saudi Arabia and UAE.
Parsing Obama’s words reveals his deep love for the destruction of the United States. This will come back to haunt him when Israel releases a mushroom cloud over Tehran possibly leading to a military overthrow here. Netanyahu will indicate such on March 3 in his address to Congress. But it is not over by a long shot; the Baltic countries of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are fearing for their lives – the Russian bear is on their door step. This situation was not only provoked by Obama’s failure to honor the defense missile treaty with Poland, but by the yellow stripe running down Obama’s back .
Shortly taking office Obama’s destructive mechanism kicked in full time. Now the Muslim loving Obama is lobbying for Iran, a paid shill of the Supreme leader. Make no mistake about Obama’s allegiance to the United States, he described his own personal experiences with Islam, including having (click)Muslim family members, growing up in Indonesia, a majority-Muslim country and hearing “the call of the (click)azaan.
“Egypt’s President Abdel Fattaha al-Sisi minced no words as he lectured the most prestigious Muslim clerics at the nation’s venerated seat of Theology, where he told them that without reforms akin to the western world’s Reformation and Enlightenment, Islam has no future: The president’s team however, still refuses to use the “I” word in identifying the ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Shabab, and al Qaeda “extremists” or “activists”, who continue their faith-based recruitment of young Muslims around the globe to their Islamist terror cults. Many of the president’s supporters are afraid that any such admission would feed another beast-Islamophobia.
It is only a question of time, not when when ISIS will strike us on our soil.