President of the United States
of America , Donald Trump and
Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu held a news conference on February
15, 2017 during which they answered questions relating to the Middle East, especially
the situation in occupied Palestine .
A number of realities came out of that conference; and it
would be interesting to compare them with the pontifications that were made by
the Jewish mob of pundits which pronounced itself on the matter in the preceding
days. A high profile member of that mob is Benny Avni who wrote a column a day
earlier under the title: “Trump-Netanyahu meeting couldn't come at a better
time,” and published it in the New York Post.
After a short introduction, Avni begins the discussion with
this: “Though both leaders will be discussing a range of issues, the only one
that really matters is Iran
… The Palestinian issue will be on the agenda, and media eggheads and others in
the peacemaking industry will study every word for signs of change or
continuity”.
Having elevated the Iran question to be the important
issue, and having dismissed the Palestinian question as a non-issue, Benny Avni
went on to discuss what it is that the Jews fantasize about – at this time.
Quoting the infamous Dennis Ross, Avni posited the following: “Israel 's new relations with Egypt , Jordan and other Sunni Arab states
open new opportunities”.
Avni then switched to howling about Iran's danger to the
region, ending with a return to the Sunni Arab situation like this: “Who knows,
maybe America's old Arab partners, now also Israel's new secret friends, will
start pressuring the Palestinians behind the scenes. It would be a double
diplomatic coup –– and for both leaders, couldn't come a moment too soon.” And so
we look to the press conference to see what has transpired with regard to the
three issues: Palestine , Iran
With regard to the Palestinian question, President Trump
began with this: “Our administration is committed to working toward a peace
agreement between Israel
and the Palestinians … something we want to do … As with any successful negotiation;
both sides will have to make compromises.” He then looked at Benjamin Netanyahu
and with a non-too-subtle smirk on his face asked: You know that, right?
Annoyed that Trump divulged they had a discussion on this matter and were in
disagreement about it, Netanyahu gave the only reply that could have mitigated
his embarrassment: “Both sides,” he stressed.
Then came a question about the settlements, causing Trump to
address Netanyahu directly: “I'd like to see you hold back on settlements.
We'll work something out but I would like to see a deal be made … Bibi and I've
known each other a long time. I think we're going to make a deal. It might be a
bigger and better deal. That's a possibility so let's see what we do.”
Embarrassed once again, Netanyahu could only reply with a terse: “A start,” to
which Trump observed: “Doesn't sound too optimistic but good negotiator”.
As to the question of the one-state or two-state solution,
and the question of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem , Trump had this
to say: “I like the one that both sides like. I can live with either one … If
Israel and the Palestinians are happy, I'm happy with the one they like best.
As far as the embassy moving to Jerusalem
… we'll see what happens”.
Netanyahu took it from there and gave a long and rambling
lecture in a helpless attempt to show that aside from the fact that the Jews
made a mess of their lives in Europe throughout the centuries – earning the
various pogroms and holocausts – they have a legitimate right to push the
Palestinians out of the way, and take their places and properties. In essence,
Netanyahu was trying to make this point: the Chinese come from China , the Japanese from Japan and the Jews from Judea .
Hearing this, a number of heads must have exploded because
this is a guy who would not compare a Chinese apple with a Jewish apple, and
would not compare a Japanese orange with a Jewish orange, yet here he is
comparing the Chinese ethnicity, as well as the Japanese ethnicity – not with
the Hebrew ethnicity but with the Jewish religion.
An important concept Netanyahu omitted is that Americans of
Chinese or mixed races who might feel a mysterious connection to China – do not
go there, chase out of the way or kill Chinese families that never left the
land, and take their places. The same applies to Japanese Americans.
And of course, there is also Trump's son-in-law, daughter
and grandchildren who are as much of the Hebrew or Semitic ethnicity as I am of
the unicorn species. In short, Donald Trump could not see his family go to Bethlehem , machine-gun a
Palestinian family that lived there since before Jesus was born, and take its
property … all of that just because someone suddenly felt some kind of
mysterious connection to something. This is more than spooky; it's a mental
illness that brought the planet close to World War III on several occasions.
As to Iran ,
Trump deliberately avoided talking about this issue. Thus, in response to a
question, Netanyahu was careful not to draw a rebuke from Trump. And so, he
said this: “You asked about Iran .
One thing is preventing Iran
from getting nuclear weapons, something that President Trump and I – I think –
are deeply committed to do. And we are obviously going to discuss it”.