Wednesday, March 18, 2015
From: Gary L. Bauer
Bibi Wins
Congratulations, my friends. You won yesterday!
I’m sure you have heard the incredible news by now. In spite of everything Obama and the left did to defeat him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu scored a tremendous victory in yesterday’s elections.
Four days ago, when public polling had to legally stop, it appeared that Netanyahu’s main opposition, Isaac Herzog of the Zionist Union, was going to win four more seats in the Israeli parliament than Netanyahu’s Likud Party and be given the first chance to form a coalition government. Instead, Netanyahu’s Likud won six more seats than the Zionist Union.
A major factor in his win may have been his statement that under his watch there will not be a Palestinian state. Many misinformed pundits will use this statement to portray Netanyahu as THE impediment to peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Don’t be fooled!
There won’t be a Palestinian state because the Palestinians do not want a state living side-by-side with Israel. They want a state that replaces Israel. Hamas, which controls Gaza and is part of the Palestinian unity government, is not interested in peace with Israel or even a piece of Israel. It wants to destroy the Jewish state.
Here’s the reality: There wasn’t going to be a Palestinian state in the next several years, regardless of whether Netanyahu said so or not.
The reasons are simple. First, Israel has nobody to negotiate with. The Palestinian leadership makes demands that no Israeli prime minister, present or future, could ever accept. Dividing Jerusalem in half and evacuating 350,000 Israelis out of Judea and Samaria in order to provide land for the new Palestinian state are non-starters.
But the final coup de grace to Israel is the demand of a so-called “right of return” for Palestinian refugees — not to their new state, but to Israel proper. Taken together this does not create a Palestinian state — it ends the Jewish Israeli state.
A few weeks ago, I was in the House gallery listening to Prime Minister Netanyahu address a joint session of Congress. He was Churchillian in content and delivery. Netanyahu is one of the few men willing to speak the truth about the radical Islamist movement that is continuing to gain momentum around the world.
The danger to both Israel and America is quickening. But Israel is the tip of the spear in the battle for Western Civilization. Now more than ever, America must stand with Israel. I promise to do everything I can to make sure our alliance remains strong!
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