Posted on 01/11/2018 3:23:13 AM PST by lowbuck
President Trump set off another Twitter firestorm last week when he hinted that he may be considering cutting off hundreds of millions of dollars in annual U.S. aid to the Palestinians. snip
In the meantime, most other "refugees" the world over have long ago moved on. snip
Trump may be rash and unfamiliar with the stagnant Middle East peace process, but his political instincts are probably correct. Polls show that less than 20 percent of Americans support the Palestinian cause. Many U.S. citizens are tired of subsidizing those who claim that they do not like their benefactors in the United States.
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After 70 years of lying and pretending that the PLO wants a state, side by side with Israel, (1947 Partition Plan I) and the “Two State Solution” (which is really the 1947 Partition Plan II), the world is buffeted by a US leader who tells it like it is and tries to reshuffle the deck for a more decent hand. Truly honest! Go Mr. President, Go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent article but for one phrase. I would change the quoted sentence above to :"Trump may be brutally honest and unwilling to adhere to failed past Middle East policies, but..."
“Trump may be brutally honest and unwilling to adhere to failed past Middle East policies”...
I would suggest that is something to be admired, not criticized. Trump reads the “tea leaves” rather well, calls a spade a spade and lets the chips fall where they may. I like that!
Your rendition is far superior to Mr. Hanson’s.
“Fact is that “Palestinians” are not refugees at all, and their “camps” are permanent cities.”
That is TOTAL BS. I have friends on the 6th Floor of the State Department that tell me they are ‘temporary living arrangements’, which are only needed until the ‘peace process’ is completed and they can return to their former homes (in what is now Israel).
LOL, but probably accurate...and people wonder why Trump is on a tear.
Considering cutting aid? Why hasn’t there been a move to end it entirely? Looks like another State Department effort let Freepers think they have
something to cheer about while keeping the establishment’s foot in the door concerning aid.
The Palestinian Cause is the distraction of Israel, and death to all the Jews.
It is also the destruction of Israel.
VDH is spot on. The only thing I still worry about is the Israelis themselves. Some may not remember, but the left wing in Israel secretly met with the PLO after they had been banished to Tunisia in the wake of the 1982 Lebanon war. The left found a way to bring them back from obscurity and failure and, finally, under Rabin, installed them as a legitimate governing authority in the heartland of Israel. They snatched defeat from the jaws of victory in such an astonishing betrayal, it would have made Chamberlain blush for the disgusting appeasement policy at its core.
While Netanyahu and his Likud party ride relatively high, the Israeli left is always agitating, always seeking to reassert themselves, still insistent that Israel is illegitimate and all Palestinian grievances are righteous. They would stop at nothing to reverse the current direction and surrender.
There is only one democracy (i.e. representative government) in the Middle East, and that is Israel.
The Palestinians are almost a democracy, but they have repeatedly chosen to be represented by terrorists.
In Israel, Arabs vote and even serve in the military.
In Palestinian areas, Israel, the Jews, and America are blamed for all of their problems. Most of the “Palestinians” are incapable of living in a civilized society.
There is only one democracy (i.e. representative government) in the Middle East, and that is Israel.
The Palestinians are almost a democracy, but they have repeatedly chosen to be represented by terrorists.
In Israel, Arabs vote and even serve in the military.
In Palestinian areas, Israel, the Jews, and America are blamed for all of their problems. Most of the “Palestinians” are incapable of living in a civilized society.
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