Posted on 04/25/2024 6:05:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
It’s time to reconfigure George Gilder’s “Israel Test,” which examined the true roots of modern antisemitism. That test basically asks whether people value those who create wealth and other societal benefits or who seethe in anger that someone has greater wealth and achievements than they did and seek to destroy that success, no matter how much it benefits them. Socialists and Arab Muslims fail the test. The new Israel Test is different. It asks how stupid Israel and diaspora Jews have become and how genocidal the world is that Israel would contemplate, and the world would urge upon her, the latest Hamas “peace” offer.
There are reports that Hamas (Central, in Qatar, not the foreign offices at US campuses) has made a “peace” offer:
A senior Hamas official said the terror group is open to a five-year ceasefire and would be willing to lay down its weapons should an independent Palestinian state be established along the borders of pre-1967 Israel.
Khalil al-Hayya told the Associated Press in Istanbul that Hamas would disarm should a two-state solution come to a fruition, but added that the terror group would become part of a Palestinian army.
“All the experiences of people who fought against occupiers, when they became independent and obtained their rights and their state, what have these forces done? They have turned into political parties and their defending fighting forces have turned into the national army,” al-Hayya said.
Referencing stalled negotiations aimed at bringing about an end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip, al-Hayya doubled down on Hamas’ refusal to release hostages without a long-term ceasefire.
This new test will serve to separate the wheat (even during Passover) from the crap. To anyone with basic comprehension, this is not a “peace” offer.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Hudna – a tactical pause intended only for rearmament, and a temporary respite in the war between Islamic forces and non-Islamic forces.
The authoritative Islamic Encyclopedia (London, 1922) defines hudna as a “temporary treaty” which can be approved or abrogated by Islamic religious leaders, depending on whether or not it serves the interests of Islam; a hudna cannot last for more than 10 years.
Muslim ceasefires are miasma. They are of no substance.
Has Hamas actually offered to alter its charter, which calls for the extermination of the Jews? NOPE.
Wipe Hamass out, as an example for the others.
Stop Jihad Now
The Gilder Israel test is a silly one, because in general, people would rather rule themselves, even rather badly, than be ruled by others, and in general, people value their own people ahead of others, even if those other people are productive and prosperous and spread some of the wealth about.
No one here values Soros or Bill Gates just because they are prosperous and spread money about doing good as they see it.
The “pre 1967 borders” is a HUGE deal breaker!
OK go ahead, make me a liar. Put up some video of live hostages with proof of today's date.
Didn't think so.
Didn’t they release a video of a hostage this week?
The Israelis have got to kill both Sinwar brothers. They are the head of the snake in Gaza.
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