Uh, yeah. They’ll kill Jews. Today. This could only have been said by someone who has no conception of the nature of the jihad ideology, and of the significance of the epigraph from Muslim Brotherhood founder Hasan al-Banna on the Hamas charter: “Israel will arise and will remain until Islam eliminates it.” The establishment of a Palestinian state with Jews living in it will mean the murder of the Jews living there, and further jihad attacks against Israel.
“Peres: ‘Live Under the PA, What Are You Afraid Of?,'” by Ari Yashar for Israel National News, January 29:
Amid the ongoing crisis between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Economics Minister Naftali Bennett over the idea of leaving Jews under Palestinian Authority (PA) rule, President Shimon Peres decided to add his opinion to the debate.
Bennett wrote on his Facebook page Monday “why can’t we let the Palestinians be sovereign over Israelis? Because they’ll kill them.” He added a picture from the notorious lynch in 2000 of two Israeli police officers at the hands of a Palestinian Arab mob in Ramallah.
In response, Peres opined Wednesday morning at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) that Jews would be “safe” living under PA rule.
“What’s this fear that’s struck us suddenly? They’ll kill Jews? Today?” commented the doubtful Peres. “The fear should have been in 1948 when we didn’t have a cannon, tank or plane against seven armies.”
Despite Peres’s appraisal that having a cannon means no Jews will be killed, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) figures note that terrorist attacks skyrocketed in 2013, jumping to 1,271 from 578 the year prior. Of those attacks, 1,042 took place in Judea and 229 took place in Samaria, the areas Peres claims can be abandoned safely.
Ironically, the same day that Peres opined “today they won’t kill Jews,” an Arab terrorist opened fire on an IDF guard post next to the Samaria community of Ateret, which lies near Ramallah. Soldiers returned fire, eliminating the terrorist.Peres steadfastly supports the establishment of a Palestinian state in the heart of the country, even as the PA refuses to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
“If we want to be a Jewish people we need a Jewish state, and all other reasoning has to bend to that need,” said Peres Tuesday.
In the past Peres has said the PA recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is “unnecessary.”
The president has also warned of “tragic consequences” if Israel does not submit to peace proposals that would require massive territorial withdrawals and a divided internationally-managed Jerusalem.
The president has a history of downplaying the lethal dangers posed by Israel’s terrorist threats.
In 2006, in the midst of massive Kassam rocket attacks on Sderot from Gaza, Peres claimed “[We] have to stop being hysterical about the Kassams. …What’s the big deal? …We have to tell the Palestinians that Kassams, Shmassams, we’re staying.”

Lookmann says
Israel’s Economy Minister Naftali Bennett is threatened with expulsion for airing views similar to that of Spencer. Leaving politics aside, what needs to be done is to provide adequate security to jewish returnees (to their homeland ) if arab settlers are to ‘govern’ the area.
This can be done by retaining sufficient no. of Israeli police/security forces in Judea/Samaria.
Anything short of this is not going to help solve the issue.
wildjew says
Let us hope and pray there will never be a Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria.
Pumbar says
If there is it’ll probably be down to the evil English, eh?
Daniel Joseph Alula says
I think Israel should remove Perez
Daniel Joseph Alula says
The God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob true to His covenant shall remove Perez the way He removed Ariel Sharon.I am an Eritrean Christian praying for the peace of Jerusalem.
Henry says
Peres has been involved in Israeli politics for a long time and has learned nothing, the man’s a fool.
Frank Scarn says
When others say they want and intend to kill you, believe them.
Arius says
Shimon Peres needs to retire to a mental institution.
JImbo says
A nursing home is more his speed.
mortimer says
Hard to follow this reasoning. Peres is a good man, but he’s lost me.
Anonymous says
How about Shimon Peres joining Ariel Sharon for some good advice?
Jay Boo says
Safe for whom
Does Shimon Peres and his family live in the disputed area.
I suspect he is back in Tel Aviv
Champ says
Sigh, he reminds me of Carter …
Sovereign Man says
I truly cannot understand humans sometimes. Someone once said there is a limit to genius, but no limit to stupidity. He must have met Peres.
gravenimage says
Shimon Peres says that Jews can live safely in Palestinian state: “What’s this fear? They’ll kill Jews? Today?”
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Of course they will. Muslims kill Jewish “settlers” in Judea and Samaria, and they kill Jews in Israel proper whenever they get the chance, as well.
If there ever is a “Palestinian” state—God forbid—any Jews with a modicum of sense would leave with the last of Israeli security forces.
As appalling as the forcible Israeli removal of Jews in Gaza was, the absurd debacle of the handover of Gaza to Muslims would have been much worse had any Jews been foolish enough to have stayed.
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“Peres: ‘Live Under the PA, What Are You Afraid Of?’”
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Uh—suffering the same fate as the Fogel family?
The “Palestinains” have made it quite clear that any Muslim state would be Judenrein.
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Bennett wrote on his Facebook page Monday “why can’t we let the Palestinians be sovereign over Israelis? Because they’ll kill them.”
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Finally, some sanity.
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In response, Peres opined Wednesday morning at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) that Jews would be “safe” living under PA rule.
“What’s this fear that’s struck us suddenly? They’ll kill Jews? Today?” commented the doubtful Peres. “The fear should have been in 1948 when we didn’t have a cannon, tank or plane against seven armies.”
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Well, yes—Muslims killed Jews in 1948, and in 1967, and in 1973, and every year between and since.
Israelis *have* gotten much better at security, but there would be no Israeli security in a “Palestinian” state.
And “Palestinians”, despite Israeli security, are killing Jews, yes, today. How much more emboldened would they be if they were in full control?
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Ironically, the same day that Peres opined “today they won’t kill Jews,” an Arab terrorist opened fire on an IDF guard post next to the Samaria community of Ateret, which lies near Ramallah. Soldiers returned fire, eliminating the terrorist.
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Actually, there’s nothing ironic about it—this is typical Muslim behavior. What would have happened if the IDF had not been there, as they clearly would not be in a Muslim state?
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Peres steadfastly supports the establishment of a Palestinian state in the heart of the country, even as the PA refuses to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
In the past Peres has said the PA recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is “unnecessary.”
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What a tool…
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The president has also warned of “tragic consequences” if Israel does not submit to peace proposals that would require massive territorial withdrawals and a divided internationally-managed Jerusalem.
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Because the retreat from Gaza brought peace…sarc/off
And has anyone forgotten the level of Muslim violence in Jerusalem the last time is was divided? Apparently so…
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In 2006, in the midst of massive Kassam rocket attacks on Sderot from Gaza, Peres claimed “[We] have to stop being hysterical about the Kassams. …What’s the big deal?
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Does anyone here still believe that Peres is making some elaborate roundabout point about Muslim savagery? I don’t think so…
Sam says
How can a Jew living in Israel be so out of touch? Unbelievable that Peres would say anything like this.
Kepha says
Was he being ironic?
Gea says
Unless Shimon Peres is joking or trying to smoke out Arabs genocidal intentions against Jews, he certainly is not fit to be a President of Israel. Also, Israeli educational system had failed in teaching children sufficiently about Judaism and Islam which is like day and night, because Judaism teacher: Chose LIFE, while Islam teaches: Don’t be like Jews who love life, but strive for eternal life (i,e chose DEATH).
Koran and Islam teach Mohamed followers that they are superior to all Kuffir ()derogatory name for all non-Muslims) and to lie to promote Islam. This lying for Islam is called Taqiyya, in which Barry Soetoro-aka Barack Hussein Obama is a grand master.
“Taqiyya” literally means: “Concealing, precaution, guarding.” It is employed in disguising one’s beliefs, intentions, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions or strategies. In practical terms it is manifested as dissimulation, lying, deceiving, vexing and confounding with the intention of deflecting attention, foiling or pre-emptive blocking. It is currently employed in fending off and neutralising any criticism of Islam or Muslims.
bikeboy says
Peace in the Middle East is an oxymoron, never, it just will not happen. Muslims cannot live with other Muslims, and certainly not with Jews. Whether the fact that this is the true home for the Jews is important, this feels like the Brits and US just continued the Final Solution. There will never be peace for Jews on this planet, we are hated everywhere, some just choose not to see it.
gravenimage says
Several posters here have wondered whether Peres was being ironic or was even involved in some elaborate ploy to to expose Muslim savagery.
Not so. If you look at his history, he has been clueless for *years*. This idiocy is more common in the West outside of Israel, where leaders tend to be rather more clear-eyed about the Jihad threat.
But such willful blindness is *hardly* unknown in Israel—Peres is not the only example of this suicidal stupidity.