The Biden team's roadmap for Middle East peace is not only flashy, it's outdated.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed last week that Arab countries would not accept Israel without a “path to a Palestinian state,” but the Abraham Accords prove that is not true, and multiple Arab countries That's exactly what we're doing.
After speaking with several U.S. allies in the region, Blinken announced that he supported a post-Hamas solution that would ensure Israel's security, but that it would support a “regional approach that includes a path to a Palestinian state.” It's just part of the story.
“These goals are achievable, but only if we pursue them together,” Blinken said. “This crisis has made it clear that we cannot do that. . . . Without an integrated regional approach, neither goal can be achieved.”
Alas, the crisis revealed nothing like that.
Rather, Hamas' 10/7 attacks and the Palestinians' appalling support for them demonstrate that a true Palestinian state would be a disaster for Israel's security.
According to opinion polls, the average Palestinian Good feeling 57% of Gaza and 82% of Palestinians in the West Bank support the Hamas attack, while the October 7th-style brutality eradicates Israel.
Well, the Palestinian leaders have given up. multiple He offered to grant statehood on the condition that Israel accept its continued existence.
And if they get the state, as it was before October 7, the Gaza Strip did not have enough oversight and control to ensure Israel's security. How can anyone believe that the Gaza Strip will not be used to launch further terrorist attacks?
No wonder two out of three Israelis now oppose a two-state solution, according to Gallup. This is a complete reversal from a decade ago, when 61% of Israeli adults supported a two-state solution.
Indeed, some Arab leaders have publicly advocated plans for a new state before normalizing relations with Israel. “Without a Palestinian state, we cannot coexist with Israel,” Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the UK, Kafred bin Bandar, declared on Tuesday.
Since President Biden and his minions are demanding it, they will rightly say so: They don't want to appear any more pro-Israel than Washington.
please look. The idea that the establishment of a Palestinian state was the only hope for broader regional peace had been prevalent for decades, but there was little to show for it.
President Donald Trump (and son-in-law Jared Kushner) then took a different approach, forcing the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco to sign peace deals with Israel, even without a deal. . talk Toward a Palestinian state.
Powerful logic: These deals pressure Palestinians to abandon their delusions of destroying Israel.
In fact, many Arab regimes, including Saudi Arabia, recognize that the greatest threat lies with Iran and only see the benefits they can derive from their relationship with Jerusalem. They are eager to build relationships.
Team Biden should publicly recognize the creation of a Palestinian state on October 7th. impossible In the short term, promote broad-based Arab-Israeli normalization that can facilitate Arab-Israeli normalization (including Arab cooperation in post-war governance of Gaza). Palestinian From a nation of constant suffering and poverty to a nation that recognizes that it can prosper alongside Israel.
A true two-state solution is a great goal, but the obstacle is not Israel, but Palestinians who have been taught for decades that the only “solution” is to eliminate Israel.
call for the establishment of a Palestinian state now That is pure fantasy and completely counterproductive in terms of promoting peace.
Again, “counterproductive” is a given for Team Biden.
