[link removed]

In this mailing:
* Alan M. Dershowitz and Andrew Stein: Israel Is Helping Palestinians More Than Those Who Condemn Israel
* Daniel Greenfield: Biden's Deal for Israel "Nearly Identical to Hamas's Own Proposals"


** Israel Is Helping Palestinians More Than Those Who Condemn Israel ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------

by Alan M. Dershowitz and Andrew Stein • June 5, 2024 at 5:00 am
* Consider the fact that no Arab or Muslim nation has been willing to accept Palestinian refugees from Gaza. Perhaps these nations recall that anyone who has tried to help the Palestinians has lived to regret it.
* Perhaps Ireland, Norway and Spain might extend invitations to the Palestinians to become residents there?
* On April 13, more than 1,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Hamburg, Germany and demanded that the country become a Caliphate, with Shariah law.
* The only reason that Ireland, Norway and Spain can safely recognize a Palestinian state is that they do not have to live with the consequences.
* Many [Arab and Muslim states]... might feel obligated officially to support the Palestinians and a "two-state solution," but behind closed doors will admit that a Palestinian state is the last thing they want....
* The truth is that few outside of Israel really care about the plight of the Palestinian people. The demonstrations on college campuses which purport to be "pro-Palestine" are far more about condemning Israel than about helping the Palestinians.
* Those who claim to support the Palestinians... ought to be urging Arab and Muslim nations to help the Palestinians in material ways.
* Until that is done, all the Palestinian people will get are hollow demonstrations on university campuses, empty recognitions from anti-Israel governments, irrelevant United Nations resolutions and bigoted demonization of Israel. None of this helps the Palestinian people. It only encourages more hatred, more terrorism and more war.

Pictured: A truck carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip crosses the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and Gaza, on May 30, 2024. (Photo by Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel has long been the primary supporter of the Palestinian people, both on the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip. Israelis have opened their borders to Palestinian workers, to whom they pay high wages. They have accepted Palestinian patients, including even terrorists, into their excellent hospitals. Some of the Israeli kibbutz residents who helped Gazans were murdered by them on October 7. Even during the current Gaza war, Israel has provided more food, medicine and humanitarian aid to Palestinians than any country has ever done during wartime.

What have other countries done? Very little. Norway, Ireland and Spain, on May 28, "formally recognized a Palestinian state." How does that help the Palestinian people? It doesn't. Indeed, it hurts them by raising unrealistic expectations. The only way a Palestinian state will exist is through hard compromises and the difficult direct negotiations to which the Palestinians agreed in the 1993-1995 Oslo Accords.

Continue Reading Article ([link removed])


** Biden's Deal for Israel "Nearly Identical to Hamas's Own Proposals" ([link removed])
------------------------------------------------------------

by Daniel Greenfield • June 5, 2024 at 4:00 am
* The deal that Biden laid out gives Hamas everything it wanted, including staying in power. An end to Israeli attempts to eliminate the terror group. And all the money it could possibly need. Rather than an Israeli proposal, this is almost the exact same 'ceasefire' deal that Hamas, Qatar and Egypt had assembled and that Hamas then made a show of accepting a few weeks ago.
* All Biden did was brush off the Hamas proposal and then declare that it was the Israeli proposal.
* Indeed, a follow-up call with a senior White House official had him admit that, "it's nearly identical to Hamas's own proposals of only a few weeks ago"...
* In reality, [Biden] had taken an Israeli counter-proposal, changed crucial elements so that it matched Hamas demands at a time when the Israeli government would not be able to respond and unveiled it to the world while daring Israelis to call him a liar. All to save Islamic terrorists.
* Netanyahu poured cold water on the proposal, stating: "Israel's conditions for ending the war have not changed: The destruction of Hamas military and governing capabilities, the freeing of all hostages and ensuring that Gaza no longer poses a threat to Israel. Israel will continue to insist these conditions are met before a permanent ceasefire is put in place. The notion that Israel will agree to a permanent ceasefire before these conditions are fulfilled is a non-starter."
* So much for the "Israeli proposal".
* Not a single member of the Israeli government had explicitly gotten behind Biden's proposal to leave Hamas in power (or with a fig leaf "technocratic" government to handle the foreign aid.) Neither did they explicitly take on the Biden administration by disavowing it. And the Biden administration is doubling down on forcing Israelis to accept the proposal and save Hamas.
* While the Biden administration demanded that the Israeli government endorse his proposal, there were no such expectations of Hamas.
* The White House official announced that the administration will ignore Hamas promises to go on waging terror as part of a cover-up to push the Hamas proposal to save the terror group.
* The state sponsors of terrorism will police the terrorists. And Biden will police Israel. It's not a deal to end a war, but to save and finance Hamas so it can begin the next war.

The deal that President Joe Biden laid out gives Hamas everything it wanted, including staying in power. An end to Israeli attempts to eliminate the terror group. And all the money it could possibly need. All Biden did was brush off the Hamas proposal and then declare that it was the Israeli proposal. Pictured: Biden in the State Dining Room of the White House on May 31, 2024. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)

After families across Israel had lit their Sabbath candles, returned home from synagogue services and begun their festive meals, President Biden looked at his watch in D.C.

"Just checking it's afternoon," he said. And then got started on his speech to save Hamas.

There was nothing accidental about the timing of the speech on Friday afternoon at a time when much of America's political establishment was heading out for the weekend while Israeli Jews were celebrating the Sabbath and many of them were not even using electronic devices.

After celebrating former President Donald Trump's conviction, Biden announced a new deal under which Hamas would rule Gaza, get billions in U.S. aid and dozens of its terrorists would be released from prison in exchange for every hostage. Or every hostage's dead body.

Under the terms of Biden's proposal, Hamas wins and Israel gets back survivors and corpses.

Continue Reading Article ([link removed])

============================================================
** Facebook ([link removed])
** Twitter ([link removed])
** RSS ([link removed])
** Donate ([link removed])
Copyright © Gatestone Institute, All rights reserved.

You are subscribed to this list as [email protected]

You can change how you receive these emails:
** Update your subscription preferences ([link removed])
or ** Unsubscribe from this list ([link removed])

** Gatestone Institute ([link removed])

14 East 60 St., Suite 705, New York, NY 10022