CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY APRIL 5, 2024
THE KNIVES ARE OUT FOR ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. ORGANIZED DEMONSTRATORS ARE NOT ONLY IN THE STREETS OF JERUSALEM, THEY ARE AT HIS HOME.
HAMAS MUST LOVE THIS AS PRESSURE ON ISRAEL WORKS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE. THOSE WHO DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE AND PERMANENT CEASEFIRE AGAINST HAMAS DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT. OR MAYBE THEY DO SINCE THE GOAL OF AT LEAST SOME OF THEM IS THE ERADICATION OF THE JEWISH STATE.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ISN’T HELPING WITH ITS TWO-STATE SOLUTION POSITION.
FORMER ISRAEL DIPLOMAT YORAM ETTINGER HAS IT RIGHT. IN HIS RECENT NEWSLETTER HE WROTE: “(FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS) THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS PERSISTED IN ITS SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF (THAT A DIPLOMATIC OPTION IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO TO BRING ABOUT PEACE IN THE REGION). THE DIPLOMATIC OPTION ASSUMES THE AYATOLLAHS ARE AMENDABLE TO GOOD FAITH NEGOTIATIONS AND PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE. IT DISMISSES THE REGIME CHANGE OPTION AND RESISTS THE OPTION OF A VIABLE MILITARY HOVERING ABOVE THE HEAD OF IRAN’S ROGUE AYATOLLAHS.”
ETTINGER GOES ON TO SAY THE STATE DEPARTMENT IS DETACHED FROM MIDDLE EAST REALITY. HE’S EXACTLY RIGHT. ISRAEL AND NETANYAHU MUST WIN THIS WAR. I’M CAL THOMAS.
