Posted on 06/23/2024 5:22:40 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
With the current Palestinian opinion polls, any idea of a realistic "day after" plan must address the radical and Islamist elements of Palestinian society.
It has been eight and a half months into the war between Israel and Hamas, and we have seen 105 hostages released, seven hostages rescued and most of the Hamas battalions destroyed by IDF forces. There is much debate on whether or not the military campaign against the Gaza-run terror group has been "successful", yet the question nobody seems to have an answer to is what happens the day after. How do we truly eradicate Hamas when it is an ideology just as much as it is an established terror organization?
The Palestinian Center for Policy published a new poll, and their research shows us the deep support for Hamas in Palestinian society and that many civilians support Hamas's goals of destroying Israel. The study indicated that two-thirds of the Palestinian public continue to support the October 7 massacre, seventy-five percent of Palestinians are "satisfied" with Hamas's performance in the war and over half believe that Hamas is "the most deserving" of leading the Palestinian people. There has also been an increased demand for the resignation of President Abbas (who Western allies consider more "moderate"), with sixty percent support for the dissolution of the Palestinian Authority. Meanwhile, the Palestinian public expressed high support for armed struggle, and we reported a drop in support of a two-state solution. At most, eight percent of the Palestinian public holds Hamas accountable for their suffering.
If this is what we are dealing with, in what world could Israel truly eradicate Hamas?
These findings are not at all surprising, and they are consistent with the polls that were published three and six months ago. In some twisted world, however, when it comes to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, progressive activists disregard these factors. For every piece of evidence that indicates that Palestinian society supports terrorism and violence, the Western ultra-left will blame Israel and its military. The progressive left will ignore the propaganda and antisemitism that Hamas has fed Palestinians, which can easily be seen in their education system, even found in UNRWA's textbooks, as is the glorification of martyrdom and terrorism. For some reason, the cruel acts of October 7 and the years of terror campaigns that we saw since the second intifada, where suicide bombers deliberately targeted civilians and killed over 1000 people, are considered a legitimate form of resistance.
With a superficial understanding of the conflict, it is easy to assume that the only reason why Palestinians would commit such atrocities is because they were left with no other choice. In their minds, people could never act in such barbarity unless they were pushed to such a breaking point of misery. This line of thinking absolves Palestinians from their agency, and it ignores the research which proves that Palestinian terrorism is not mere desperate moments of insanity but a planned and organized, usually driven by deep-rooted antisemitism.
We saw the same level of dehumanization of Jewish people during the Holocaust, where "the day after" also had to be addressed. Post World War II, Germans went through a "denazification" process, where the Allied forces had to remove Nazi ideology, influence, and personnel from German society, government, and institutions. Crucial elements of the denazification process included removing leaders of the Nazi party and the SS from positions of power, completely disbanding organizations associated with Nazism and holding the Nuremberg trials in 1946. This model must be implemented in the case of Gaza and the West Bank in a post-war reality if we are ever going to see real peace. The leadership of Hamas must be removed entirely and put to trial, any terror-related groups and gangs must be eradicated, and the Palestinian education system must be reformed. Programs that promote coexistence and a two-state solution must be present in the education system, the media, and cultural institutions.
With the current Palestinian opinion polls, any idea of a realistic "day after" plan must address the radical and Islamist elements of Palestinian society. In addition, we in Israel, must appropriately address fringe members of our society, particularly the extremists in the settlement communities, who have been violent in areas of the West Bank.
Whether people like it or not, a two-state solution is the only possible solution. Almost 10 million Israelis are living in the region, and just over 5 million Palestinians and none of us are going anywhere. Instead of internalizing our painful histories and wanting revenge, we must find a way to move forward where both people can live independently in dignity and security. Therefore, having an honest conversation about the factors that contribute to extremism and how best to weed them out of society while acknowledging each other's existence is the only way we can ever see lasting peace in the region.
https://www.israelhayom.com/
Considering that the Neocons just ‘rehabilitated’ the Nazis in Ukraine, it’s probably safe to assume that Israel won’t be getting much help with this project.
I disagree with this bit:
“Programs that promote coexistence and a two-state solution must be present in the education system, the media, and cultural institutions.”
There is a two state solution: Jordan is the arab state.
Fakestinians have been offered their own state 8 separate times, according to some reckonings. I don’t much care to have a 24th arab islamist supremacist state in the world.
Permanent defeat of the idea of a separate state and defeat of the idea of eliminating Israel is what is required. I don’t much care how miserable fakestinians are when they’ve consistently chosen badly.
“ How do we truly eradicate Hamas when it is an ideology just as much as it is an established terror organization.”
Hamas is just a symptom. Destroying Hamas, while a vital goal, will only pause the violence against Israel. The source is islam. It is wholly incompatible with western civilization. There will never be a lasting peace, not just with Israel and Jews, but with the world until the last vestiges of this poisonous political ideology masquerading as a religion is utterly destroyed.
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Bingo!
Agree.
But.
There are literally 100 muslims per Jew on the globe. And only half live in Israel. So Israel is gonna need some help in the matter.
And, of course, I’m game. But who else is?
We also need denazification right here in the USA.
These true translations need to be required reading in high school and college.
IMHO these are probably the most accurate translations, and they are FREE. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16955
BUMP!
Correct. Jordan *is* Palestine.
“We saw the same level of dehumanization of Jewish people during the Holocaust, where “the day after” also had to be addressed. Post World War II, Germans went through a “denazification” process, where the Allied forces had to remove Nazi ideology, influence, and personnel from German society, government, and institutions. Crucial elements of the denazification process included removing leaders of the Nazi party and the SS from positions of power, completely disbanding organizations associated with Nazism and holding the Nuremberg trials in 1946. This model must be implemented in the case of Gaza and the West Bank in a post-war reality if we are ever going to see real peace. The leadership of Hamas must be removed entirely and put to trial, any terror-related groups and gangs must be eradicated, and the Palestinian education system must be reformed…”
I agree.
“…eight percent of the Palestinian public holds Hamas accountable for their suffering.”
IMHO, that’s a chilling statistic. Although it does not surprise me.
I watched in horror the video clip of the savages displaying their spoils of war in the back of the pickup truck, Shani Louk, and how even the elderly women were desperately trying to position themselves to get an opportunity to spat upon the corpse. Not a single person was shown trying to intervene. What kind of society is that?
Yet, this FJB regime, the UN and other various agencies want us to sympathize with the “innocent civilians in Gaza.” There are no innocents in Gaza and it appears none anywhere in that territory. Every last one of them deserves punishment.
Their apologists need to have public trials and immediately executed. Pay per view every minute of the procedures seems appropriate, IMHO.
What will Iran and the world-wide “Progressive” movement have to say about this project?
100% agree with this article and the premise. The parallels are obvious.
“The source is islam. It is wholly incompatible with western civilization”
But if you use, logic, reason, and history in this discussion, then we can’t blame the Juice!
* If you need a sarc tag here, go touch some grass
Fine idea, but doubt it could work on Arabs. Germans had what amounted to a psychotic episode in reaction to the Versailles humiliation and were able to recover with deep remorse after being utterly whipped. Prior to 1914, and even 1933, Germany was the most advanced nation in Europe and had a foundation to rebuild upon. Reeducating Jew hating Arabs would be herding feral cats. They will always be waiting for the next opportunity.
The only trouble with the “denazification” plan is Hitler took it all from Islam and its koran.
There will be no “peace” until Antichrist (as prelude to all wrath breaking out) ... followed by real peace that last when Christ returns.
Don’t stop now Bebe,finish what you started(Defending Israel)
Never mind the naysayers !
“Prophet of Doom is the best-documented, most comprehensive, presentation of Islam’s five oldest and most reliable scriptural sources.”
“Reeducating Jew hating Arabs”
The Prophet himself found dealing with Arabs to be like dealing with devils. The deals The Prophet had to make to save his skin dog Islam (and much of the rest of the world) to this day.
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