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."

List of Opportunities Palestinians Had For Peace… And Rejected

Is a Two-State Solution Possible?

 📣 Read for your own knowledge! I like to share questions I recieve from others and my responses, because these can be good learning opportunities for others. ⤵️ This info is all on the blog (pinned to the top of this page) if you ever want to refer back to it. I am also sharing this in honor of November 30th coming up next week, which is marked in Israel as an official commemoration of the expulsion of the Jews from the Arab countries and, later, from Iran. Let us remember how our people were expelled, and understand that now we are being forced to share what is less than 1% of the Middle East- the only Jewish state- for reasons that are not valid. 

QUESTION: Do you believe in a two-state solution?

ANSWER: First off, this land that is now called Israel was initially split (a two-state solution) between Jews and Palestinians by the United Nations by the Partition Plan in 1947. The Arabs and Palestinians rejected it and launched a war of annihilation against the Jewish state… which is why we have this issue in the first place.

Theoretically it would be nice, but I don’t believe it will work because of history and the current attitude exhibited by the Palestinian leadership. Many Palestinians and their leaders do not want Jews in Israel (or anywhere, really). The Palestinian leadership and many Palestinians chant death to Israel, and to Jews in general. Israel made so many offers that were rejected and the ones that were accepted did not bring peace (ex: Gaza in 2005 was given up for peace and Israel was told there would be but look what’s happening now). 

Even when Israel in 2000 offered to create a Palestinian state in all of Gaza and 97% of the West Bank- Yasser Arafat rejected the proposal without even making a counter offer. Arafat, according to chief U.S. negotiator Dennis Ross, was not willing to end the conflict with Israel. The Palestinians subsequently instigated a five-year war of terror that claimed more than 1,000 Israeli lives.

Either way, Israel legally acquired this land in the 1967 war which, by the way, it was attacked by Egypt, Jordan and Syria. Israel defended itself and won, and then the Arabs got angry. To learn more about the peace process, visit: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-and-facts-peace 

The Palestinians demand that all settlements be dismantled from the West Bank and Jerusalem. While they maintain that Arabs have the right to live in Israel, they deny the right of Jews to live in Judea and Samaria. 

History shows the Palestinians are never happy with what they are given. That’s just the reality. If they truly want peace we would have had peace long ago. Palestinians have been offered a state of their own several times: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/images/mf2017.pdf#page=259 

Israel cannot go back to its 1967 borders, as many claim it should and is morally required to do, and should not even have to because it is not safe for Israel. The Palestinians will continue to attack and target Israelis (as they are doing now from Gaza), and the span of land will be too narrow (Israel is already small as it is) so their rockets will be able to reach all of Israel. Also, this land was legally acquired during the war (which Israel did NOT start).

People believe Jews kicked out Palestinians, however many of them chose to leave on their own when the Arab countries told them to leave so they could bomb the Jews and get rid of them, which to their surprise they were not able to do because Israel won. This was the Israeli War of Independence, fought between the newly declared State of Israel and five Arab nations. So they can’t leave expecting for others to be killed and then when they aren’t killed complain that they don’t have land. That’s just not how anything works. 

QUESTION: Why not let the Palestinians govern themselves, give a little bit more land on Gaza Strip and West Bank, allow easy travel to holy cities that are in Israel or make it so they can move to those places easily? Let The Arab nations take them. 

ANSWER: Israel has instituted checkpoints for one reason – to prevent Palestinian terrorists from infiltrating Israel. Without checkpoints there were Palestinians entering Israel to carry out terrorist attacks. The Palestinian Authority (PA) made a strategic choice to use terror to achieve its aims and something had to be done to protect the Israeli population. If the Palestinian Authority was fulfilling its obligations to dismantle the terrorist networks and disarm the terrorists, and its security forces were taking adequate measures to prevent Palestinians from planning and launching attacks, the checkpoints would be unnecessary.

Israel tries to balance its security concerns with the welfare of the Palestinians, and is especially sensitive to the medical needs of Palestinians. Thus, many Palestinians are allowed to enter Israel to receive treatment from some of the finest medical facilities in the world. Many Palestinians also work alongside Israelis in hospitals and factories, etc. 

We already gave all of Gaza in 2005. Palestinians now target Israelis with incendiary kites and balloons despite already having all of Gaza. West Bank was already offered and rejected.

Israel wants Arab nations to take the Palestinians, especially because they were the ones who told them to leave when Israel was declared a state and then left them as refugees when they lost to Israel. Jordan is high percentage Palestinians, yet they wont accept the "refugees.”

To learn more about the refugee issue, go here: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/myths-and-facts-the-refugees 

After transferring responsibility for virtually the entire Palestinian population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip to the Palestinian Authority, Israel no longer controlled any refugee camps and ceased contributing to UNRWA. Meanwhile, in addition to receiving annual funding from UNRWA for the refugees, the PA has received billions of dollars in international aid and yet has failed to build a single house to allow even one family to move out of a refugee camp into permanent housing. Given the amount of aid (approximately $5.5 billion since 1993) the PA has received, it is shocking and outrageous that more than half a million Palestinians are being forced by their own leaders to remain in squalid camps.

What's Going On???

This past week:

• (A few weeks ago) Obama removed Iran and Hezbollah off the United States' terror list. 
• Obama is negotiating with Iran, while its leader, Khamenei, vows to fly the flag of jihad over the white house. 
• Obama congratulated the Israeli people on having a democratic election, but seems to have forgotten to congratulate Netanyahu on his win. Congratulating an ally is standard practice in politics, but it seems that Obama want to waste his time. 
• Obama has spent US tax dollars through the State Department on V15, an organization that brings Israeli Arab voters to polls so as to overthrow the current right-wing government. 
• The US is pushing for a UN resolution on a two-state solution 

All of these facts are unbiased. They are simply facts. 

1. A few facts about Iran that everybody should know about:
It has been accused of funding, providing weapons and equipment of, and training terrorists by the international community.
It has trained and armed terrorist groups such as Gama'a al-Islamiyah, the Egyptian Al-Jihad, and the Algerian G.I.A.
Iran has strong ties to Al-Qaeda, the terrorist organization that was responsible for the 9-11 attacks.
Iran's government had been extremely unreliable in the past. Iran's former President Hassan Rouhani boasted about Iran using sanctions as cover to advance it nuclear program, stating that "While we were talking to the Europeans in Tehran, we were installing [nuclear] equipment in... the facility in Isfahan... In fact, by creating a calm environment, we were able to complete the [nuclear ] work in Isfahan."
Current president, extremist Ali Khamenei, is responsible for Iran's human rights violations, sponsorship of global terrorism, and violations of the UN's nuclear non-proliferation treaty. 

2. Hezbollah’s origins and ideology stem from the Iran. Hezbollah believes that the US is to blame for many of Lebanon's problems. Israel is seen as an extension of the US and a foreign power in Lebanon. Hezbollah has funded the Palestinian Authority, and collaborated with other terrorist organizations, such as Hamas, to conduct attacks against Israel. It even improved its recruitment so as to more efficiently infiltrate Israel’s international borders. It also continued to smuggle arms and advanced weapons into Lebanon from Syria and Iran and the PA.

While many believe that the US is tied up in a mess with the Middle East because of its supporting Israel, this is simply not the complete picture. These are radical Islamist militant groups we are talking about. They despise western culture and anything that does not conform to their ideology. So wether the US does or doesn't support Israel, these barbarians are aimed towards getting rid of all western culture. 

3. Why would the leader of the US, the man who has the strongest voice on earth, even consider negotiations with a leader who has been untrustworthy in the past, and the cause of terrorism and human rights violations? Not only that. If Iran gets nuclear power, all of the other countries in the Middle East will want the same + more because none of them trust Iran. Conclusion: an already unstable region fighting with nuclear weapons. This won't be good for anybody- not just Israel. 

4. Obama may be frustrated with having to deal with Netanyahu and Israel, but Netanyahu is doing what he believes is right for his country. Israel is a tiny state- smaller than NJ. The Jewish people have been threatened to be annihilated many times throughout history. Netanyahu worries for his country and, if anything, is a strong leader for speaking out despite the international community's constant judgments of him. What is his other alternative. Negotiate? Come to terms? Hasn't Israel done that already? Many times over. And it is still struggling because people simply do not want it to exist. And as the leader of the only democratic country in the Middle East, the US should show more support for it, rather than foolishly negotiating with Iran. All the signs are written on the walls, but they are being ignored. 

5. Obama did not meet with Netanyahu before the Israeli elections because Obama did not want to effect another country's elections. However, he payed an organization to try and get Netanyahu out of office. No further comments needed. 

6. Obama wants a two-state solution? Great. Israel has tried to discuss negotiations many times before. Israel has given up land in the past. However, according to Obama and his administration, Israel isn't doing enough. Meanwhile, the PA and Hamas use money given to the Palestinians by the international community, to build terror tunnels and cause destruction in Israel. If anybody needs to be told how to negotiate deals, it's definitely not Israel. Israel is no longer a tiny, dependent country. It is one of the most advanced economically in the world. It is also one of the top investors in the American Economy. Israel and its leaders need to stop being treated like fools. Especially for the sake of the US- its leaders and its people are being taken as fools by the leaders of the militant groups that the Obama Administration seems to be trying to appease. 

In conclusion, things don't seem to be adding up properly.
Some people seem to be confused about why Israel is being treated differently lately, and why on earth Obama and Kerry would want to give nuclear power to Iran. I really try to see both sides- honestly, to the best of my ability. However, it doesn't really make sense to me either.