The complication is the Jihad of Islam. Can the peace exemplified by US and Japan be achieved by Israel and the Arabs? It will require a Reformed Islam.
Bingo. That is it in a nutshell. Without religious reform from the Islamists, there will never be peace ANYWHERE (because the goal of Jihad is a world-wide Caliphate). This is something the world is very very slowly (too slowly) beginning to realize.
I'm sure the piece is excellent - like most appearing in Future of Jewish - but since it is written to bring accuracy to history, I couldn't help noticing right at the beginning:
> Poland completely ceased to exist for a short time.
In fact, for 123 years (1795-1918)
And that's ignoring brief Soviet occupation (1939–1941) followed by the extended domination (1945–1989) in the last century.
I’m not sure why anyone is focused on real peace. Hamas is not about to give up their war against the Jews. They have demonstrated rigid determination. The goal should be extracting the hostages from a complicated situation and assuring Israel’s security in the medium term. More than that is unrealistic and not necessary at this time. From here Israel can move forward by not allowing conditions to exist that could make Oct 7 a reality. Israel knows how to protect itself.
I'm not, I'm focused on Israeli victory in total. To hell with Trump and his massive ego. He doesn't want Israel to win militarily because he wants the credit for ending the war and freeing of the hostages for himself. That is especially after having failed to end the Russia/Ukraine war. So, Israel gets thrown under the bus so that Trump can proclaim a major foreign policy success. It doesn't matter that it's a false "peace", actually it amounts to a victory for hamas in the long term. All that matters though is the perception Trump is projecting to the world. Trump has always been about appearances rather than substance.
I agree w you but at the same time, no matter how bad Trump is the next Dem Prez will be much worse, now that opposition to Israel is has becoms a major plank of the Dem Party. I think it's a smart move to stay in his good side...for now.
A very nice essay, sound and fury signifies nothing. Immanuel Kant was possibly the most evil intellectual influence in Western thinking. He was a very short man whose height caused him psychological. problems.
The possibility of finding an Arab "Great Man of History" is NIL. The ideology of Islam is a siamese twin to Hitler and Naziism, it requires world domination and the subjugation of all non Moslems. Islam cannot reformed, because if it does it will cease to exist.
Islam haS BEEN ATTACKING Europe for 1400 years. The only solution to the defeat and humiliate it. Carthage must be destroyed. The first step would be regime change in Iran. Trump's decision to allow the Ayatollahs to continue to rule was a major mistake.
The arabs in Gaza, Judea and Samaria must be moved to Iraq or Algeria. Israel needs more land and more Jews. The Israeli Judiciary is out of control and has to be reigned in and the legislative branch needs reform to avoid dependence on small parties in order to create a governing coalition. The Prime minister should be elected for a 4 year term independent of parliament support.
Also remember, Democracy is not an end in itself, it is only a means to an end. Democracy is a form of crowd control and in itself it is no more HOLY than vegetarianism.
Bravo…no more holy than vegetarianism. Truth is, when the allies decided they had to do the right thing, they knew bombing “900,000 German civilians” was going to be what it took to stop the people from following Hitler [ref: On The Edge of The Abyss: The History of WW Two, 2019 docu]. I had to rewind that to make sure I heard right. Apparently the great Churchill (who was called a ‘Jew lover’ by his peers—of which there were none—as was his father, Lord Randolph Churchill) knew one must slay thousands to stop an enemy just as David fought.
This peace, if achieved, is based on pure hope. Like in 2008 when Gaza was given everything by Israel with the sincere desire for a lasting coexistence of prosperity and cooperation. The experience with Hamas so far has been one of massive incessant lying and ploys and cheating without let up. For the hostages I hope with every pure heart for their return, all 48 of them, dead and especially alive...
The only sustainable peace - forget " eternal"- the West can hope for is based on Islam's reform and their ceasing to be the enemy they made themselves to be, former world conquerors, twice defeated, and still attacking the entire West. A third conquest. That's the relevant historical context
I’m not meaning to be cynical, but rather realistic, when I say that to entertain any possibility of any transformation of Hamas and its beliefs and objectives into anything whatsoever but what they have been, always have been, and are now, is to abandon our individual and collective common sense and call to act.
What indication from Hamas, at all, could have us believe that this is remotely possible? I believe Hamas absolutely when they’ve said they will repeat Oct 7 again and again until Israel, and let’s face it, Jews worldwide and any “infidel”, are gone.
I believe we need urgently to see things as they are and get deadly serious about eliminating radical jihadism, ie Islamism, worldwide. This by no means is just Israel’s war.
Jews reformed. Vast majority of Jews is not Orthodox.
Christianity reformed. No more Inquisition .Also a huge Reformation.
Islam comes next. It will take time . They will either reform, cease and desist, or will be attacked by the West eventually. Hamas is a tiny part of it. What goes for Islam, will go for them. Those are the options.
This is an outstanding explication of the “great man”theory of history. One could argue that Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin also embodied the great man theory when they agreed to their historic peace accord in our modern era. The inference is that a new great man must emerge with humility and courage, and be willing to risk reputation for peace. Can Netanyahu become more like George Washington? Who, on the other side, would be his Palestinian equivalent?
I do hope that some sort of agreement can be reached. I hope that all of the remaining hostages are returned to their families. I hope that one day Gaza can be a peaceful neighbor.
And I hope that it becomes clear to the world that Trump is neither the architect of this proposal nor a proponent of a peaceful world.
You example of peace is America and Great Britain, but they shared a common religion and shared institutions to some extent.
Israel is not at war with nations, it is in a war with Islam and Islam is at war with the world, hence Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb. The Palestinians are a creation of the USSR and Arab Muslims to destroy Israel and the Jews.
This is a war of religions, not states. It will not end until either the Jews are defeated or Islam is defeated. Israelis and the rest of the rest of the world would be wise to read the Koran, The Sira and The Hadiths and to never look at this war as a war between nations.
The Muslims are today's Amalekites and they are not going anywhere. In fact Muslims are invading the West and want to take those countries of the West over as well. The Muslims form 1/2 of the Red- Green alliance. The Red side are the Communists and Democrat party today has gone 100% Communist.
For now the Muslims like Antifa are the foot soldiers of The Democrat Party. This is only beginning to be recognized.
Your history of the American British relationship is a little simplified. Though the British accepted American independence in 1782, the two nations remained profundly hostile to each other with war a constant threat through the first 3 presidencies before finally breaking out in 1812. It was in fact the settlement of the War of 1812 that paved the way for future friendship but even then it took another century before the United States and Great Britain could be said to have been in any way allied.
Re.objections to President Trump’s style that on the surface seem only pompous, I suggest reading his “The Art of the Deal”. He combines it with his mastery of the Art of Persuasion. And it does not involve war but it does carry a big stick.
It involves exact execution of justice. Before David died he let Solomon know he would have to kill the traitor. Israel must kill these murderers of the innocent.
The complication is the Jihad of Islam. Can the peace exemplified by US and Japan be achieved by Israel and the Arabs? It will require a Reformed Islam.
Bingo. That is it in a nutshell. Without religious reform from the Islamists, there will never be peace ANYWHERE (because the goal of Jihad is a world-wide Caliphate). This is something the world is very very slowly (too slowly) beginning to realize.
Brilliant analysis we are left to pray 🙏🏽
I'm sure the piece is excellent - like most appearing in Future of Jewish - but since it is written to bring accuracy to history, I couldn't help noticing right at the beginning:
> Poland completely ceased to exist for a short time.
In fact, for 123 years (1795-1918)
And that's ignoring brief Soviet occupation (1939–1941) followed by the extended domination (1945–1989) in the last century.
Can Trump read?
I’m not sure why anyone is focused on real peace. Hamas is not about to give up their war against the Jews. They have demonstrated rigid determination. The goal should be extracting the hostages from a complicated situation and assuring Israel’s security in the medium term. More than that is unrealistic and not necessary at this time. From here Israel can move forward by not allowing conditions to exist that could make Oct 7 a reality. Israel knows how to protect itself.
I'm not, I'm focused on Israeli victory in total. To hell with Trump and his massive ego. He doesn't want Israel to win militarily because he wants the credit for ending the war and freeing of the hostages for himself. That is especially after having failed to end the Russia/Ukraine war. So, Israel gets thrown under the bus so that Trump can proclaim a major foreign policy success. It doesn't matter that it's a false "peace", actually it amounts to a victory for hamas in the long term. All that matters though is the perception Trump is projecting to the world. Trump has always been about appearances rather than substance.
I agree w you but at the same time, no matter how bad Trump is the next Dem Prez will be much worse, now that opposition to Israel is has becoms a major plank of the Dem Party. I think it's a smart move to stay in his good side...for now.
A very nice essay, sound and fury signifies nothing. Immanuel Kant was possibly the most evil intellectual influence in Western thinking. He was a very short man whose height caused him psychological. problems.
The possibility of finding an Arab "Great Man of History" is NIL. The ideology of Islam is a siamese twin to Hitler and Naziism, it requires world domination and the subjugation of all non Moslems. Islam cannot reformed, because if it does it will cease to exist.
Islam haS BEEN ATTACKING Europe for 1400 years. The only solution to the defeat and humiliate it. Carthage must be destroyed. The first step would be regime change in Iran. Trump's decision to allow the Ayatollahs to continue to rule was a major mistake.
The arabs in Gaza, Judea and Samaria must be moved to Iraq or Algeria. Israel needs more land and more Jews. The Israeli Judiciary is out of control and has to be reigned in and the legislative branch needs reform to avoid dependence on small parties in order to create a governing coalition. The Prime minister should be elected for a 4 year term independent of parliament support.
Also remember, Democracy is not an end in itself, it is only a means to an end. Democracy is a form of crowd control and in itself it is no more HOLY than vegetarianism.
Bravo…no more holy than vegetarianism. Truth is, when the allies decided they had to do the right thing, they knew bombing “900,000 German civilians” was going to be what it took to stop the people from following Hitler [ref: On The Edge of The Abyss: The History of WW Two, 2019 docu]. I had to rewind that to make sure I heard right. Apparently the great Churchill (who was called a ‘Jew lover’ by his peers—of which there were none—as was his father, Lord Randolph Churchill) knew one must slay thousands to stop an enemy just as David fought.
This peace, if achieved, is based on pure hope. Like in 2008 when Gaza was given everything by Israel with the sincere desire for a lasting coexistence of prosperity and cooperation. The experience with Hamas so far has been one of massive incessant lying and ploys and cheating without let up. For the hostages I hope with every pure heart for their return, all 48 of them, dead and especially alive...
The only sustainable peace - forget " eternal"- the West can hope for is based on Islam's reform and their ceasing to be the enemy they made themselves to be, former world conquerors, twice defeated, and still attacking the entire West. A third conquest. That's the relevant historical context
I’m not meaning to be cynical, but rather realistic, when I say that to entertain any possibility of any transformation of Hamas and its beliefs and objectives into anything whatsoever but what they have been, always have been, and are now, is to abandon our individual and collective common sense and call to act.
What indication from Hamas, at all, could have us believe that this is remotely possible? I believe Hamas absolutely when they’ve said they will repeat Oct 7 again and again until Israel, and let’s face it, Jews worldwide and any “infidel”, are gone.
I believe we need urgently to see things as they are and get deadly serious about eliminating radical jihadism, ie Islamism, worldwide. This by no means is just Israel’s war.
Jews reformed. Vast majority of Jews is not Orthodox.
Christianity reformed. No more Inquisition .Also a huge Reformation.
Islam comes next. It will take time . They will either reform, cease and desist, or will be attacked by the West eventually. Hamas is a tiny part of it. What goes for Islam, will go for them. Those are the options.
This is an outstanding explication of the “great man”theory of history. One could argue that Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin also embodied the great man theory when they agreed to their historic peace accord in our modern era. The inference is that a new great man must emerge with humility and courage, and be willing to risk reputation for peace. Can Netanyahu become more like George Washington? Who, on the other side, would be his Palestinian equivalent?
Always and forever the problem.
An intellectual diatribe that has no meaning in regards to the history of the Middle East and what is happening today in Israel.
I do hope that some sort of agreement can be reached. I hope that all of the remaining hostages are returned to their families. I hope that one day Gaza can be a peaceful neighbor.
And I hope that it becomes clear to the world that Trump is neither the architect of this proposal nor a proponent of a peaceful world.
You example of peace is America and Great Britain, but they shared a common religion and shared institutions to some extent.
Israel is not at war with nations, it is in a war with Islam and Islam is at war with the world, hence Dar al-Islam and Dar al-Harb. The Palestinians are a creation of the USSR and Arab Muslims to destroy Israel and the Jews.
This is a war of religions, not states. It will not end until either the Jews are defeated or Islam is defeated. Israelis and the rest of the rest of the world would be wise to read the Koran, The Sira and The Hadiths and to never look at this war as a war between nations.
The Muslims are today's Amalekites and they are not going anywhere. In fact Muslims are invading the West and want to take those countries of the West over as well. The Muslims form 1/2 of the Red- Green alliance. The Red side are the Communists and Democrat party today has gone 100% Communist.
For now the Muslims like Antifa are the foot soldiers of The Democrat Party. This is only beginning to be recognized.
Your history of the American British relationship is a little simplified. Though the British accepted American independence in 1782, the two nations remained profundly hostile to each other with war a constant threat through the first 3 presidencies before finally breaking out in 1812. It was in fact the settlement of the War of 1812 that paved the way for future friendship but even then it took another century before the United States and Great Britain could be said to have been in any way allied.
Let the man huff and puff, eventually reality will slap him in the face.
Re.objections to President Trump’s style that on the surface seem only pompous, I suggest reading his “The Art of the Deal”. He combines it with his mastery of the Art of Persuasion. And it does not involve war but it does carry a big stick.
It involves exact execution of justice. Before David died he let Solomon know he would have to kill the traitor. Israel must kill these murderers of the innocent.