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Perhaps we should do a cost-benefit analysis comparing the financial support we give Israel against the economic benefits.
It the meantime we can screw over the Palestinian Christians because we assume we 'don't make enough money off of them'.
It's obvious as to why you're insinuating that Palestinian Arab society has a significant Christian population. It's as baseless as all the other garbage you've thrown into this thread. "Palestine is today perhaps the most homogeneous society in the Middle East in matters of religion, being the only country with close to 100% of its population belonging to Sunni Islam."
"In the autonomous regions that generally are called Palestine, however, their number is radically lower, only 0.6%. Large groups of Christians have left their homelands, facing hardship from the Muslim majority, in particular from Islamists." Palestine / Religions - LookLex Encyclopaedia
It is an Islamic society with strong fundamentalist and radical tendencies.
Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Fatah Martyrs Brigades. A palestinian state would soon become radicalized to reflect the extremism and fundamentalist Islamism of its population.
If Mr. Trump had done the same, perhaps the 'days of rage' would only be two days, not three.
In part of the speech Trump said:
Quote:
Originally Posted by President Donald Trump
We are not taking a position of any final status issues, including the specific boundaries of the Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem, or the resolution of contested borders. Those questions are up to the parties involved.
The problem with the global outcry about Trump's announcement is that it reflects an approach to the conflict that is short term and tactical instead of long term and strategic. It persists in the fiction of a peace process that rests on extremely flawed foundations. It sweeps the real issues underlying the conflict and preventing its resolution under the rug and creates a totally false paradigm for solving it.
As long as the "international community" tacitly endorses the notion that the Jews' rights to their national and spiritual cradle are negotiable, it feeds into the Arabs' fantasy that Israel's existence is temporary and thereby destroys any prospects for peace.
As long as the international community clings to the idea that Israel can be treated differently from every other nation on earth, it gives oxygen to the Palestinians' continued intransigence.
The sooner the international community disabuses the Palestinians of unrealistic expectations and sends a clear signal that it supports the Jews' claim to their one and only national homeland -- which Trump's announcement is a first step towards -- the sooner there will be a glimmer of hope that this intractable conflict may turn towards resolution. Trump's announcement is like ripping off the band aid -- it may hurt really bad at first but it will help long term.
The problem with the global outcry about Trump's announcement is that it reflects an approach to the conflict that is short term and tactical instead of long term and strategic. It persists in the fiction of a peace process that rests on extremely flawed foundations. It sweeps the real issues underlying the conflict and preventing its resolution under the rug and creates a totally false paradigm for solving it.
As long as the "international community" tacitly endorses the notion that the Jews' rights to their national and spiritual cradle are negotiable, it feeds into the Arabs' fantasy that Israel's existence is temporary and thereby destroys any prospects for peace.
As long as the international community clings to the idea that Israel can be treated differently from every other nation on earth, it gives oxygen to the Palestinians' continued intransigence.
The sooner the international community disabuses the Palestinians of unrealistic expectations and sends a clear signal that it supports the Jews' claim to their one and only national homeland -- which Trump's announcement is a first step towards -- the sooner there will be a glimmer of hope that this intractable conflict may turn towards resolution. Trump's announcement is like ripping off the band aid -- it may hurt really bad at first but it will help long term.
I'll add to that a dirty little secret; the Arabs are not getting back Jerusalem, no matter how many car rammings and knifings occur.
But Muslims and Arabs have conquered Jerusalem and destroyed its history
I appeal to Palestinian Christians to support President Trump
Because Muslims today cry over the Christian sanctities in Jerusalem
But they forget that they destroyed the churches of Iraq, Syria and Egypt
Yes, welcome to your courageous decision, Sir Trump
During the Crusades Eastern Christians were Muslims
But after the Muslims won, they betrayed and abandoned the Christian brothers
History attests to the suffering of Eastern Christians with invading Muslims
Palestinian Christians should stand with Jews because they are the rightful owners of Palestine, Arabs and Muslims, invaders and occupiers
Europe today is afraid of terrorist Islam
And therefore subject to the conditions of Muslims
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