What really happened in Jerusalem

Contact Your Elected Officials

โ€œI honestly believe that if any Israeli parent sat down with those [Palestinian] kids, theyโ€™d say, โ€˜I want these kids to succeed.โ€™ โ€

โ€” Barack Obama, in Jerusalem,
March 21, 2013

Very true. But how does the other side feel about Israeli kids?

Consider that the most revered parent in Palestinian society is Mariam Farhat of Gaza. Her distinction? Three of her sons died in various stages of trying to kill Israelis โ€” one in a suicide attack, shooting up and hurling grenades in a room full of Jewish students.

She gloried in her โ€œmartyrโ€ sons, wishing only that she had 100 boys like her schoolroom suicide attacker to โ€œsacrifice .โ€‰.โ€‰. for the sake of God.โ€ And for that she was venerated as โ€œmother of the struggle,โ€ elected to parliament and widely mourned upon her recent passing.

So much for reciprocity. In the Palestinian territories, streets, public squares, summer camps, high schools, even a kindergarten are named after suicide bombers and other mass murderers. So much for the notion that if only Israelis would care about Arab kids, peace would be possible.

Israelis have forever wanted nothing more than peace and security for all children. Thatโ€™s why they accepted the 1947 U.N. partition of British Palestine into a Jewish and an Arab state. Unfortunately โ€” another asymmetry โ€” the Arabs said no. To this day, the Palestinians have rejected every peace offer that leaves a Jewish state standing.

This is not ancient history. Yasser Arafat said no at Camp David in 2000 and at Taba in 2001. And in 2008, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert offered a Palestinian state on all of the West Bank (with territorial swaps) with its capital in a shared Jerusalem. Mahmoud Abbas walked away.

In that same speech, Obama blithely called these โ€œmissed historic opportunitiesโ€ that should not prevent peace-seeking now. But these โ€œmissed historic opportunitiesโ€ are not random events. They present an unbroken, unrelenting pattern over seven decades of rejecting any final peace with Israel.

By Charles Krauthammer

Read Full Article on NationalReview.com

National Review
National Reviewhttps://www.nationalreview.com/
National Review is the leading conservative magazine and website covering news, politics, and culture with detailed analysis and commentary.

MyPillowโ€™s CEO Mike Lindell Wins 2 Court Cases

A federal court tossed the $5M ruling against Mike Lindell, saying arbitrators rewrote the rules of his 2021 Cyber Symposium challenge.

Whatโ€™s The Most Realistic Scenario In Which The West Might Replace Zelensky?

Yermak and Budanov agreed with the Anglo-American Axisโ€™ proposal to replace Zelensky with Zaluzhny and โ€œresetโ€ Ukraineโ€™s ties with the West.

Earned vs. Owed

Not since the Donner Party has a group of people so badly misinterpreted the circumstances of their situation like the players of the WNBA.

Just How American are Americaโ€™s Elite Schools?

Their exteriors may be ivy clad, but that faรงade on Americaโ€™s elite universities cloaks secrecy, power politics and globalist attitudes as well.

Multiple Democrats Playing Defense

There is a news situation going on that is...

Vaccination Rates Drop Among Kindergartners as Exemptions Increase: CDC

Rates of vaccination among kindergartners ticked down in the 2024โ€“2025 school year, the CDC said as the number of exemptions rose.

Boeing Featured in Nearly All US Trade Dealsโ€”Hereโ€™s Why

The skies are clearing for Boeing these days as it emerges as the clear winner of trade deals during the tariff negotiations between the US and its trading partners,

72 Arrested, 29 Human Trafficking Victims Rescued Across Mississippi: Officials

Mississippiโ€™s AG announced that it carried out a statewide operation in July that resulted in 72 arrests and the rescue of 29 human trafficking victims.

NASA, SpaceX Launch Crew-11 to Space Station

SpaceXโ€™s Falcon 9 rocket took off on Aug. 1, as the 11th act of the NASA commercial crew program set off for the International Space Station.

Trump Orders Firing of Labor Statistics Chief After July Jobs Report

President Donald Trump announced on Aug. 1 that he has directed the termination of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Trump Issues 60-Day Deadline for Drug Makers to Lower Prices

Trump told CEOs of worldโ€™s leading pharmaceutical companies that he expects them to implement Most Favored Nation drug pricing within 60 days.

Trump Hikes Tariffs on Canada to 35 Percent

Trump followed through on his threat to raise tariffs on Canada from 25% to 35% saying country โ€œfailedโ€ to stop flow of fentanyl and other drugs into US.

Bessent Says Trump Accounts for Kids Are Backdoor โ€˜For Privatizing Social Securityโ€™

Treasury Sec Scott Bessent said Trump Accounts are โ€œa back door for privatizing Social Security,โ€ but the admin is committed to protecting Social Security.
spot_img

Related Articles