Posted on 01/31/2024 8:33:07 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The Biden White House intends to pursue a policy of recognizing a Palestinian state at the end of the Israel-Hamas War without the participation of the Israeli government. Along with bilateral recognition, the Biden White House contemplates urging other states to do the same and permitting that Palestinian state to join the United Nations. British Foreign Secretary David Cameron says the United Kingdom will do the same to bring about "irreversible progress to a two-state solution."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated on January 21, "I will not compromise on full Israeli security control over all the territory west of Jordan - and this is contrary to a Palestinian state." While the Palestinians, Hamas, and Islamic Jihad are driving away in that Cadillac El Dorado, the set of steak knives that will be offered to Netanyahu after this public repudiation will be "normalized" relations with Saudi Arabia.
- The Biden administration is linking possible normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia to the creation of a pathway for the establishment of a Palestinian state as part of its post-war strategy. This initiative is based on the administration's efforts prior to Oct. 7 to negotiate a mega-deal with Saudi Arabia that included a peace agreement between the kingdom and Israel.
- Saudi officials have publicly and privately made clear since Oct. 7 that any potential normalization agreement with Israel would be conditioned on the creation of an "irrevocable" pathway towards a Palestinian state.
Allegedly, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is favoring a "demilitarized" state because that worked so well in Gaza.
In what has sort of become a metaphor for all of Joe Biden's foreign policy decisions, the Biden regime doesn't seem to know what its policy is. While Blinken's people were leaking that a policy rethinking was underway, the National Security Council was caught with its jaw hanging down.
- A White House National Security Council spokesperson said it "has been longstanding U.S. policy that any recognition of a Palestinian state must come through direct negotiations between the parties rather than through unilateral recognition at the UN. That policy has not changed."
- The State Department declined to comment.
There are three sticking points. First, the boundaries of this new terrorist empire have to be set. No one knows what that would look like. Second, the obvious impact of what will be an Iranian-controlled terror state bordering Israel that could have mutual defense treaties with other nations hostile to Israel and UN representation doesn't seem to have been considered. Third, everyone appears to be assuming away the high probability that Israel will refuse to accept this terror state.
If this happens, it effectively kills Trump's Abraham Accords by bringing Palestinian demands back to the center of Middle East geopolitics. It will be nearly impossible for any Arab nation to continue relations with Israel if Israel refuses to accept the strategy of rolling bilateral recognition agreements that the White House envisages.
Unless this is derailed, we have effectively abandoned our tacit alliance with Israel and handed a massive strategic victory to the country that will control the government in this new state.
I have a serious question
If there is a Palestinian country that forest a missle at another country Israel , what will happen then ? Is that a declaration of war ? An all out war ? Curious
President Trump will simply de-recognize it.
Obama.
An act of ultimate treachery.
If only the Biden Regime would consider actually pandering to regular Americans instead of every freak leftist and crazy group on the planet.
Just when you think the Biden Administration can’t make things worse they float this incredibly bad idea.
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Then Israel will keep the war going until Biden is voted out.
Biden, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
Just another reason why Trump would face an assassin's bullet than be allowed to step foot into the White House as POTUS again.
In whose immortal words “Never underestimate Joe’s ability to f—— things up.”
Ironically the Biden administration seems to have completely rejected the idea that the U.S. is a sovereign state.
This has not been well thought out, but it is being done to appease all of the pro Palestinian protesters that are going on about Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza. I am not surprised that they are going to do this even if Israel doesn’t go along with it, but you see Israel will have to go along with it, since we are paying for the Israeli army and the war in Gaza.
The average Israeli citizen is not paying enough money per Israel, GDP to fund this war
That would reward them for the 10/7 massacre, while they are still holding hostages, including U.S. hostages.
I assume this is about getting Muslim Americans to vote for Biden.
I was thinking the same thing. That way Biden quiets all the protesters and Trump gets all the blame from the anti-Semitic Democrats.
I imagine that they will send half of the Army to work with Israel to defend against Hamas and Hezbollah, and the other half of the Army to defend the borders of Palestine against Israeli settlers.
A most excellent idea.
Build a wall around San Francisco and LA, land mines, and a free fire Zone and make it Palestine. Two problems thus solved. The illegals will really not be happy with this.
The list of people liking Joe keeps getting smaller.
After Oct 7, an event that Biden is indirectly responsible for, Biden sent carriers to the region to show how engaged and tough he was. Of course, he basically just left the carries sailing around in a toothless show of force bluff.
The Iranians called his bluff with the Houthies and now Biden has been exposed as the toothless virtue signaler that he is and we are getting roasted for it. Our assets are being attacked and Biden's inaction is allowing them to become sitting ducks.
Biden won't act and he can't retreat so events are spinning out of control as America loses all credibility
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