US Secretary
of State John Kerry is a busy man. He works hard for peace.
He works for
peace by consoling a rogue Iran (Shianee Mamanglu-Regala, “U.S. accused of
bowing to Iran as it seeks to ease visa restrictions while ignoring Tehran nuke
violations”, christiantoday, December 23, 2015). He works for peace by
listening patiently to a China that spits and threatens (Karthick Arvinth, ”China
warns US against 'provocative actions' in South China Sea”, International
Business Times, December 22, 2015).
But working ‘with’
China and Iran isn’t Kerry’s first love. His first love is working against Israel.
Here’s how that
works:
-When the
2013-14 peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) began to
falter in late 2013, he blamed Israel (Lori Lowenthal Marcus, “Kerry Blames,
Threatens Israel if ‘Peace Talks’ Fail”, JewishPress, November 8, 2013).
-When those
same peace talks looked like they would collapse, he blamed Israel (“Kerry blames
Israel for feared collapse of peace talks”, middle east eye, April 4,
2014).
-When—a few
days later--those talks had, basically, collapsed, Kerry blamed Israel (Raphael
Ahren, “Kerry focuses blame on Israel for collapse of talks”, Times of
Israel, April 8, 2014). He said Israel carried the lion’s share of
responsibility for that failure (ibid).
-When it was
clear to all that ISIS was spreading like a wildfire across the Levant, Kerry
blamed Israel. He said Israel’s failure to close a ‘peace’ deal with Mahmoud
Abbas was fuelling ISIS’ spread (Tova Dvroin, “Kerry Blames ISIS on Failure in
Israeli Peace Talks”, Arutz Sheva, October 17, 2014).
-When the
current wave of Arab terror in Israel was a month old, Kerry blamed Israel for
that terror (Lee Smith, “John Kerry Blames Israel For Palestinian Terror”, tablet,
October 15, 2015).
In December,
2015, he continues to blame Israel. He’s announced that, because of the failure
to achieve ‘peace’ with Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) could collapse
(“US Secretary of State Warns of Collapse of Palestinian Authority and Its
Consequences”, ndtv, December 6, 2015). If that collapse occurred, PA
officials have added, ISIS will take over the PA (Elad Benari, “Erekat: Make
peace or ISIS will take over”, Arutz Sheva, December 11, 2015).
This most
recent blame-Israel gambit could be Kerry’s best anti-Israel move yet. This ‘PA
can collapse’ is no new, crack-pot insanity. It’s a time-tested accusation. It’s
been around for more than a decade. Kerry’s contribution to it is, he vaulted
it onto the international stage. As soon as he publicized it on December 5-6,
2015, it went viral across the globe.
Here’s a
brief history of the ‘blame-Israel-for-a-PA-collapse’ game:
-The PA was
going to collapse in in August, 2015 (“US warns Palestinian Authority could
collapse following terror ruling”, i24news, August 11, 2015).
-The PA was
going to collapse in February, 2015 (Noam Amir, “IDF security assessment: The
Palestinian Authority can collapse at any moment”, Jerusalem Post,
February 13, 2015).
-The PA was
going to collapse in 2014 (Amira Hass, “The Palestinian Authority Is on the
Brink of Collapse, Study Says”, Haaretz, March 21, 2014).
-The PA was
going to collapse in 2013 (Khaled Elgindyin, “Ramallah Unravels - The Collapse
of the Palestinian Authority”, brookings.edu, January 17, 2013).
-The PA was
going to collapse in 2011 (Vita Bekker, “Palestinian Authority faces financial
collapse”, financialtimes, September 21, 2011).
-The PA was
going to collapse in 2009 (Branko Brkic, “Palestinian Authority could collapse
if Abbas resigns?”, DailyMaverick, November 10, 2009).
-The PA was
going to collapse in 2006 (Charles Levinson, “World Bank: Palestinian Authority
faces collapse”, Mail&Guardian, May 8, 2008).
-The PA was
going to collapse in 2004 (“Annan fears Palestinian collapse”, BBCnews,
January 28, 2004).
Most of
these stories blamed Israel—directly or by suggestion--for a PA collapse. Truly,
it’s an accusation that has never gone stale.
The
PA-is-going-to-collapse accusation might become the near-term mantra for Kerry’s
‘blame Israel’ strategy. It’s certainly a wonderful way to work against Israel. As the PA's Erekat suggested (above), blaming Israel for a PA collapse makes Israel the instant villain, who introduces ISIS to subvert peace--and
destroy the PA.
That
accusation (and ISIS threat) helps Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the PA. For Abbas, ‘peace’ means 'Palestine' replaces Israel (PLO Charter). Therefore, he loves to
hear Kerry blame Israel. He believes that the more Kerry blames Israel, the
weaker Israel becomes—and the closer Israel gets to ‘disappearing’.
That’s not
true. But Abbas doesn’t care about truth. What he cares about is, an Israel
that’s been ‘Kerry-ized’ into diplomatic isolation is an Israel ripe for
attack.
You see that
thought-process unfolding on Israel’s streets. The more Kerry blames Israel, the
more confident Abbas becomes that he can kill Jews with impunity. Isn’t that why
we’ve seen so many stabbings and car attacks lately against Jews in Israel?
Kerry wants an
Abbas ‘peace’. Kerry works hard for that ‘peace’.
He can’t
wait to blame Israel.
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