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I guess it's oh so anti-Israeli of Trump to talk about a high price for Israel, but they neglect all of Trump's other support for Israel, how come?
US Jewry's silence as Trump prepares to squeeze Israel
US Jewry's silence as Trump prepares to squeeze Israel
American Jews must stop biting their tongues and hoping those troubling statements are not indicative of actual U.S. policy.
Att'y Stephen M. Flatow, 24/08/18 09:40 | updated: 09:35
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Att'y Stephen M. Flatow
The writer, a New Jersey attorney, is vice president of the Religious Zionists of America and the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in 1995 on a study trip to Israel when the bus she was on exploded on her way to the beach in Gush Katif. When Alisa succumbed to fatal head wounds at Soroka Medical Center, the family donated her organs to save the lives of others.
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The American Jewish community should be up in arms over President Trumpās declaration that Israel now has to pay a āhigh priceā because itās the Palestiniansā āturnā to āget something very good,ā following the relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem earlier this year.
Trumpās disturbing remark, made in a speech in West Virginia on Tuesday, followed several previous hints along the same lines. In a tweet on January 2, 2018, he wrote: āWe have taken Jerusalem, the toughest part of the negotiation, off the table, but Israel, for that, would have had to pay more.ā
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Similarly, Trump told reporters in Davos on January 25: "I helped it because by taking it off the tableāthat was the toughest issueāand Israel will pay for that. You won one point and you'll give up some points later on in negotiations if it ever takes place.ā
Mr. Trump views the entire Israeli-Palestinian situation as a matter for horse-trading. Israel āgotā something in the embassy move, so now itās the Palestiniansā āturnā to get something.
But President Trumpās latest statement is the most troubling articulation of the presidentās mindset regarding Israel and the Palestinian Authority. He now has made it clear that he does not really grasp the nature of the Palestinian war against Israel, and does not understand that the Palestinian leadership is irrevocably committed to terrorism and hatred.
Instead, Mr. Trump views the entire Israeli-Palestinian situation as a matter for horse-trading. Israel āgotā something in the embassy move, so now itās the Palestiniansā āturnā to get something. Not because the Palestinians made some concession. Not because their behavior demonstrates they are moderate and peaceful and trustworthy. No, simply because itās all a matter of ātaking turns.ā
No matter how much the PA incites violence, no matter how many terrorists its harbors, no matter how many Hamas weapons factories flourish under PA ruleāstill, itās their āturnā to āget something.ā
And not just any old āsomethingāāitās going to be āsomething very good.ā Meaning, in all likelihood, that the concession Trump has in mind wonāt be just symbolic, like the kind Israel āgot.ā Rather, it will be something concrete and probably irreversible. Because thatās how it always goesāIsraelās gains are almost always symbolic, while the Palestinians almost always receive concrete concessions such as Jewish construction being halted or terrorists being set free.
During the past year, pro-Israel organizations have focused on the Trump administrationās pro-Israel gestures, while looking the other way when he took steps to the contrary.
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We all cheered Niki Haleyās great speeches at the United Nations, the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Commission, and of course the moving of the embassy.
But there was no hue and cry from Jewish organizations when the Trump administration pressured Israel to remove metal detectors from the Temple Mount following the murder of two Israeli police officers.
There were no protest rallies when Trump publicly pressured Israel to halt Jewish construction in the territories, declaring at his press conference with Prime Minister Netanyahu on February 15, 2017, that "I would like you to hold back on settlements for a little bitāāas if Jews living in their historical homeland are somehow an obstacle to peace.
No Jewish leaders were marching in the streets when President Trump told Israel Hayom on Feb. 9, 2017 that āthe settlements are something that very much complicates and always have complicated making peace, so I think Israel has to be very careful with the settlements."
I didnāt hear any Jewish organizations shouting when U.S. officials said of Trumpās forthcoming Mideast peace plan that āboth sides are going to love some of it, and hate some of itā and āthe plan won't be loved by either side, and it won't be hated by either sideā ā thus treating democratic Israel and the terrorist PA as if they are morally equivalent.
American Jews bit their tongues and hoped those statements and actions were not indicative of actual U.S. policy. But now we know better. Trumpās demand that Israel pay a āhigh priceā and his promise to give the PA āsomething very goodā should be a game changer.
Jewish leaders need to speak out, loudly and clearly and repeatedly. They need to make it clear to the president and his team that Israel has spent 70 years paying high pricesāsurrendering land, releasing terrorists, freezing constructionāand has received no peace in return.
The time for squeezing Israel, and making concessions to the Palestinians, is over.
US Jewry's silence as Trump prepares to squeeze Israel
US Jewry's silence as Trump prepares to squeeze Israel
American Jews must stop biting their tongues and hoping those troubling statements are not indicative of actual U.S. policy.
Att'y Stephen M. Flatow, 24/08/18 09:40 | updated: 09:35
Share
Att'y Stephen M. Flatow
The writer, a New Jersey attorney, is vice president of the Religious Zionists of America and the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered by Palestinian terrorists in 1995 on a study trip to Israel when the bus she was on exploded on her way to the beach in Gush Katif. When Alisa succumbed to fatal head wounds at Soroka Medical Center, the family donated her organs to save the lives of others.
More from the author āŗ
The American Jewish community should be up in arms over President Trumpās declaration that Israel now has to pay a āhigh priceā because itās the Palestiniansā āturnā to āget something very good,ā following the relocation of the US embassy to Jerusalem earlier this year.
Trumpās disturbing remark, made in a speech in West Virginia on Tuesday, followed several previous hints along the same lines. In a tweet on January 2, 2018, he wrote: āWe have taken Jerusalem, the toughest part of the negotiation, off the table, but Israel, for that, would have had to pay more.ā
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Similarly, Trump told reporters in Davos on January 25: "I helped it because by taking it off the tableāthat was the toughest issueāand Israel will pay for that. You won one point and you'll give up some points later on in negotiations if it ever takes place.ā
Mr. Trump views the entire Israeli-Palestinian situation as a matter for horse-trading. Israel āgotā something in the embassy move, so now itās the Palestiniansā āturnā to get something.
Instead, Mr. Trump views the entire Israeli-Palestinian situation as a matter for horse-trading. Israel āgotā something in the embassy move, so now itās the Palestiniansā āturnā to get something. Not because the Palestinians made some concession. Not because their behavior demonstrates they are moderate and peaceful and trustworthy. No, simply because itās all a matter of ātaking turns.ā
No matter how much the PA incites violence, no matter how many terrorists its harbors, no matter how many Hamas weapons factories flourish under PA ruleāstill, itās their āturnā to āget something.ā
And not just any old āsomethingāāitās going to be āsomething very good.ā Meaning, in all likelihood, that the concession Trump has in mind wonāt be just symbolic, like the kind Israel āgot.ā Rather, it will be something concrete and probably irreversible. Because thatās how it always goesāIsraelās gains are almost always symbolic, while the Palestinians almost always receive concrete concessions such as Jewish construction being halted or terrorists being set free.
During the past year, pro-Israel organizations have focused on the Trump administrationās pro-Israel gestures, while looking the other way when he took steps to the contrary.
ADVERTISING
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We all cheered Niki Haleyās great speeches at the United Nations, the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Commission, and of course the moving of the embassy.
But there was no hue and cry from Jewish organizations when the Trump administration pressured Israel to remove metal detectors from the Temple Mount following the murder of two Israeli police officers.
There were no protest rallies when Trump publicly pressured Israel to halt Jewish construction in the territories, declaring at his press conference with Prime Minister Netanyahu on February 15, 2017, that "I would like you to hold back on settlements for a little bitāāas if Jews living in their historical homeland are somehow an obstacle to peace.
No Jewish leaders were marching in the streets when President Trump told Israel Hayom on Feb. 9, 2017 that āthe settlements are something that very much complicates and always have complicated making peace, so I think Israel has to be very careful with the settlements."
I didnāt hear any Jewish organizations shouting when U.S. officials said of Trumpās forthcoming Mideast peace plan that āboth sides are going to love some of it, and hate some of itā and āthe plan won't be loved by either side, and it won't be hated by either sideā ā thus treating democratic Israel and the terrorist PA as if they are morally equivalent.
American Jews bit their tongues and hoped those statements and actions were not indicative of actual U.S. policy. But now we know better. Trumpās demand that Israel pay a āhigh priceā and his promise to give the PA āsomething very goodā should be a game changer.
Jewish leaders need to speak out, loudly and clearly and repeatedly. They need to make it clear to the president and his team that Israel has spent 70 years paying high pricesāsurrendering land, releasing terrorists, freezing constructionāand has received no peace in return.
The time for squeezing Israel, and making concessions to the Palestinians, is over.
Who would love 
nothing better then if Israelis turned against Trump. In any ā negotiation ā itās understood that all parties or going to love some of hate and hate some of it. Israel Already left Gaza. They have offered to leave MOST of the W. Bank . Let them keep Jerusalem. 
