CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 24, 2018
JARED KUSHNER, PRESIDENT TRUMP’S SON-IN-LAW AND SELF-DESCRIBED MIDDLE EAST PEACE ENVOY, IS THREATENING TO SHUTDOWN HIS PEACE INITIATIVE FOLLOWING THE LATEST VIOLENCE IN GAZA.
I WAS MORE THAN SKEPTICAL WHEN KUSHNER ANNOUNCED HE HAD A UNIQUE PEACE PLAN IN MIND. HOW MANY SEASONED DIPLOMATS WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MIDDLE EAST THAN HE HAS HAVE TRIED AND FAILED BEFORE – SINCE 1948? THAT KUSHNER IS JEWISH COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM IN MUSLIM EYES.
KUSHNER’S ERROR, LIKE SO MANY WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE, HAS BEEN TO IGNORE, OR PLAY DOWN THE RELIGIOUS MANDATE MUSLIMS BELIEVE THEY HAVE FROM THEIR GOD TO DESTROY ISRAEL AND TO KILL AS MANY JEWS IN THE PROCESS AS THEY CAN. THEY ANNOUNCE THEIR INTENTIONS IN SERMONS, IN THEIR MEDIA AND EVEN IN CHILDREN’S TEXTBOOKS. WHY SHOULD THEY NOT BE BELIEVED, ESPECIALLY WHEN SO MANY PRACTICE WHAT IS PREACHED TO THEM? THE TERRORIST GROUP, HAMAS, WHICH DOMINATES GAZA, HAS SAID IT WILL NEVER RECOGNIZE ISRAEL’S RIGHT TO EXIST AND SO WILL NEVER MAKE PEACE WITH THE JEWISH STATE, WHICH THEY VIEW AS OCCUPIERS OF THEIR LAND.
HOW DO YOU MAKE PEACE WITH THAT? THE ONLY OPTION IS FOR ISRAEL TO REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH SO TERRORISTS AND NEIGHBORS LIKE IRAN WILL NEVER ATTACK. THAT’S THE ONLY PEACE PLAN THAT HAS A CHANCE OF SUCCESS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
