Thursday, February 2, 2017

A Morass of Jewish Haggles in Print

Under the auspices of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, the notorious pair, David Makovsky and Dennis Ross, co-wrote a 16-page document they call “Toward a New Paradigm for Addressing the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” as part of a series which the Institute calls: “Policy Notes for the Trump Administration.” It was published in January of 2017.

There is a preamble at the start of the document called “Executive Summary.” It's a good thing the writers did this because the paper is a massive, toxic morass of Jewish haggles that serve to demonstrate why these people haven't advanced an inch in four thousand years of sordid history. The preamble offers a taste of what's to come in the rest of the document, allowing the readers to decide if they want to continue reading the thing or drop it to do something else.

What the summary does is condense the drivel ahead in two pages. What it says in short, is that President Trump must not seek a comprehensive settlement pertaining to the Jewish occupation of Palestine. But by the time you've read the first paragraph, you realize they are actually saying he must not try to reach any settlement at all. This being the case, what are they telling Donald Trump to do? Here is what they are telling him:

“In lieu of seeking a comprehensive peace, the new administration should focus on reaching an agreement with Israel on steps that [would] blunt the delegitimization movement against Israel; and provide the administration with leverage to use with the Palestinians, other Arabs, and Europeans”.

Mind you, this is not what they suggest Trump should do; it is what they command him to do. He is to sit with Israel and reach an agreement to do the things they just enumerated. Do you know what these things amount to, my friend? The two Jews are telling the President of the United States he must put those ideas on paper so that they become a binding promise they can take to the congress of zombies, and have these creatures pass resolutions that will sink America and keep Israel afloat.

And when the Jews of Israel will have the President of the United States on the slippery slope of that promise, what else will they tell him to do? Here is the answer to that question: “In line with this approach, the United States should accept construction in the existing settlement blocs and East Jerusalem.” Is that it? America should accept––meaning green-light––Jewish construction on Palestinian lands. Is there no demand on Israel to reciprocate in some fashion?

Oh yes there is something, the writers assure the readers. But before telling what it is, they qualify their dictum by articulating two big caveats. The first is that no demand will be made on Israel to commit to anything verbally or in writing. What America will do is simply “ask Israel to stop building outside those areas … and [simply] ask Netanyahu to demonstrate commitment to the two-state solution.” The second caveat gives the Jews the escape hatch they will need to trash even this American request if and when they so decide … unless –– well, see for yourself unless what:

“Such steps would not be easy for the Israeli government to take, but U.S. commitments to produce strategic gains for Israel in response could provide the political tailwind for the prime minister to sell the moves. The commitments could include vetoing any UN resolutions opposed to Israel; resist all pressures on Israel to take any other steps; promising to gain Arab and European public [PUBLIC] acknowledgment of the significance of the Israeli moves; commitment from the Europeans and Palestinians to stop their anti-normalization campaign”. Wow! All that except the kitchen sink … or maybe it's there too; buried in the 16 pages that no one will read.

Looking at the package of demands made by Ross and Makovsky in the name of Israel, and looking at the package of nothings they are offering in return, you feel disgusted and you wonder. You begin to understand why humanity – through the ages and throughout the globe – has wanted to punish these people as harshly as it did. Unable to find a word that will express the depth of your disgust; you search the preamble for what they say about their scheme … and find them calling it a virtue.

Here is that passage: “The virtue of this approach is that it could change the realities on the ground and allow the Trump administration to break the stalemate and restore a sense of possibility.” My Jewish friend would have had another response. He would have thrown his arms up in the air and screamed: Light up the oven!