Trump’s Heroic Truth

Frontpage Magazine ^ | February 7, 2020 | Caroline Glick

[Twotone]

In Israel’s early years, every time the U.S. ambassador traveled to Jerusalem to meet with government leaders, he would have his chauffeur stop his car at the entrance to the city, and replace its diplomatic license plates with regular civilian plates. The State Department refused to recognize that Jerusalem was part of Israel. The license plates were for Israel. And so, in a show of contempt and rejection of Israel’s right to its capital city, he removed his diplomatic plates before entering Jerusalem, and put them back on when he left.

President Harry Truman was the first world leader to recognize the State of Israel, just moments after David Ben-Gurion declared its independence on May 14, 1948. But his recognition was skin deep. Truman, like all of his successors until Donald Trump, recognized Israel’s existence but didn’t recognize the Jewishness of Israel. He saw Israel as a refuge for Holocaust survivors and other Jews fleeing persecution, but he didn’t accept that the nation of Israel in 1948 was the nation of Israel from the Bible. He didn’t accept that the Jewish refugees in European DP camps were the descendants of the prophets or that the forefathers of the kibbutzniks in the Jezreel Valley were the priests at the Temple in Jerusalem.

Israel, as far as he was concerned, was a new state, a poor state of Jewish refugees. And he treated it accordingly.

Truman’s anti-historical view of the Jewish state produced a two-faced American policy towards Israel. On the one hand, the American officials spoke warmly of the Jewish homeland. On the other hand, they treated Israel like a beggar that should be thankful for scraps and loose change.

[DoodleDawg]

In an interview with Army Radio on Sunday, Shapiro said, “I think Israeli citizens should take into account that in less than a year there could be a new, Democratic administration—if not in a year then in five years. Trump won’t be president forever. It is important to know that any Democratic candidate will oppose this plan and that no Democratic president will be bound by it.”

But because of Trump that doesn't matter. By his actions he has removed, forever, the U.S. as a party in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. Trump's plan recognized Jerusalem united under Israel control. No future administration, Republican or Democrat, could ever take the position that the status of Jerusalem needs to be negotiated. The Trump plan allows Israel to annex large sections of the West Bank. Once Israel does that then it would be politically impossible for either an Israel government or a U.S. government to negotiate that territory away. For 50 years the U.S. government has tried to maintain the facade of an 'honest broker' working for the benefit of both sides. That's ended. We're Israel's broker now and there's no going back.

The U.S. is out of the picture, thanks to Trump's proposal. From here on out it's up to Israel and the Palestinians. Make peace, don't make peace, it doesn't matter. We are, thankfully, out if it.

[faithhopecharity]

Thanks for this. A couple of things I’d not heard before but in major substance the author is correct. The USA Snake Department has always been severely infiltrated with Nazi or more recently also islamonazi agents — and “globalists” who oppose Independent nation states generally ( preferring to promote the UnitedNazis EU type “we rule you, so shut up!” Agenda). If there’s any agency PDJT can profitably clean up/ clean out, it’s the Snake Dept (as it has been widely known for many years) and, of course, the other critical parts of Washington that enemy agents gravitate to ( security, military, policy, etc). As for israel, giving away both its high ground (Samaria, Judea) and it’s “strategic depth” (it’s far too skinny already!) would be suicidal. As it’s enemies, both foreign and domestic, know full well. Which is why we keep hearing about the so-called “Palestinians” and their mass-murderers like Abbas - plo/“pa”/fatah, etc trying to continue — and expand - their Occupation of israel including especially these very strategic districts. But my principle purpose in this little post is to encourage President Trump to Drain as much of the WashDC swamp as possible now that he has finally achieved a victorious moment. Enough defense, he’s won that now. It’s time to go in the offense ( which is the best defense anyway!) MAGA! Clean up washingtonDC!

[SunkenCiv]

President Trump continues statesmanship that would be expected to lead to nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize...

but what's in it for President Trump?

[Eleutheria5]

What would he do with the no bell piece prize? The urinals at the WH already have deodorant soap cakes in them.

[SunkenCiv]

He’d bring it up at rallies and in the SOTU until every snowflake and commie had to go into rehab. :^)

[Eleutheria5]

That he’s using it as a urinal cake;^E)

[SunkenCiv]

;^)

[GOPJ]

Truman, like all of his successors until Donald Trump, recognized Israel’s existence but didn’t recognize the Jewishness of Israel. He saw Israel as a refuge for Holocaust survivors and other Jews fleeing persecution, but he didn’t accept that the nation of Israel in 1948 was the nation of Israel from the Bible. He didn’t accept that the Jewish refugees in European DP camps were the descendants of the prophets or that the forefathers of the kibbutzniks in the Jezreel Valley were the priests at the Temple in Jerusalem.

Beautiful! ping

[SJackson]

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