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Obama's "Con" Job

Posted by Jay Tea
Published: May 20, 2011 - 11:30 AM =
Yesterday, I half-listened to Pr=
esident Obama's speech on the Middle East -- his voice has a droning quali=
ty that leave me MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over) if I listen to it too much. But=
then he used one word that my ears have been trained to listen for whene=
ver someone discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

That word is "contiguous."

Obama's words:

The Palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves, and reach=
their full potential, in a sovereign and contiguous state.

Currently, the Palestinians have a bisected land. The West Bank and the Ga=
za Strip are separated by Israel. "Contiguous" means that they are not se=
parated, but connected. And that ain't gonna happen unless you 1) bisect I=
srael and give the Palestinians a corridor through the heart of Israel, or=
B) run a Palestinian territory down to the Red Sea and back up to Gaza, d=
epriving Israel of its Red Sea port.

At that point, I decided that the whole section of the speech needed some a=
ttention. Because if there's this one incredibly dumb thing, there are almo=
st certainly more dumb things in it.

And hoo boy, are there.

Israeli settlement activity continues. Palestinians have walked away from =
talks.

Gee, all those Palestinian terror attacks? Rockets, mortars, suicide bomber=
s? Never mind those.

Provisions must also be robust enough to prevent a resurgence of terrorism=
, to stop the infiltration of weapons, and to provide effective border se=
curity.
Barack Obama, border security expert and hawk. Oh, that's rich.

The full and phased withdrawal of Israeli military forces should be coord=
inated with the assumption of Palestinian security responsibility in a sov=
ereign, non-militarized state.

Gosh, why hasn't that been tried before? It's so simple, so obvious.

Oh, that's right. It was. In Gaza. And we all know how well that worked out=
.

Boiled down, it's the same old same old crap we hear from the anti-Israel =
side. A healthy dose of moral equivalence between the Israelis an Palesti=
nians, followed by insistence that both sides much make concessions. The I=
sraelis must give up land and ease security restrictions and, in general, =
make it much easier for them to be attacked; the Palestinians must make pr=
omises to try to cut down on terrorism and think about recognizing Israel'=
s right to exist.

And even when the Palestinians make those promises, they never keep them. A=
nd no one ever holds them to them.

Obama is fixated on the "Palestinians must recognize Israel's right to exi=
st" element. And from I've read, the Israelis don't really care that much =
about it.

As I understand it, the Israeli attitude is "hey, we exist. We're here. We=
ain't going anywhere. Get used to it." They don't need validation from th=
e Palestinians -- or anyone -- to be a legitimate nation, the homeland of =
the Jewish people. They simply bring up the issue as a way of pointing out=
the absurdity of it -- what's the point of opening negotiations with some=
one who pretends the Israelis essentially don't exist? Further, so what if=
the Palestinians say it -- they have a very, very lengthy history of goin=
g back on promises and pledges and concessions.

To Israel, the recognition issue isn't a demand. It's a prerequisite. It's=
a precondition -- how the hell can we negotiate with someone who pretends=
we don't exist? As such, it needs no concessions, is nothing Israel shoul=
d bargain over.

Here's an idea: tell the Palestinians that if they can go a certain period=
of time (say, six months) without any attacks on Israel, and recognize th=
at Israel exists and will continue to exist, then we'll start negotiating.=
What we don't do is start equating killing people with building houses, e=
quate fences that keep people out with fences that keep people in, and sof=
t-selling the calls for (and attempts to carry out) genocide -- which is t=
he end result of the "from the river to the sea, Paleastine will be free."=
(The River being the Jordan and the sea the Mediterranean, meaning that t=
he area will be rendered Judenfrei.)

At this moment, President Obama is meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. =
And in that meeting, I strongly suspect that Obama is telling Netanyahu t=
hat he really needs to trust the Palestinians, that they won't pull the fo=
otball away, and he needs to make a few more concessions as "good will ges=
tures" to get the peace process going.

What he won't be saying is what concessions he's going to pressure the Pal=
estinians to make, what promises and pledges he will extract from them, to=
get them to demonstrate their sincerity.

Which I can kind of respect -- I see it as a recognition of reality. The P=
alestinians won't be making any concessions, will be very reluctant to mak=
e any promises, and won't keep them anyway.

This is not a good time for Israel. And not a good time for those of us wh=
o believe in her right to exist, and think that the world is a far, far be=
tter place with Israel in it.
.
Update: NRO covers much of the same ground, but in some ways better.

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Posted by <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://wizbangblog.com/author/Jay%20=
Tea" title=3D"http://wizbangblog.com/author/Jay%20Tea" alt=3D"http://wizban=
gblog.com/author/Jay%20Tea">Jay Tea</a>

Published: May 20, 2011 - 11:30 AM 
                    &nbs=
p;                     &n=
bsp;                     =
       
          Yesterday, I half-listened to President=
  Obama's speech on=20
the Middle East -- his voice has a droning quality  that leave me MEGO=
=20
(My Eyes Glaze Over) if I listen to it too much. But  then he used one=
=20
word that my ears have been trained to listen for  whenever someone=20
discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

That word is "contiguous."

Obama's words:

The 
Palestinian people must have the right to govern themselves, and reach&nbs=
p;
their full potential, in a sovereign and contiguous state.

Currently, 
the Palestinians have a bisected land. The West Bank and the Gaza=20
Strip  are separated by Israel. "Contiguous" means that they are not&n=
bsp;=20
separated, but connected. And that ain't gonna happen unless you 1) =
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bisect Israel and give the Palestinians a corridor through the heart of&nbs=
p;
Israel, or B) run a Palestinian territory down to the Red Sea and back&nbs=
p;
up to Gaza, depriving Israel of its Red Sea port.

At that point, <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.realclearpolitics.co=
m/articles/2011/05/19/obamas_speech_on_the_middle_east_109920.html" title=
=3D"http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/05/19/obamas_speech_on_t=
he_middle_east_109920.html" alt=3D"http://www.realclearpolitics.com/article=
s/2011/05/19/obamas_speech_on_the_middle_east_109920.html">I decided that t=
he whole section of the speech needed some attention.</a> Because if there'=
s this one incredibly dumb thing, there are almost certainly more dumb thin=
gs in it.

And hoo boy, are there.

Israeli settlement activity continues. Palestinians have walked away =
from talks.

Gee, all those Palestinian terror attacks? Rockets, mortars, suicide bomber=
s? Never mind those.

Provisions 
must also be robust enough to prevent a resurgence of terrorism, to =
=20
stop the infiltration of weapons, and to provide effective border =20
security.

Barack Obama, border security expert and hawk. Oh, that's rich.

The 
full and phased withdrawal of Israeli military forces should be =20
coordinated with the assumption of Palestinian security responsibility&nbsp=
;=20
in a sovereign, non-militarized state.

Gosh, why hasn't that been tried before? It's so simple, so obvious.

Oh, that's right. It was. In Gaza. And we all know how well that worked out=
.

Boiled 
down, it's the same old same old crap we hear from the anti-Israel =
=20
side. A healthy dose of moral equivalence between the Israelis an =20
Palestinians, followed by insistence that both sides much make =20
concessions. The Israelis must give up land and ease security =20
restrictions and, in general, make it much easier for them to be =20
attacked; the Palestinians must make promises to try to cut down on =
=20
terrorism and think about recognizing Israel's right to exist.

And even when the Palestinians make those promises, they never keep them. A=
nd no one ever holds them to them.

Obama 
is fixated on the "Palestinians must recognize Israel's right to=20
exist"  element. And from I've read, the Israelis don't really care th=
at
much  about it.

As I understand it, the Israeli attitude is=20
"hey, we  exist. We're here. We ain't going anywhere. Get used to it."=
=20
They don't  need validation from the Palestinians -- or anyone -- to b=
e a
legitimate  nation, the homeland of the Jewish people. They simply=20
bring up the  issue as a way of pointing out the absurdity of it --=20
what's the point  of opening negotiations with someone who pretends th=
e=20
Israelis  essentially don't exist? Further, so what if the Palestinian=
s=20
say it --  they have a very, very lengthy history of going back on=20
promises and  pledges and concessions.

To Israel, the recognition issue isn't a demand. It's a prereq=
uisite.  It's a precondition 
-- how the hell can we negotiate with someone who pretends we don't =
=20
exist? As such, it needs no concessions, is nothing Israel should =20
bargain over.

Here's an idea: tell the Palestinians that if they 
can go a certain period of time (say, six months) without any attacks&nbsp=
;=20
on Israel, and recognize that Israel exists and will continue to exist,&nbs=
p;
then we'll start negotiating. What we don't do is start equating=20
killing  people with building houses, equate fences that keep people o=
ut
with  fences that keep people in, and soft-selling the calls for (and=
=20
attempts  to carry out) genocide -- which is the end result of the "fr=
om
the  river to the sea, Paleastine will be free." (The River being the=
=20
Jordan  and the sea the Mediterranean, meaning that the area will be=
=20
rendered Judenfrei.)

At  this moment, President Obama is
meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu.  And in that meeting, I strong=
ly
suspect that Obama is telling Netanyahu  that he really needs to trus=
t=20
the Palestinians, that they won't pull the  football away, and he need=
s=20
to make a few more concessions as "good  will gestures" to get the pea=
ce
process going.

What he won't be  saying is what concessions he's
going to pressure the Palestinians to  make, what promises and pledge=
s=20
he will extract from them, to get them  to demonstrate their sincerity=
.

Which
I can kind of respect -- I  see it as a recognition of reality. The=
=20
Palestinians won't be making any  concessions, will be very reluctant =
to
make any promises, and won't  keep them anyway.

This is not a=20
good time for Israel. And not a  good time for those of us who believe=
=20
in her right to exist, and think  that the world is a far, far better=
=20
place with Israel in it.

.

Update: <a target=3D"_blank" href=3D"http://www.nationalreview.com=
/corner/267673/three-reasons-obamas-speech-will-worry-jewish-community-tevi=
-troy" title=3D"http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/267673/three-reasons-o=
bamas-speech-will-worry-jewish-community-tevi-troy" alt=3D"http://www.natio=
nalreview.com/corner/267673/three-reasons-obamas-speech-will-worry-jewish-c=
ommunity-tevi-troy">NRO covers much of the same ground, but in some ways be=
tter.</a></div>

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