Saudi Arabia Foreign
Ministry said, "The Kingdom recalls its repeated warnings
of the dangers of the explosion of the situations as a
result of the continued occupations, the deprivation of
the Palestinian people of their legitimate rights, and the
repeating of systematic provocation against its
sanctities."
Saudi
Arabia blames Israel for ‘unprecedented’ Hamas terror
attack
Anything more than that is
revenge and not proportional to the original attack, which
was with motorcycles and pick up trucks. Responding
with Fighter jets and tanks is just 'way over the
top'. Trying yet again, to tie the hands of
Israel. And turn public open against Israel's right
to clear out Gaza of Hamas.
Arm-twisting by
the U.S.?
Defense Secretary Austin
and SOS Blinken went to Israel to show U.S. support and
solidarity. Austin spoke with Netanyahu and told him "As
the president said, we have your back." Blinken also
met with Netanyah and then took off on a Middle East tour
- meeting with Qatar's foreign minister (Hamas
headquarters are in Qatar), the King of Jordan, and
Palestinian President Abbas. King Abdullah gave
Blinken warnings about moving the Palestinians or causing
the crisis to spillover into neighboring countries or
exacerbating the refugee issue. Blinken also went to
Bahrain and then to Saudi Arabia. Then on to the
United Arab Emirates and Egypt this coming weekend.
Both Austin and Blinken
are pro-two state solution.
(If Blinken's meetings are
anything like his meeting in Alaska with the Chinese -
it's the Arab countries that are doing the talking and
telling Blinken what the U.S. is going to do. These
countries want a two-state solution. Period.)
Senators Schumer (D-NY),
Kelly (D-Ariz), Romney (R-Utah), Cassidy (R-La), Rosen
(D-Nev) are all in Israel now - "discussing a military
assistance package with top-ranking Israeli officials to
aid the country amid war with Hamas." This is a
bipartisan trip "meant to show the United States'
unwavering support for Israel."
U.S.
senators visiting Israel take shelter amid rocket fire
Everyone of these senators
is pro-the two state solution.
"The Biden administration
remains committed to a two-state solution between Israel
and Palestine." He went on to say that Israel has a
"right to defend themselves" and "they will get the
security they need to do so."
Wonder how many "carrots'
they are dangling in front of Netanyahu/Israel - it's
"peace and security" for land or it's bigger
war.
Is a two-state
possible?
This is an interesting
article on cnn.com written by Jason Greenblatt (former
White House Middle East Envoy in the Trump
Administration) "Opinion: This is why the
two-state solution is dead." October 10, 2023
"Israelis attending a
music festival murdered in cold blood. Reports of
women striped naked and paraded by fighters in Gaza,
toddlers kidnapped alongside Holocaust survivors, homes
burst into by terrorists hunting down Jews. Naked
bodies, mutilated bodies, dead bodies. Jubilant
shouts of "Allahu Akbar" ("God is great") over the
carnage. Two-state solution."
"Which of these terms
doesn't belong? The last one, with its supposed
vision of a peaceful Palestinian state living side by side
with Israel. I spent nearly three years at the Trump
White House attempting to reach a peace deal between
Israel and its Palestinian neighbors. But I always
understood that among the many reasons it was unachievable
then and unlikely to be in the foreseeable future...Even
if we had come up with a solution that was acceptable to
the parties, though, there are still too many
Palestinians who were intent on massacring Jews and
destroying the Jewish state of Israel. That desire
was on full display in Saturday's unprecedented,
devastating attack."
"Unless and until
Palestinians of good will and their leaders fully and
unequivocally condemn and repudiate this hatred and the
glorification of the slaughter of Jews,
Palestinians will not achieve any of their aspirations
because Israel cannot, and should not, compromise on the
security of its citizens. No country should."
"Many of the
would-be peacemakers I spoke to during my time in the
White House ignored the deep-seated hatred in this
subset of the Palestinian population intent on ruining
any chance for peace. They told me that as long as
the Palestinians were given a fully autonomous state of
their own, this would all go away, or they pretended
away this hatred in the first place. After the
events of the last few days, I think they finally have
to accept the truth."
"Indeed, the focus of the
world must be to support Israel in its quest to punish
those who perpetrated these dastardly acts and to work to
prevent attacks like this in the future. Any human
being who values life must condemn these acts
unequivocally, with no more equivalence....and that fault
for the unfortunate casualties that will inevitably occur
among innocent Palestinians lies with Hamas. War is
a terrible thing. But it's not Israel that asked for
this war."
Opinion:
This is why the two-state solution is dead | CNN
And so many people taking sides in this Israel vs
Palestinian conflict are woefully ignorant of
history. There is a lot of "history" between Jews
and Palestinians/Arabs - and it's full of wars.
Here's just a bit of the history
-
Immediately after Israel was
declared a nation in 1948, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon,
Jordan and Iraq invaded. Jordan attacked
Jerusalem and shut off the water to the city - the Jewish
Quarter of Jerusalem fell to the Muslims - the Jews had to
flee to the Israeli controlled side. At the end of
this war, Israel had captured Galilee, and sections of the
coast. The U.N. brokered the cease fire and Israel
kept the lands she conquered.
After the war Jerusalem was
divided by armistice lines between Israel and Jordan in
1948. Western Jerusalem (the new half) came to be
under Jewish control and the Eastern half with the Old
City/Jewish Quarter went to Jordanian control.
The Jordanians had a
commitment in the cease fire agreement to allow Jews to
visit Jewish holy sites like the Western Wall and the
Mount of Olives cemetery. And to protect these
sites for the Jews.
Instead, the Jordanians kicked the
remaining Jews out of Jerusalem, desecrated Jewish
cemeteries and Jewish historic burial sites and barred
Jews from the Western Wall.
In 1967 Israel was attacked by
Egypt, Syria and Jordan. In this war, Israel took
the Golan Heights from Syria, the West
Bank and East Jerusalem from Jordan - they
liberated the Old City/Jewish Quarter which had been
mostly destroyed by the Jordanians (only 1 synagogue of 35
remained and the rest of the Jewish Quarter was trashed
with dung heaps, carcasses, garbage, etc. and the Mount of
Olives Jewish graveyard was destroyed, tombstones broken
and used to pave Jordanian army camps and a hotel and
paved roads were built on part of it and hundreds of Torah
scrolls and holy books were burned) - and they took
Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Strip.
Even though Israel took back East
Jerusalem, they eventually made an agreement with Jordan -
allowing them (the Waqf) to maintain
custodianship/management of the Temple Mount yet giving
Israel sovereignty over the Temple Mount. That's why
Israel can shut down the Temple Mount in times of violence
on the Mount. Yet, Jews can only pray there at
certain times/days.
In 1979 Israel signed a peace deal
with Egypt - 'recognition and peace' in exchange for the
Sinai.
Guess this helped start this whole
mess of 'give us land if you want peace'.
Just like today - a two-state
solution - if Israel wants "peace and security" she must
relinquish land back to pre-1967 borders and give up East
Jerusalem with the ancient Jewish quarter and the Western
Wall - all they have access to now.
These
lands gave Israel protection from these Arab countries
- a buffer. Golda Meir sad "the pre-1967 borders
were so dangerous that it "would be treasonable" for
an Israeli leader to accept them". Menachem
Begin called it "national suicide for Israel".
And this is what the U.N., E.U.,
Russia, the Arab League, Jordan, Egypt, the U.S. want
Israel to do - go back to pre-67 borders and give up East
Jerusalem. Blinken is getting his marching orders
from the Arabs, the U.N., the E.U., Biden, etc. And
the U.S. is what Israel is relying on for help with Iran
and Hezbollah. Israel believes they can not take on
a two-front war alone.
No supposed Christian nation is
recognizing Israel's right to this land. They are
too afraid of loosing Arab "friends" and starting a Holy
War. Well - it's coming....Israel should not rely on
the U.S. for help - if the U.S. gets directly involved in
this war and other Western nations - I can't see this as
the Gog Magog War.
Just a couple of thoughts:
If Biden et al can't convince
Netanyahu to sign agreements for a two-state solution in
exchange for help with Hezbollah and Iran or no war with
Palestians/Arabs - Netanyahu flat outright refuses - then
I can see this moving along into that war. The U.S.
will back out and Israel will fight alone (God helps
Israel.)
If Biden et al convinces Netanyahu
to sign agreements for a two-state solution - then the
immediate war is averted. Then I can see this as "peace
and security then sudden destruction". The players
in the Gog Magog War will not sit still long.
This will be "national suicide". Won't be long
the Gog Magog war would start.
The Muslims really want Israel
gone. The Hamas preamble and charter states that,
the PLO Charter states that. And they refuse to
remove the destruction of Israel - 'from the river to the
sea" out of their charters. I hope Israel NEVER
signs an agreement for a two-state solution.
You can't make peace with people
who want you dead.
It's not "peace and security" it's
sudden destruction. It's a trap.
"For when they shall say, "Peace
and security", then sudden destruction cometh upon them,
as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not
escape." 1 Thess 5:3
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
Maranatha!
Chance