Earlier
this week two known criminals one guilty of ethnic cleansing and
under indictment for corruption, another having been impeached by his
people and awaiting indictment and prosecution upon leaving office,
stood before the cameras and announced a peace plan.
The
orange one declared it to be the 'peace plan of the 21st
century' and then proceeded to outline the 'deal'. The Palestinians
would be walled up in the highlands with a tunnel leading to Gaza.
They would also get a large chunk of sand in the Sinai Peninsula and
about 50 billion in so-called economic aid. What, precisely they are
to do with all this sand is unclear, nor is there any clear plan as
to how water would be supplied to these territories.
Israel
would get Jerusalem, with the indigenous population relegated to East
Jerusalem. No word on the fate of the temple mount, nor any of the
religious shrines, at least nothing newsworthy enough to be discussed
openly in any detail. Further there is no commitment to withdraw
from any settlements on the West Bank and, indeed, land immediately
upon the West Bank of the Jordan River would go to Israel. Also, no
public discussion of the mineral rights to the oil and gas fields
under Gaza, not the immediate off-shore drilling rights in the
Eastern Mediterranean that would, by rights, belong to Palestine.
Lastly, there are no provisions for the repatriation of Palestinian
refugees who have been living in the camps of Lebanon and Jordan for
my entire lifetime.
This
'deal of the century' was, of course, dismissed out of hand. The
Egyptians, who have long made their peace with Tel-Aviv, demurred.
But Jordan quickly rejected the plan, as did Syria, Iran, Yemen and
several other Arab states following the fierce condemnation by the
Palestinian authority.
Disgustus,
the great 'deal-maker', has no idea how to negotiate a deal. A deal
requires at least two parties with disparate interests coming
together to reach a common goal. The Palestinians were not at the
table. Heretofore, the agreements reached at Camp David and Helsinki
were announced with the leadership of both sides—the Israeli's and
the Palestinians—joining hands.
Instead,
what the world witnessed is the United States dropping all pretense
to being a neutral observer. The fig-leaf of being an honest broker
no longer covers the U.S. Support of naked aggression, of ethnic
cleansing. Under this agreement, Palestine wouldn't have control
over its own air space.
The
Palestinian spokesperson said, in effect, that Jared Kushner's 'deal'
is simply a dog-whistle to the political base of the president's* (I)
(1)party designed to shore up support in order to ward off conviction
by the Senate and removal from office. That it is, and should be
seen as no more than that.
It
is also a ham-handed demonstration that the Boy
Blunder is in over his
head and negotiates on the world stage with the same acumen as he
negotiated 666 Fifth Avenue. Like his father-in-law, Kushner is an
idiot in fools clothing, presenting the Palestinians with a
'take-it-or-leave-it' proposition that everyone knows is going
nowhere and only serves to further erode American influence in the
region.
An'
Br'er Putin, he jus' laugh and laugh
Convict
and Imprison
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- *designates illegitimate political power, (I) designates the scarlet letter of impeachment, 1. See the post dated January 25, concerning how the Jesus Junkies view prophecies as they currently apply them.
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