Anyone whose view of Middle Eastern politics doesn't begin with the understanding that if the "Palestinians" and other Arab states were to get the hell over it and leave Israel alone then 95% of the trouble would cease overnight is either ignorant or lying to himself.
That being said, it stops when they either bite the proverbial weenie and get over it, or when Israel makes attacking them unprofitable to the point that they're forced to stop. Nothing else will do.
hard to make it unprofitable when US administrations keep sending billions to hamas, the ayatollahs of Iran and their adherents. Residents of Gaza cheered and danced in the streets on Oct. 7, celebrating the cruel and barbarous rape and murder of hundreds. Every college protestor should be compelled to watch the videos by hamas thugs of that carnage
The Arabs claim that Ishmael is Abram's rightful descendant, and the Bible confirms that he was born first, but of a slave girl, Hagar.
Abram followed the Lord and after circumcision fathered Isaac from Sarai, his most-favored wife. They were thenceforward known as Abraham and Sarah, and called the first Jews.
All of this occurred in the same territory and the conflict between the opposing sides has never been resolved.
Trump had set in motion the GCCC and Abraham Accords whereby all the participants would jointly defend and enforce regional peace. It is my belief that that plan is still in force and the GCCC, led by Saudi Prince MBS, has not engaged the Arab world against the Israelis. We'll see, of course!
I submit that mutual agreement between the current warring sides with the mutual cooperation of the GCCC and A.A. is the path of greatest promise. The Israelis wouldn't bully their weaker neighbors, but nor would the greater Arab world persecute them! That would create genuine peace in the region.
But the NeoCon apocalypse promoters would be foaming at the mouth!
Good post but I would raise one small point on the subject of the European colonization of the Americas. The period from Columbus to the present day was mostly characterized by peaceful living side by side. The natives learned a lot from the colonizers and vice versa. The warfare, such as it was, made grist for all the Westerns that were popular in the first two-thirds or so of the Twentieth Century. That has become firmly fixed in the popular mind. But what caused the population decline of the Native Americans, on both continents, was disease and in those days nobody knew how to deal with it. An even worse scourge was experienced in Europe from the Bubonic Plague.
The present day problem is that the so-caked Palestinians are “the problem”.
Seven times Isrselbhas offered the Palestinians an independent nation in the West Bank snd Gaza and every time the Oakestinisns refused. Why ? Because that independence was predicated on the Palestinians agreeing to recognize the right of the State of Israel to exist.
Jordan and Egypt both agreed to Israel’s right to exist. Thus, we witness that a long period of peace has been carefully maintained between Israel and those nations.
The entire problem is one created by The Palestinians snd those, Uran and Syria, who play the Palestinians like a well worn fiddle….
Anyone whose view of Middle Eastern politics doesn't begin with the understanding that if the "Palestinians" and other Arab states were to get the hell over it and leave Israel alone then 95% of the trouble would cease overnight is either ignorant or lying to himself.
That being said, it stops when they either bite the proverbial weenie and get over it, or when Israel makes attacking them unprofitable to the point that they're forced to stop. Nothing else will do.
hard to make it unprofitable when US administrations keep sending billions to hamas, the ayatollahs of Iran and their adherents. Residents of Gaza cheered and danced in the streets on Oct. 7, celebrating the cruel and barbarous rape and murder of hundreds. Every college protestor should be compelled to watch the videos by hamas thugs of that carnage
Ahh, the 'Who's First' dilemma!
The Arabs claim that Ishmael is Abram's rightful descendant, and the Bible confirms that he was born first, but of a slave girl, Hagar.
Abram followed the Lord and after circumcision fathered Isaac from Sarai, his most-favored wife. They were thenceforward known as Abraham and Sarah, and called the first Jews.
All of this occurred in the same territory and the conflict between the opposing sides has never been resolved.
Trump had set in motion the GCCC and Abraham Accords whereby all the participants would jointly defend and enforce regional peace. It is my belief that that plan is still in force and the GCCC, led by Saudi Prince MBS, has not engaged the Arab world against the Israelis. We'll see, of course!
I submit that mutual agreement between the current warring sides with the mutual cooperation of the GCCC and A.A. is the path of greatest promise. The Israelis wouldn't bully their weaker neighbors, but nor would the greater Arab world persecute them! That would create genuine peace in the region.
But the NeoCon apocalypse promoters would be foaming at the mouth!
Good post but I would raise one small point on the subject of the European colonization of the Americas. The period from Columbus to the present day was mostly characterized by peaceful living side by side. The natives learned a lot from the colonizers and vice versa. The warfare, such as it was, made grist for all the Westerns that were popular in the first two-thirds or so of the Twentieth Century. That has become firmly fixed in the popular mind. But what caused the population decline of the Native Americans, on both continents, was disease and in those days nobody knew how to deal with it. An even worse scourge was experienced in Europe from the Bubonic Plague.
The present day problem is that the so-caked Palestinians are “the problem”.
Seven times Isrselbhas offered the Palestinians an independent nation in the West Bank snd Gaza and every time the Oakestinisns refused. Why ? Because that independence was predicated on the Palestinians agreeing to recognize the right of the State of Israel to exist.
Jordan and Egypt both agreed to Israel’s right to exist. Thus, we witness that a long period of peace has been carefully maintained between Israel and those nations.
The entire problem is one created by The Palestinians snd those, Uran and Syria, who play the Palestinians like a well worn fiddle….