It had to happen and it did. They got tired hearing the
sound of their own voices and those of each other regurgitating the same
venomous lies over and over again. Finally, after more than three decades of
wait, Elliott Abrams saw fit to write a piece that does not say the
Palestinians hate peace and that the Jews love it, but chose instead to say the
following:
Please Mr. American President, don't inflict peace on us. We
are Jews after all, and you should know what we've been doing to peace makers
since the beginning of time. In case you don’t, here is the truth: we've been
crucifying them. If you don't believe me, ask a fellow named Jesus, and another
one named Jimmy Carter. So stop inflicting peace on us, Mr. President, because
we cannot live without the sight of blood flowing like a river or the sound of
people groaning in pain or the smell of human entrails ripped by speeding
bullets and blowing their content out in the open.
Actually, in the interest of accuracy, it must be said that
Elliott Abrams did not use those words to say all that. But he implied it –
more or less. He did it in an article he wrote under the title: “The Downside
of the Middle East 'Peace Process,'” published
on June 26, 2017 on the website of the Weekly Standard. He departed from the
old formula of dressing the antagonists in a way that made them appear as good
Jews and bad Palestinians. Instead, he started his latest article by dressing
the two sides with cuts from the same cloth.
Here is how he put it: “Among Israelis and Palestinians,
there's little optimism about renewed efforts to negotiate a comprehensive
Israeli-Palestinian peace deal … Officials, journalists, and policy analysts
expect the same [old] outcome from the Trump administration. There is [however]
more optimism in the Trump White House”.
On the surface, this looks and sounds like a monumental
confession. But look carefully at the Abrams statement and you'll know that the
confession is without remorse. Therefore, it can only be a fake one. You know
this to be the case because it lacks the honest display of contrition that must
accompany a confession of this magnitude.
In fact, you'll find that this fake locution (you may
continue to call it a confession if you want) is actually a trick used by the
writer to disarm his readers. He does that to start a new round of gamesmanship
to suit the new circumstances; a round he plans to play differently this time.
The key word in the Abrams statement is “comprehensive.” Its
presence indicates that the author does not reject negotiating a deal; he only
rejects seeking a comprehensive deal. This means, he wants the talks to
continue, but he wants them to go in a time-consuming direction; one that will
lead nowhere. In fact, Elliott Abrams wrote nearly 1,300 words to tell why he
thinks it is a bad idea to pursue a comprehensive deal. And he uses the last
three sentences at the bottom of the article to tell what he ultimately wants.
Here is that passage:
“Don't pass up opportunities to make small gains, to get
undramatic and almost invisible advances, to set in motion changes that will
take a long time to bear fruit. The odds of getting a complete peace deal are
very small. It would be quite enough to be able to say, in four or eight years,
'You know, we really made things better'”.
This time, the key words in the passage are these: “in four
or eight years.” It happens to be the American election cycle. By inserting
this idea in the argument, Elliott Abrams reveals that the Judeo-Israeli
conspiracy – and that's what it is; a full-blown conspiracy – to keep using
American power in the service of Israel and the other Jewish causes,
is still on and still in the full force mode.
The goal of the conspiracy is to maintain and reinforce America 's habit of inflating Israel no
matter who is in the White House. To this end, the scheme is redesigned every
four or eight years to take into account the style of the new occupant, and to
tailor-make an approach that will make him feel more comfortable the more he
takes from Americans and gives to Israelis.
One more thing needs to be said. Because Elliott Abrams has
always been the heart and soul of the Judeo-Israeli establishment, he
faithfully emits the vibrations produced by the New-York/Tel-Aviv axis. In so
doing, he reflects the condition of the establishment in real time. Moreover,
those who know his style cannot help but detect a reversal in the approach he used
in this article.
There is only one way to infer the cause of that reversal,
and one way to interpret what it means.
Connecting the dots produces the picture of a Jewish
establishment that's trembling in its boots. It sees an American electorate
hungry for its leaders to develop the courage to say “no” to the never ending
Jewish demands. The establishment also sees a man in the White House that can
down a dozen Jewish tricksters in one gulp, and go after a dozen more.
Senior members of the Jewish establishment sense that the
new President will not allow himself or America to be exploited by a Jew
ever again. They know he'll go over the congress of 29 standing ovations like a
merciless steamroller to keep in America
what belongs to America
no matter what the congressional zombies will say or do. And he'll have the
entire electorate – not just his base – cheering him on.