{"id":113418,"date":"2024-06-06T17:05:25","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T15:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=113418"},"modified":"2024-06-06T08:11:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T06:11:41","slug":"12-05-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=113418","title":{"rendered":"Israel Is Helping Palestinians More Than Those Who Condemn Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"center alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/images\/gatestone-logo-1000.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"50%\" \/><\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000080;\"><span><strong><a style=\"color: #000080; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/20683\/israel-helping-palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Israel Is Helping Palestinians More Than Those Who Condemn Israel<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Alan M. Dershowitz<br \/>\n<\/strong><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>and <\/em><\/span><strong>Andrew Stein<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"height: 15px; background: #d0e6fa; width: 100%;\" \/>\n<ul class=\"content_preface_bullets\">\n<li><strong>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.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Perhaps Ireland, Norway and Spain might extend invitations to the Palestinians to become residents there?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>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.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>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.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Many [Arab and Muslim states]&#8230; might feel obligated officially to support the Palestinians and a &#8220;two-state solution,&#8221; but behind closed doors will admit that a Palestinian state is the last thing they want&#8230;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>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 &#8220;pro-Palestine&#8221; are far more about condemning Israel than about helping the Palestinians.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Those who claim to support the Palestinians&#8230; ought to be urging Arab and Muslim nations to help the Palestinians in material ways. These would include&#8230;.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>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.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/pics\/5058.jpg\" width=\"100%\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>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)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article_body itemprop_articlebody\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-hamas-war\/article-798233\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">terrorists<\/a>, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">What have other countries done? Very little.\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/eu-palestinian-state-spain-israel-gaza-6efe351e53761befc2c539c535bbcc0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Norway, Ireland and Spain<\/a>, on May 28, &#8220;formally recognized a Palestinian state.&#8221; How does that help the Palestinian people? It doesn&#8217;t. Indeed, it hurts them by raising unrealistic expectations. The only way a Palestinian state will exist is through hard compromises and the difficult\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ho\/time\/pcw\/97181.htm#:~:text=This%20agreement%20established%20an%20important,Middle%20East%20had%20changed%20dramatically.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">direct negotiations<\/a>\u00a0to which the Palestinians agreed in the 1993-1995\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/2001-2009.state.gov\/r\/pa\/ho\/time\/pcw\/97181.htm#:~:text=This%20agreement%20established%20an%20important,Middle%20East%20had%20changed%20dramatically.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oslo Accords<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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. When\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/article-759155\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jordan<\/a>\u00a0took them in, the Palestinians tried to overthrow the government of King Hussein in 1970. The attempted coup, known as\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/black-september\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black September,<\/a>\u00a0ended with the Palestinians being\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/black-september\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expelled<\/a>\u00a0to Lebanon. Once there, a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/event\/Lebanese-Civil-War\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">civil war<\/a>\u00a0erupted between the Muslims, backed by the PLO, and the Christians, resulting in the PLO being\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/summary\/Palestine-Liberation-Organization#:~:text=In%201982%20Israel%20invaded%20Lebanon,though%20several%20militant%20factions%20dissented.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expelled<\/a>\u00a0once again, this time to Tunisia in 1982. After\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/3391\/kuwait-expels-palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kuwait<\/a>\u00a0offered roughly\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/3391\/kuwait-expels-palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">400,000 Palestinians<\/a>\u00a0visas and jobs, and Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990,the PLO sided with Iraq. After the liberation of Kuwait, an estimated 200,000 were\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/3391\/kuwait-expels-palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">expelled<\/a>\u00a0and another 200,000 were\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/3391\/kuwait-expels-palestinians\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not allowed back<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">After Israel forced its own people out of Gaza in 2005 to allow a Palestinian &#8220;Singapore on the Mediterranean,&#8221; instead, in 2006, the Palestinians\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/10\/24\/gaza-election-hamas-2006-palestine-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">elected Hamas,<\/a>\u00a0which built more than 350 miles of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/01\/16\/news\/hamas-gaza-tunnels-at-least-350-miles-long-officials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">terror tunnels<\/a>, a &#8220;<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_80hm9f4qWc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">city under a city<\/a>.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">No wonder their neighbors prefer not to take Gazans in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Perhaps Ireland, Norway and Spain might extend invitations to the Palestinians to become residents there?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">On April 13, more than 1,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Hamburg, Germany and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/germany-hamburg-caliphate-rally-prompts-calls-for-punishment\/a-68971732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demanded<\/a>\u00a0that the country become a Caliphate, with Shariah law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Egypt, which has its own history of\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/sada\/2020\/07\/the-egyptian-militarys-terrorism-containment-campaign-in-north-sinai?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">terrorism in the Sinai<\/a>, has closed its borders to Palestinians. Lebanon has kept much of its Palestinian population in\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/18\/shatila-refugee-camp-lebanon-generations-of-palestinians-lost-their-futures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">refugee camps<\/a>\u00a0for decades. Jordan killed Palestinians who were building a\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/black-september\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">state within a state<\/a>, during Black September. Saudi Arabia has\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/02\/21\/why-arab-states-wont-support-palestinians-qa-00142277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shut its doors.<\/a>\u00a0Qatar has taken a few Gazans in need of medical care but has refused to accept large numbers of refugees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The preening hypocrisy of the international community and the real thoughts of Arab and Muslim governments &#8212; many of which might feel obligated officially to support the Palestinians and a &#8220;two-state solution,&#8221; but behind closed doors will admit that a Palestinian state is the last thing they want (<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gatestoneinstitute.org\/20622\/palestinian-state-massacres\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2024\/02\/21\/why-arab-states-wont-support-palestinians-qa-00142277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>) &#8212; are apparent for all to see. It seems the world prefers to close its eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The civilians who currently live in Rafah could easily be temporarily transported to the safety of Egypt while Israel achieves its legitimate military goal of destroying Hamas, but Egypt, understandably, has refused to cooperate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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 &#8220;pro-Palestine&#8221; are far more about condemning Israel than about helping the Palestinians. We never see signs calling for a two-state solution, probably because most of these demonstrators do not want Israel to exist. &#8220;From the river to the sea&#8221; means no Israel and no Jews. If a Palestinian state were to be substituted for Israel in that area, it would be a tyrannical regime. The conflict would be between those who want to see it more like Iran, a theocracy that murders dissidents, or more like China, a communist tyranny that also murders dissidents. As long as Hamas remains a viable military and political force, there is no prospect for a democratic Palestine or a two-state solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Those who really want to help Palestinians should be supporting Israel&#8217;s efforts to have Hamas stop terrorizing is neighbor and return the hostages. That would end the bloodshed in Gaza and would start a process which might ultimately culminate in a disarmed Palestinian state that recognized Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">So let us stop all the virtue-signaling about Palestine and Palestinians and urge the international community, and especially the Arab and Muslim world, to do something to help Palestinian families. That help can come in the form of education, healthcare, employment opportunities, acceptance of refugees and other humanitarian actions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">It is not the responsibility of Israel to make life better for the Palestinians. Israel withdrew all its soldiers and expelled all its civilians from Gaza in 2005, and it was up to the Gazans to make life better for themselves. But instead they chose Hamas, which turned Gaza into a military base with an underground tunnel system and above-ground rocket launchers. In 2000, 2001 and again in 2007, Israel offered the Palestinians the West Bank and to move toward the creation of a demilitarized Palestinian state, but the Palestinian leadership rejected these opportunities, without even a counter-offer. As an Israeli\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/opinion\/op-ed-contributors\/not-taking-yes-for-an-answer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scholar<\/a>\u00a0once put it, &#8220;Palestinian leadership does not know how to take yes for an answer.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Those who claim to support the Palestinians ought to put up or shut up. Instead of constantly attacking Israel for its imperfections, they ought to be urging Arab and Muslim nations to help the Palestinians in material ways. These would include demanding the end of incitement to violence and the end of the Palestinians&#8217; murder-for-hire &#8220;pay-for-slay&#8221; program, which incentivizes terrorism by paying the terrorists&#8217; families for life if they murder Jews.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Those who really want to help the Palestinians need to place strict conditions on their funding, and demand accountability on how their money is spent &#8212; actually enforced. Those who claim to support the Palestinians should insist on revising their\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-804086\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">textbooks<\/a>, as Saudi Arabia is now doing, and should establish institutions of democracy, as laid out by Natan Sharansky in 2006 in\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Case-Democracy-Freedom-Overcome-Tyranny\/dp\/1586483544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i>The Case for Democracy<\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">First<i>, before<\/i>\u00a0a Palestinian state is &#8220;recognized,&#8221; it is crucial to guide the Palestinians out of a society of fear and into a society of freedom, a government that would include freedom of speech and of the press, equal justice under law, property rights, human rights and, above all, preparing the Palestinians for peace.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><i>Alan Dershowitz is a professor emeritus at Harvard Law School and author of &#8220;War Against the Jews: How to End Hamas Barbarism.&#8221; Andrew Stein, a Democrat, served as New York City Council president, 1986-1994.<\/i><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Follow Alan M. 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Dershowitz and Andrew Stein 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. 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