Wednesday, February 8, 2017

The Trump way of winning the war

trump in ovalCaroline Glick*     "The PLO is disoriented, panicked and hysterical. Speaking to Newsweek this week, Saeb Erekat, PLO chief Mahmoud Abbas’s chief conduit to Israel and the Americans, complained that since President Donald Trump was sworn into office, no administration official had spoken to them.

“ 'I don’t know any of them [Trump’s advisers]. We have sent them letters, written messages. They don’t even bother to respond to us.”

"The Trump administration’s shunning of the PLO is a marked departure from the policies of its predecessor. For former president Barack Obama, together with Iran, the Palestinians were viewed as the key players in the Middle East. Abbas was the first foreign leader Obama called after taking office.

"Erekat’s statement reveals something that is generally obscured. Despite its deep support in Europe, the UN and the international Left, without US support, the PLO is irrelevant.

"All the achievements the PLO racked up under Obama – topped off with the former president’s facilitation of UN Security Council Resolution 2334 against Israel – are suddenly irrelevant. Their impact dissipated the minute Trump took office.

"Israel, in contrast, is more relevant than ever." . . . More...
 
Originally published in the Jerusalem Post.    Ms. Glick introduces herself:*
*. . . I joined the Israel Defense Forces that summer and served as an officer for five and a half years.
"From 1994-1996, as an IDF captain, I served as Coordinator of Negotiations with the PLO in the office of the Coordinator of Government Activities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza. In this capacity I was a core member of Israel’s negotiating team with the Palestinians.
 "In 1997 and 1998 I served as assistant foreign policy advisor Binyamin Netayahu during his first stint as Prime Minister." . . .
Meanwhile, Israel's "peace partners" were raising their next generation of  "Final Solution" handlers.  "Stabbing for kids: Palestinian girl gives demo."
Such a sweet child; the darling of American limousine liberals.

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