“I am Yahweh; that is My Name! I will not give My glory to anyone else, nor share My praise with carved idols.” (Isaiah 42: 8)
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Khaled Abu Toameh—Palestinians: Another “Reconciliation” Bites the Dust:
For more than two months, the Hamas-Fatah “reconciliation” agreement that was reached in Cairo in October has been hailed by many Arabs and Westerners as a sign that the Palestinians were finally marching forward together.
It turns out, however, that the dramatic announcement of the agreement, which was reached with the sponsorship of the Egypt, was all a bluff.
Those in the know about the Palestinian world predicted that the latest “reconciliation” deal would fail. At least five previous agreements between Hamas and Fatah, reached under the auspices of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Yemen over the past ten years, likewise failed. Every one of these agreements was stillborn, not worth the time it took to uncap the pen.
The latest “reconciliation” agreement, then, has just joined this impressive list of defunct accords. Moreover, it is not too speculative to suggest that any truce struck in the foreseeable future between Hamas and Fatah would also swiftly join its predecessors in the graveyard of agreements.
So, why do these “reconciliation” agreements between the two rival Palestinian parties keep failing? Why has it become impossible for the Palestinians to reunite themselves and work together for the sake of a better life for their people? Who is responsible for the divisions and internal bickering among the Palestinians and who are the biggest losers and winners from the continued power struggle between Hamas and Fatah?
These questions prod at one as Palestinian leaders continue to call for “days of rage” and incite their people in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The small protests that have swept some parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip (but were exaggerated by mainstream media in the West) served as a distraction from the failure of Hamas and Fatah to implement their “reconciliation” agreement.
Once again, Hamas and Fatah have shown that their accords are about everything but “reconciliation.” In fact, each time they sign such a pact, tensions between them skyrocket. For the Palestinians, the word “reconciliation” has become synonymous with dissension and disagreement.
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SnyderTalk Comment:
Things aren’t always what they seem to be. Where relations between Israel and her Palestinian neighbors are concerned, things most assuredly are not what they seem to be.
Below are a few facts:
- President Trump did not do any harm to the “peace process” when he declared that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
- From the Palestinian perspective, the so-called “peace process” is not about peace. It’s about taking as much as they can get as they move toward the eventual annihilation of Israel.
- Israel did not create the problem, and Israel is not an apartheid state. Israel is as open and free as any country in the world. It’s as diverse as any country in the world, too.
- The images of Israeli brutality that the Western media enjoys showing us are not about Israeli brutality. They are pictures of a country that is forced to defend her right to exist in a neighborhood where her existence is deemed to be justification for war, terrorism, and brutality on a medieval scale.
Yasser Arafat explained the situation well:
- “Peace for us means the destruction of Israel. We are preparing for an all-out war, a war which will last for generations.”
- “We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem.”
- “Since we cannot defeat Israel in war, we do this in stages. We take any and every territory that we can of Palestine, and establish a sovereignty there, and we use it as a springboard to take more. When the time comes, we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel.”
Mahmoud Abbas is Arafat’s protégé. His views are the same as Arafat’s views. Every move he makes is taken from Arafat’s playbook.
It helps to know the truth. Rejecting the truth can’t and won’t change reality.
See “Arab States Reportedly Irate at PA Leader Abbas Over Response to Trump’s Jerusalem Recognition Move“. In the article, the following quote was attributed to a Jordanian official:
“The Palestinians’ efforts to sway public opinion have been a complete failure, and as a result, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has created a rift between us [the Arab world] and Trump. We are once again left with the demagogic, hollow and inflammatory rhetoric of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.”
I’ve been warning about Erdogan for years. He’s a menace to the world, because he fancies himself a global leader, a sultan as it were. He’s trying to recreate the Ottoman Empire that ruled the Middle East and North Africa until the end of World War I. Erdogan will say and do just about anything to make his nightmare a reality. He’s a Hitler clone. We know how that worked out.
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“The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.” (John 17: 22-24)
See “His Name is Yahweh”.
