The Trump economic plan to bring peace to Israel and the “Palestinians” has finally been announced, and essentially it consists of giving the “Palestinians” money so that they will turn away from their jihad. This is predicated on the oft-discredited notion that jihad violence is a result of poverty, and it has been tried and has failed before. As I show in my forthcoming book The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process, which will be out later this year and which you can preorder here, the “Palestinian” jihad is not based on poverty or a desire to regain “stolen land”; rather, it stems from deeply held Islamic imperatives that have prevented every negotiated settlement from bringing peace, and which will continue to do so.
“Six fires rage in Israel’s South as a result of incendiary devices from Gaza,” Jerusalem Post, June 23, 2019:
A total of six fires raged in the south of Israel on Sunday as a result of incendiary devices flown from Gaza into Israel, according to the Israel Fire and Rescue Department for the South….
All the fires were quickly put out and were discovered to be a result of incendiary balloons from Gaza.
Haroldpom says
Give it up. There is no way the Palestinians in Gaza will make peace with Israel. In fact no Palestinian will ever make peace with Israel no matter what incentives they are given. Giving up land that was once held by Muslims is forbidden in accordance with Muslim law and their holy books.
Dennis says
…and your comment is consistant with reality. The Arab mentality just cannot accept Israel. Their conduct over the last 71 years proves this last statement. I have said often that the Arab world should absorb the “Arab “Palestinians” and Gazans, with Israel taking back Gaza and establishing defensible borders, even if those borders involve the boundary at the Jordan river. Israel can also offer a monetary incentive to those Arab’s who will move to lands where they will be with their own kind, as that might reduce the terrorism that continues to raise its ugly head in Israel proper. The Arab mentality just cannot adopt tolerance and good neighborliness and Israel really has no choice and is justified by their conduct and their sardonic belief system that promotes hate and violence as its key philosophy.
gravenimage says
Good post–but it is Islam that will not accept Israel.
Dennis says
Thank you, and my last sentence points out that Islam, which constitutes the Arab mentality in the middle east, is the underlying problem, which is faced by not only Israel but the whole free world.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Dennis.
J D S says
Islam is the MAIN PROBLEM facing the world today…Russia, China, North Korea,,Iran, Communism, socialism, Nazism….and other back door problems take the the back of the line when it comes to islam…Just think for a moment…Without Islam’s migration, jihad and economic. and political upheaval the world today,, would be in a pretty much better situation and a whole lot more calmer. I do agree giving monies to any faction of islam is the wrong thing to do…The world can’t buy it’s way out of the mess we have ALLOWED to happen…The same coalition used to fight is lam in WWII is needed today to fight Islam. Maybe not the war machine , but not ruling that out but tightening our belts and not buying or selling with Islamic nations could have the effect needed to get their attention…Going to happen???Very doubtful!
joanofark06 says
Exactly right! Or in other words…good against evil…satan against God….
All the years, that the US was for good, look how’s it’s falling, in soooo many ways…I’m sure I don’t have to list them….but let’s look at the latest:
US Seeks Big Boosts in Palestinian Infrastructure, Education
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1780651/us-seeks-big-boosts-palestinian-infrastructure-education
Making America great again? Not’s in God’s eyes!! Shame on you Trump!!
gravenimage says
Joan, hoping to improve things for the dishonest “Palestinians” is more often ignorance than evil.
gravenimage says
Gaza Muslims send incendiary balloons into Israel, six fires rage in South
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More “wild fire” Jihad.
Martin Kochberg says
And once again Israel sits back on its hind legs and “turns the other cheek”.
gravenimage says
The Trump economic plan to bring peace to Israel and the “Palestinians” has finally been announced, and essentially it consists of giving the “Palestinians” money so that they will turn away from their jihad.
……………….
Well, at least it’s not more land.
But still, this money will be used to fund more Jihad against Israel.
And the “Palestinians” already receive enormous amounts of money, yet they still wage Jihad. They are *far* from the poorest people in the world.
Non-Muslims don’t wage Jihad, no matter how poor they are. Moreover, of course, most Jihadists are not actually that poor.
More clueless wrongheadedness.
Keys says
It’s not a small amount of money – $50 billion.
But, apparently, they don’t want it or need it.
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/middle-east/article/3015691/palestinians-reject-jared-kushners-us50-billion-economy
My opinion – do not give the Palestinians any American money. Use the money for the USA.
Let Russia give it to them.
https://www.rt.com/news/462482-kushner-plan-palestine-israel/
gravenimage says
Well, this does not surprise–Muslims would always rather murder Jews than develop their societies.
And this Islamophilic crap from RT is par for the course, as well.
joanofark06 says
Looks like this news is EVERYWHERE! Which is good. And also good, that it’s been rejected by the Palestinians! SHAME ON TRUMP, for supporting the enemy of ISRAEL!! No “christian” would do this!!
US Seeks Big Boosts in Palestinian Infrastructure, Education
https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1780651/us-seeks-big-boosts-palestinian-infrastructure-education
Princess says
@gravenimage, Next time you watch a report or documentary about Gaza, please have a closer look at the cars and the conditions of the cars that the locals drive there. That will tell you a lot about how poor they really are.
gravenimage says
You are *quite* right, Princess.
Also, the “starving Palestinians” are the fourth fattest people in the world.
Clayton Norcroft says
Of course there is one way Israel could make permanent peace with the Palestinians. Simply declare itself to not exist, have 95% of its Jewish population move to New York, and the remaining 5% agree to become second class citizens in what used to be their country and live the rest of their lives subject to prejudice, social disadvantage, and physical threat.
Short of that, I think you will find that the most responsible Palestinian leadership possible, and the most generous final status agreement with Israel that could ever be, will, sooner or later, be rejected by factions with names like “Islamic Jihad” or “Remember Kaibar” or “Allah’s Jew Slayers” or something, and the round of deadly violence start all over again, with the world screaming bloody murder that the Israelis started it all and are criminals and pariahs for presuming to defend themselves.
But, what can you do? It’s worth trying.
gravenimage says
Spot on.
Dov Berrol says
Thank goodness Israeli engineers are already working on high tech drones that will strike down the jihad balloons before they cross over the Gaza border lines. When this happens, it will be Gazan land in flames, not Israeli.
Battle says
Brigitte Gabriel was right. “Because They Hate”
(Apologize if spelling error.)
gravenimage says
You are spot on, Battle.
Princess says
I happen to follow the news from Israel quite regularly. Unfortunately, this has been going on for months after months for quite some time already. It is hardly mentioned in the world media. I’m even quite sure that some of you are reading about this for the first time, even though this has been going on for a very long time. Then suddenly the mainstream media acts surprised when Israel, after enduring such acts for months after months, after months, decides to retaliate.
Suebe says
Crazy and won’t work. Money for more rockets only. As long as the Palestinians are represented by the extremist that took over, those people won’t have peace. What am I saying, they will never have peace as long as Islam exists. Nobody on earth will have peace unless Islamic ideology exists. Even if we were all Muslims, we would start killing each other until only one is left and then that one would either beat themselves up or commit suicide. No such thing as a peaceful Islam
Joe says
Yep, this “peace” money is actually money used to promote war, if it is given to a Muslim. The $50 billion they get will make them want war, so they can get even more next time.
joanofark06 says
“What am I saying, they will never have peace as long as Islam exists. Nobody on earth will have peace unless Islamic ideology exists.”
Apparently, you don’t know what Satan or God can do. In other words, what’s coming in bible prophecy, is going to blow you away! You’ll be shocked, when peace happens, won’t you! It’s only for a short time, but is coming!
When they offered all this money to the palestinians, I laughed. Nope, that’s not it…I KNOW what’s going to bring peace, because bible prophecy (God), tells us.
“They’ll” get it right, watch and see. Of course, we may not be here then…might be a little past OUR lifetime’s…BUT it is possible we will be here.
Suebe says
I meant to say as long as Islamic ideology DOES NOT EXIST
joanofark06 says
I kinda figured that…lol…but don’t you just wish…that Mr. Spencer, would put a EDIT button to our posts?? Sure would be nice, when we look back on our comment AFTER, and see a mistake?
gravenimage says
There was a commenting system here for a while that allowed for that–IntenseDebate. That feature was very useful. But the whole system broke down after a few months because it could not handle the volume of comments here. All of those comments are now lost.
It is hard to find a system that works well and is secure–the one we have now is one of the best we’ve had since I started posting here in 2006 (even though it is lacking an edit feature).
somehistory says
At one time, the words “starving,” “poor” and others that describe those in need of help actually meant the people described were in need of help.
At one time “starving artists” meant people like Van Gogh…who couldn’t sell his paintings when he lived, but are now worth millions. A show in a town where I lived had the title “Starving Artists” and one could buy paintings from the artists…but none were cheap as they would have been had the artists really been “starving.”
Any group that can spend money on balloons to set on fire, kites to set on fire, rockets, tunnels, and whose “authority” pays thousands to terrorists who murder, and to their families when the terrorists are dead from their suicide terror missions…is not “poor.”
moslims will never stop killing…Jews and Christians, esp. moslims will never stop killing, no matter whom they must target for their evil purposes. Killing has become a part of their DNA as a result of giving over their souls to satan the devil through his wild beast that is islam.
Throwing money at them…no matter the amount…will solve nothing. Their intent is to kill as many as they can…to wipe Israel from the map…to wipe Jews and Christians from the earth.
ntesdorf says
You could finance and install each ‘Palestinian” in Gaza as a personal multi-millionaire and they would all spend all the money on arms and sending fire-bombs into Israel as that is what Mohammed, their
imam, the Quran and the Hadith tell them that they are required to do.
R Russell says
We need a Christian Revival to break out in Gaza.
Since Muslims rely on dreams for revelation, we need to pray that the Jesus of the Bible will appear to them in dreams and that a huge revival will happen.
It’s not impossible. In Iran, hundreds of Muslims are becoming Christians.
joanofark06 says
“In Iran, hundreds of Muslims are becoming Christians”
You have any articles on that? Cause we should all make thousands of copies of them, and throw them all over Iran, by airplane!
Angemon says
Not the first “wild fire jihad”, and certainly not the last…
Jeremiah says
Turn off the water and turn of the electricity until 24 hours after the attacks stop. Additionally, close mosques every time there is a terrorist attack so that a random mosque can be leveled for every death from an attack. Institute a policy of retaliation for rocket launching to make them less appealing: eliminate the launching sites within 15 minutes without worrying about pinpointing the exact location. Let the responsibility of civilian deaths rest on the shoulders of Hamas. They have 15 minutes to clear the area.
UNCLE VLADDI says
Muhammad himself burned down the trees of his enemies, so arson is “halal” criminal behavior.