On Bernie Sanders' Mid-East "Peace" Plan

He would like to stop sending military aid to Israel (the USA's greatest ally in the Middle East) and give it to Hamas ruled Gaza instead.

1. The governance of the Gaza Strip is carried out by the Hamas administration. By sending money to Gaza the money falls into the hands of Hamas like how it has in the past. Hamas is a terrorist organization that has withheld foreign aid from the Palestinians so sending aid to them would actually be extremely irresponsible. Last I heard the USA classifies Hamas as a terrorist organization so how would sending money to them be acceptable? Also, this would be taxpayer money and I’m personally not in favor of helping people who celebrated 9/11. 😡 Not quite sure why he is. These are people who stated after all that they refuse to live alongside Jews and sing about murdering all of us (like actually kindergarten graduations revolve around this concept- Anti-Semitism and Anti-Western values is a part of their culture like how super-sizing everything is part of American culture. Nonchalant.)

2. Israel is America’s greatest ally in the Middle East. Even if it wasn’t, how does Sanders feel it is morally honest to give terrorists the opportunity to attack more innocent Israeli civilians? The USA has benefited greatly from Israel receiving this aid, as Israel shares the same values and goals as the USA and acts on both countries’ interests in the region and beyond. 

3. Gaza was given to the Palestinians for peace in 2005. Thousands of Israelis and millions worth of crops/greenhouses were destroyed. Why should Israel suffer because the Palestinians elected Hamas, which uses the Palestinians as human shields and refuses to give the Palestinians simple humanitarian necessities?

Two-State Solution?

Someone posted on Facebook about how calling for a two-state solution could be seen as being antisemitic. 

While I do not believe that those who do call for this solution are doing so out of animosity, I do think that people who claim a two-solution is possible are either ignorant or ignore the reality of the situation which is that the Palestinian leadership and many Palestinians have made it clear that they have no intention of living peacefully with Jews as their neighbors. 

This was what I wrote in response. 

"Of course a two-state solution would be ideal but many Palestinians and the leadership which they elected are (very openly) vehemently against living with Jews as their neighbors. Even in the West Bank where you have Jews and Palestinians living side by side, we have run into so many issues (and lost lives) because many Palestinians simply do not believe Jews belong there. So when people are against the two-state solution many are coming from that perspective which is that it clearly won’t work. One side simply refuses to be satisfied. A Palestinian state was offered many times. Land was given up (Gaza in 2005 look at what happened) and offers were rejected. So to say a two-state solution is the way to go sounds nice but it hasn’t ever worked in the past. And knowing what Palestinians say openly and proudly about not ever going to live with Jews, as well as the number of Jews killed because of that mentality... it’s sort of fair to see why people might think it’s anti-Semitic. Jews have done enough to appease and shouldn’t have to put their safety on the line any longer to make people who hate them satisfied which is what a two-state solution would take. Calling for a two-state solution is ignoring the facts and essentially saying that Israel should put its safety on the line and concede to further abuse."

Some Facts About CAIR

⚠️Quick To Defend Alleged Terrorists, CAIR Even Questioned Al Qaeda 9/11 Role https://www.investigativeproject.org/629/quick-to-defend-alleged-terrorists-cair

⚠️Repeated statements by CAIR's leaders illustrate the group's extremist and anti-Semitic positions. http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/120.pdf 

⚠️To say that The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has contorted logic and language to avoid criticizing its early patron, the terrorist group Hamas, would be damning enough. But the full truth is even worse: CAIR and its leaders have, over the years, actively supported Hamas positions and regularly done their best to discredit critics of militant Islamic activity. http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/113.pdf 

⚠️The full dossier "CAIR Exposed," can be found here: http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/122.pdf

⚠️CAIR was officially designated a terrorist organization by the United Arab Emirates in 2014, placing it in the company of Al Qaeda, Islamic State and others. CAIR has a long history of affiliation with the terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. CAIR members have often defended the actions of Hamas in Gaza. Further, FBI investigators uncovered evidence establishing CAIR's place in the "Palestine Committee," which was a Muslim Brotherhood-created network aimed at helping Hamas in the United States, according to a report by the Investigative Project on Terrorism. In 2009, US District Court Judge Jorge Solis ruled that there is "at least a prima facie case as to CAIR's involvement in a conspiracy to support Hamas." https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.jpost.com/Diaspora/Ilhan-Omar-to-speak-at-terror-linked-banquet-581083/amp 

Ilhan Omar Wants to Sanction Israel But Not Turkey- Some Info On Turkey

Ilhan Omar is one of the members of Congress who introduced a bill to legalize boycott, divestment, and sanctions against Israel. Yet this is what she wrote in response to Trump imposing sanctions before lifting them and then threatening more sanctions.

Given her relationship with Turkey, it’s easy to understand why she wouldn’t want sanctions against it. A previous post about her relationship with Turkey can be found here.

The article can be found here.

She wrote: “Research has shown that sanctions rarely achieve their desired goals. In the worst-case scenario, they hurt the people of a country — generally the very people we’re purporting to help — without making a dent in the country’s behavior. And in the case of human rights abusers, research suggests that more abuses typically occur with economic sanctions in place than without them.”