Give credit where credit is due.
The editors of the Weekly Standard have finally seen the
light and seen fit to produce an iconic piece that shows how democracy, which
might have been a formula for good governance at some point in the past, was
corrupted and turned into a virulent poison with the potential to threaten life
on Earth.
The editors wrote: “A New Intifada?” a piece that also came
under the subtitle: “The gates of hell remain closed.” It was published on
December 12, 2017 in the Weekly Standard. The editors discuss the American
declaration of intent to move the country's embassy to Jerusalem ,
thus recognize the still to be defined boundaries of the city, as the capital
of Israel .
Upon hearing of this strange decision, the first thing that
comes to mind is some 200 questions that go something like this: Does anyone
recognize Paris as the capital of France ?
Ottawa as the capital of Canada ? Moscow
as the capital of Russia ?
Cairo as the capital of Egypt ? Washington
as the capital of the United
States ? Addis Ababa
as the capital of Ethiopia ?
Do France , Canada , Russia ,
Egypt , America or Ethiopia insist that others
recognize their capital city? No; nobody does. So why make an exception for Israel ? Good
question.
The fact is that the world runs on norms, some of which took
centuries to develop; others only decades. When there is a need to amend any of
the norms, a procedure agreed to by all nations is strictly followed. The
compilation of such procedures – which are necessary to run life on Planet
Earth in an orderly fashion – was given the name 'international law'.
All nations have accepted the idea that the rule of law is
supreme, and that no one can claim to be above it. Whether you are an
authoritarian system of governance or a so-called democratic system, you accept
a judgment that is rendered by a qualified tribunal, and you abide by it. So
far, everyone on the planet except one entity has accepted and honored that
deal.
The exception is Israel that refuses to submit to
the rule of law as a matter of principle. It does so despite the fact that it
is the first to holler about others not adhering to the law, even during an
ongoing debate as to how a given law can or cannot be interpreted. If and when
a ruling is made against Israel ,
its aggressive representatives and their American recruits crisscross the
planet where they run roughshod over everyone, while howling the familiar claim
that what happened here is a clear case of anti-Semitism.
This happens to American recruits whether they are private
citizens or officials of the American government. It happens because the system
of governance in America has
so deteriorated, the ruling elites are known to sacrifice anything that does
not belong to them personally, to protect Israel from the legal consequences
of the criminal activities it never ceases to engage in.
But there is a line that official America has not crossed. It is to
recognize the criminal annexation of Palestinian lands by Israel . Being a
party to the Security Council resolutions 242 and 338 that forbid Israel from doing just that, America has
almost literally split itself in two so as to appear like it is adhering to the
law while at the same time signaling to the Jews it approves their act of piracy.
The editorial of the Weekly Standard gives inkling as to how
this is working out with the Jerusalem
issue. The editors say that in recognizing Jerusalem
as the capital of Israel ,
President Donald Trump “defied America 's
foreign policy establishment, the European Union, the British foreign
secretary, the French president, the pope, transnational policymakers of every
sort, and governments across the Middle East .”
This should please the Jews enormously because they believe that the way to
prove your love for them is to kiss them while giving the middle finger to
everyone else.
The editors of the Weekly Standard go on to say that
American presidents “Clinton, Obama and Bush all promised to declare Jerusalem the capital but
didn't follow through.” And they end with this lamentation: “The harder part
will be for the Trump administration to follow through and move the embassy to Jerusalem . Rex Tillerson
said the move is not something that's going to happen this year, probably not
next year. In Washington
'not this year' has a way of turning into 'not ever.'” And that, my friend, is America 's way
of telling the world it is not violating international law.