The Only ‘Deal’ Trump Can Get With the Palestinians Is a Bad Deal

Over the past few weeks, it has become quite clear that President Trump wants a “deal” between Israel and the Palestinians. However, for a president who claims to be an unapologetic supporter of Israel, the only deal he can get right now will be a bad deal; one that threatens the security and sovereignty of the Jewish state. The realities on the ground necessarily mean that a deal that secures a state for the Palestinians — with their current leadership structure — will result in war, death, and destruction.

Right now, Palestinian society is rotten to its core. No place on earth is more anti-Semitic than the territories controlled by Palestinians. Nonetheless, the president of the United States appears to be pushing the same reckless initiative that his predecessors insisted upon: pursuing a state for a national movement that continues to prioritize destruction, killing, indoctrination, and Jew-hatred above all else.

Inspired by Trump’s calls for a deal above all else, Israel’s Arab neighbors (most of which do not recognize Israel’s existence) have taken to demanding Palestinian statehood. The president has even suggested a Middle East peace summit that would bring Israel and its Arab neighbors together. The result of such a summit would be all too predictable. Israel would be more than willing to forgive past grievances and live in peace with its Arab neighbors. The Arab countries — which have tried, unsuccessfully, to eliminate Israel several times over the past 70 years — on the other hand, would likely continue to demand that Israel recognize Palestinian statehood and sacrifice its security.

Israel is a free, democratic country that in less than a century has turned into a robust society that has contributed to the betterment of the world as a whole. Israel’s innovations and progress in science, technology, and other fields have saved countless lives and improved the quality of life for millions, if not billions, of people.

Israel has made painful sacrifices for the hopes of peace, only to come up short every time.

In 2002, President George W. Bush urged the two sides to come up with a two-state solution. Two years later, Israel followed suit and completely disengaged from the Gaza Strip, giving the land free of charge to the Palestinians. Today, Gaza is a terror hotbed ruled by a group whose only mission is to conquer Israel. About every two years, Hamas and Israel go to war, and thousands of people are killed in the carnage.

The Palestinian national movement remains a culture stuck in its first gear as a reaction to the Zionist movement. Too many Palestinians and their leaders unsurprisingly remain grossly anti-Semitic and contribute very little to the world other than improving on how to carry out more effective mass casualty terror attacks. There are many decent, hard-working Palestinian people, but as poll after poll shows, most would rather live under Judenrein Islamic tyranny than become part of our interconnected world. The Palestinians also elected Hamas, a terrorist group that has sworn to wipe out the Jews and Israel. Moreover, the Palestinians elected Mahmoud Abbas, a Holocaust denier who incentivizes terrorist attacks and anti-Semitic bigotry. Abbas is the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a terrorist group that has carried out thousands of attacks over the past few decades. A two-state solution gives Hamas and Abbas a permanent seat at the table.

Israel already faces countless enemies on its borders: ISIS, Hezbollah, the Syrian regime, Iranian special forces, and other jihadi outfits. They have set up shop just outside of the country. Israel currently at least has the ability to conduct advanced surveillance on the Palestinian entities. If the Palestinian regimes are given a state of their own, this will significantly hamper Israel’s ability to protect itself from Palestinian terror.

The Palestinians are not ready for a state. It may take decades for the Palestinian culture to evolve to the point where they are ready to recognize their neighbor’s sovereignty, but that is not Israel’s fault. Imposing upon Israel the need to deliver a state to a terror-supporting, Jew-hating neighbor does a disservice to our greatest Middle East ally. (For more from the author of “The Only ‘Deal’ Trump Can Get With the Palestinians Is a Bad Deal” please click HERE)

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