Showing posts with label diplomatic terror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diplomatic terror. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 21, 2023


On Tuesday, the US Department of State issued a statement regarding the Jews who were murdered for filling their gas tanks while Jewish:

"The United States condemns the terrorist attack against Israelis near Eli in the West Bank today. We express our deepest condolences to the families of those killed and wish the injured a speedy recovery," said Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller.

So far, so good, right? I had been gritting my teeth waiting to hear the White House do the usual both-siding of the issue: “We ask both sides to refrain from violence at this difficult time.”

I call this “both-siding it.” When you both-side a situation, you’re not pointing a finger or assigning blame, because terrorist and victim are the same. Or rather, in drawing a moral equivalence between the two, you whitewash the actions of the terrorist. The effect of this is to appease the Muslim world and its sympathizers, because of course, that world thinks that murdering Israelis is a mitzvah (l’havdil). So the terrorists are good, because they’re killing ZIONISTS.

Lucy, Maia, and Rina Dee, HY"D.

It is tragic to report this here how despite the fact that Israel and the US are allies, the US so often draws a moral equivalence between Israeli citizens and soldiers with the people who brutally murder them. This in spite of the fact that the US claims to be committed to the safety and security of Israeli citizens and says that Israel has right to defend itself. 

Why does the US tell the world that there is no difference between Israelis and the people who brutally murder them? It’s simple: Because it can. US officials know that the Jews will understand and take it on the chin. We don’t REALLY mean it, they probably tell Israeli leaders behind the scenes, but hey, you know. Diplomacy. Realpolitik.

Yet Miller’s statement had thus far been free of all that crap this sort of rhetoric. I was rather pleased with that White House statement.

But I shouldn’t have been. I should have known there’d be more, and that it would not be nice at all—not nice to US ally Israel, and not nice to the Jews. Not respectful. Painful to hear and read. A betrayal. We wish we could leave our children forever innocent of such things, forever in love with wonderful America. We would give anything not to have our Jewish children, whether Israeli or American, or any children at all, including those who reside in Gaza and in the Occupied Jewish Territories (OJT), hear such things as Matthew Miller would now say as an official representative of the United States of America:

"We are also concerned about the continuation of violence in Israel and the West Bank in recent weeks that has killed and injured Palestinian and Israeli civilians. We will continue to work with Israel and the Palestinian Authority to promote steps towards de-escalation."

This is a very problematic statement. There is a vague mention of “violence” but not one word about terror. There is an allusion to a nonexistent “Palestinian” state “in Israel and the West Bank,” as if Israel’s Jewish heartland, Judea and Samaria, had already been swallowed whole by this nonentity, a done deal. 

I take it personally. To me this is the US spitting in my face because I make my home in Judea.

Efrat

Miller speaks of violence in “recent weeks” equating the terror attack on Jewish civilians getting gas, with soldiers on missions in Jenin for the specific purpose of routing out terrorists so that they may be brought to justice, and of course, in order to protect Israeli citizens. It is not easy to be a soldier in that situation and having to enter a hostile terrorist enclave like Jenin. The violent (!) locals, bred to hate Jews, lie in wait for Jewish soldiers and drop concrete blocks on their heads, which is how Ronen Lubarsky (HY”D) was killed. And that’s the least of it.

This was not two equal warring parties, but the IDF doing the right thing—the morally correct thing—by apprehending terrorists so that they can no longer injure or murder Jews. Yet the State Department speaks of violence “that has killed and injured Palestinian and Israeli civilians,” saying “Palestinian” first, to show evenhandedness. Or rather, to say to the terrorists, “We close our eyes to what you are, because to do otherwise would not be the popular thing to do and anyway, nobody cares about the Jews.”

This is not, in actual fact, both-siding it, but one-siding it, by dint of lumping terrorists in with their victims. No matter how neutral they seem, they’re taking a side, and it ain’t the side of the Jews. Miller’s prepared remarks speak of violence as a spontaneous eruption that has no source, “violence” that kills, similar to saying that guns kill when guns don’t generally shoot themselves.

Violence doesn’t kill. Guns don’t kill. Terrorists kill. Those who murder people at a gas station are terrorists. Violent protestors who impede an IDF mission are not “civilians” but enemy combatants. Even when they are 17, rather than 26. Perhaps especially so. (Why aren’t they kept away from the “violence” by the adults?)

In not holding them guilty, you take their side. You take the side of terror. What is wrong with the United States that it excuses terror? And what is wrong with the people of Jenin?

Jenin

What is wrong with the residents of Jenin is that they see nothing wrong with killing Jews. So much so that town is now an Iranian stronghold. The US, on the other hand has no good excuse for equating victim with perpetrator, thus excusing terror, because all things being equal, it’s just violence, right?

No one’s responsible. “Palestinian” casualties are mentioned before Israeli casualties to identify for us the guilty party, as if that hadn’t already been made perfectly clear: Israel started it, because the “Palestinian” dead were mentioned first.

Miller winds up his canned remarks by stating that the US will “continue to work with Israel and the Palestinian Authority to promote steps towards de-escalation,” as if the latter two parties were equal partners, as if the PA were not sworn to murder Jews and steal their land, as if Israel had no reasonable motive for being in Jenin in the first place—and as if Jews had no right to be at a gas station near Eli.

What does it mean to speak of de-escalating when you won’t say the T word? It means, “Israel, knock it off. Back off these terrorists. We can’t and won’t take your side on this. Diplomacy. Realpolitik. (Black gold, Texas tea.)

Wait, whut??

This is, incredibly, the official position of the White House, and it is as abhorrent as it is antisemitic. But then it’s not just official US that officially hates the Jews. It’s the done thing the world over. The EU, UK, UN (here and here, for example), Canada. They all do it. Such examples are too numerous to mention. It’s certainly not the first time a spokesperson for the Biden White House has expressed this same antisemitic sentiment.

Thanks to all of these world powers, and many, many others, the “de-escalation” of “violence” will not be occurring any time soon. How can you de-escalate violence when you can’t name its source? How can you sue for peace when you excuse terror BECAUSE of the identity of the victims: “it’s only the Jews again”?

In effect, this is the world blaming Jews for all that happens to them by making them responsible for being Jewish in the first place. (Jews, ya know. Everyone hates ‘em. Totally disposable. Easy to exploit. For centuries.)

For that is the way of the world. The US et al. don’t want de-escalation. If they did, they’d support Israel in its efforts to eliminate terror, by eliminating terrorists such as those stowed away in Jenin—terrorists with Jewish blood on their hands. Innocent blood. But Jewish blood. Specifically.

Israelis are meant to take it on the chin, like good Jews.

We can almost feel the pat on the head.



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Tuesday, January 03, 2023

From Ian:

Israel should put an end to Palestinian diplomatic terror
Palestinian Authority leaders should start to feel overwhelming pressure at every turn. They have become used to a limp response by Israel to its attacks in the international arena and have become further emboldened.

There is no better time than a brand-new Israeli government to state unequivocally that the rules of the game have changed, and there will be a strong and paralyzing response by Israel to the continued Palestinian attacks.

Israeli leaders shouldn’t just send threats behind closed doors but announce very publicly a series of steps it will take in response to the passing of the United Nations General Assembly resolution, with a further set of steps should they continue.

These steps should be designed with one singular goal in mind, to break the will of the Palestinian Arabs to continue fighting this war.

This is not just good for Israel; it will also be good for the Palestinians.

If their leaders end their obsessive war against Israel on all its fronts, legal, economic, diplomatic and of course, through violence, it will free up energy and resources for building Palestinian Arab society in all arenas, social, education and infrastructure.

The Palestinian Arab war against Israel is also a war against a decent future for the Palestinian Arabs.

Nevertheless, a more peaceful, prosperous and secure future for both peoples can only be attained once the Palestinian leaders have given up.

This can only happen when Israel forces them to do so.

It will take a change of direction by our security and political establishment, but all other paths have failed.

It is time for more drastic action.

It is time for an Israel victory against Palestinian Arab rejectionism on the front, which is crucial to ending the conflict.
The United Nations for Empowering Terrorists
Hammouri's affiliation with the PFLP and his involvement in planning terror attacks against Israelis, does not, however, seem to concern the UN Human Rights Office. Instead of condemning the convicted terrorist, the UN Human Rights Office chose to condemn Israel for daring to take measures to protect its citizens against terrorism.

This is also the same UN whose representatives have failed to condemn Hamas for building tunnels beneath schools run by its United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip.

Take note: here is a senior UN official sitting with representatives of a terror group whose charter calls for the elimination of Israel and who is expressing "concern" over the rise of right-wing parties in Israel.

The UN official appears unaware that many Israelis voted for right-wing parties because of the increased terror attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups.

It is ironic that a UN official, whose title is "Special Coordinator of the Middle East Peace Process", sits with a Palestinian group that is entirely dedicated to sabotaging peace.

As Article 13 of the Hamas charter states: "There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors."

This is hardly how to "prevent and remove threats to peace," as the UN claims in its charter. In fact, the actions of the UN clearly demonstrate that the organization is actually cozying up to terrorists while denouncing those who combat terrorism.

In its defense of, and engagement with, terrorists, the UN is boosting the ability of Hamas and the PFLP to continue their slaughter and genocide.
Ismail Haniyeh’s Son Draws Scorn for Life of Luxury As Gazans Scrape By
One of the sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is living in luxury in Turkey and even received a Turkish passport to continue his expensive lifestyle, according to an Arab media report.

Elaph, a Saudi website based in Britain reported from its sources that Maaz Haniyeh recently received a Turkish passport enabling to travel the world with his family while enjoying a rich life in Turkey.

A source in Gaza commenting on the Elaph report told the Tazpit Press Service, “The Hamas apparatus follows Gaza residents who go out for medical or commercial needs and collect sums of money from them and part of the profits, and on the other hand, Maaz was awarded a Turkish passport for free, due to his father’s status.”

The article, titled “Maaz Haniyeh: A Life of Extravagance, Alcohol and Women,” reports that Maaz is known in Gaza as Abu Al Aqarat, or “The Father of Real Estate” for his ownership of several apartments, villas and buildings in different areas of the Strip. Its sources said that outside of Gaza, Haniyeh’s sons drink alcohol — which is prohibited for Muslims — and hang out prestigious clubs accompanied by women.

A journalist who lives in Gaza told TPS, “Maaz Haniyeh was forced to leave the comfortable life in the Gaza Strip and embark on the difficult and arduous resistance missions in the streets of Turkey and in its hotels.”

Two years ago, Maaz was photographed next to his father, Ismail, when he was showing off a new luxury car on the streets of Gaza.

Maaz, one of Ismail Haniyeh’s 13 children, is not the only family member drawing scorn.

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