Israel is a Western nation, and after the Cold War it is not immune to the Western belief that differences can be negotiated and that diplomacy can be won. Russia collapsed without a single blow. China had not yet emerged. The “peace dividend” was real – as Israel wanted to believe. Israel was wrong.
The Hamas “pogrom” of October 7, 2023 was not the beginning of a war, nor was it an “escalation” of a war. It was a continuation of the Arab-Iranian war against Israel and the United States that began decades earlier. (The Palestine Liberation Organization’s first summer camp that taught children to hate and kill has been exposed. life magazine 1970, a few years before the Iranian Revolution. )
Their ambitions have accelerated over the past three years. Biden-Harris administration It eased sanctions on Iran and emphasized diplomacy, “détente” and proportionality, enriching not only the Islamic Republic but also its proxies Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and ISIS in Iraq.
Counting began on October 7th.
The Palestinian terrorist war of 1987-1993 was followed by “diplomacy”. Madrid Conference (1991), Oslo Accords (1993), Oslo II (1995), Hebron Protocol (1997), Wye River Memorandum (1998) and Camp David (2000) is an agreement for land or political concessions by Israel that was “balanced” by a promise by the PLO or the Palestinian Authority (PA) to stop inciting and possibly engaging in terrorism. . (Related: Shoshana Brien: Forget hostage negotiations — let’s win the war)
2000-2005second intifada” should have been a warning about the futility of agreements with parties who are actually trying to kill you. More than 1,000 Israelis were killed, the equivalent of 46,000 Americans at the time.
However, the concurrent “diplomacy”2001), Arab Peace Initiative, and “roadmap to peace” (both 2002). moreover. 2005, Israel unilaterally withdrew All of the victims, including the bodies in the cemetery, were refugees from the Gaza Strip, but they continued to receive electricity and water from the Israeli grid, food aid, and Israeli work permits. By October 7th, 18,000 Gaza Palestinians enter Israel every daysending $2 million to Gaza every day.
So Israel ignored the tunnel, ignored Iranian financial flows through Qatar, and ignored the regular and increasingly sophisticated Hamas rocket attacks that resulted in a “ceasefire” — all in the name of détente and diplomacy. below.
2000, Israel withdrew from Lebanon gives Hezbollah free access to border areas. The United Nations defined its borders. so what? The UN Security Council passed it in 2006 after Israel invaded Lebanon to stop Hezbollah from firing rockets at Israel. resolution 1701demanded that Hezbollah withdraw its weapons and troops north of the Litani River. so what? The United States poured millions of dollars into the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as a “stabilization force.” so what?
There’s a lesson here. The enemy wins when security forces give up material property for an “agreement” without military victory, or at least binding enforcement. That would be Hamas, Hezbollah, the PA, the Houthis, ISIS, and the Muslim Brotherhood.
Oh, and Iran too.
Iranian government took Americans hostage 444 daysand armed and trained its Hezbollah proxy, killing 311 American and French soldiers. in Beirut in 1983;Killed 18 military personnel at a restaurant in Spain. And 11 more people returned to Beirut. It wasn’t the end. William Buckley, rich higgins and Robert Dean Stethem These are names Americans should never forget. Each was targeted, tortured, and killed by Hezbollah. bombing of Israeli embassy 1992 (29 dead, 240 injured); Argentina in 1994 (85 dead, 300 injured) emphasized the point that for Iran/Hezbollah, so are we.
Oh, and nuclear capabilities too.
The full story of Iran’s misdeeds before, during, and after the 2009 nuclear negotiations and the 2015 JCPOA launch is too long to tell. But the Obama administration It was decided at that time finding a negotiated agreement with the Iranian regime; They scored one point, but it was ignored by both sides. IAEA It was recently revealed Iran has continued to pursue nuclear capabilities to this day. (Related article: ‘It’s going to get pretty ugly’: Iran, Israel on collision course with Hezbollah as focus shifts away from Hamas)
trump administration flipped the scriptsanctioned their oil sales and took money from them. The mullah regime was forced to reduce support to militias in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza. Subsequently, the Abraham Accords dispelled the false assumption that the United States was neutral between Israelis and Palestinians. There were seats at the table left for the PA.
Biden-Harris administration turned it over.
Now Houthi terrorists in the Red Sea I’m shooting with Our navy, Western ships, and Iranian-backed Iraqi militias. shooting To our soldiers. Hamas and Hezbollah, and now even Iran directly, all shooting at israel.
This is the price of choosing to ignore the military buildup by people who fundamentally hate you.
Jewish year 5784 was a course correction. Gregorian years 2023-2024 could be similar, but only if American political leaders make the same calculations as Israeli leaders.
Shoshana Bryan is senior director of the Jewish Policy Center and editor of the quarterly magazine inFocus.
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