Weekly Commentary: No Good Will Come From Mr. Blinken's "Three Monkey Approach" Towards The Palestinian Authority

Weekly Commentary: No Good Will Come From Mr. Blinken’s “Three Monkey
Approach” Towards The Palestinian Authority
Dr. Aaron Lerner 30 November, 2023

Take a look at Secretary Blinken’s remarks tonight (Secretary Antony J. Blinken at a Press Availability
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL NOVEMBER 30, 2023
https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-a-press-availability-43/ )
and try to find any criticism of the Palestinian Authority which is relevant
to ‘ending the cycle of violence.’

Let’s be clear about the challenge:

From day one of Oslo, the leadership of the Palestinian Authority viewed
this enterprise within the context of the destruction of the Jewish State in
stages.

For close to 30 years, the Palestinian Authority has been brainwashing their
public in the classroom, public square, media, and elsewhere to embrace,
support, and seek to actively participate in the ultimate achievement of
this goal.

The Nazi regime lasted 12 years in Germany and it took more than a
generation of active efforts to make a serious dent in the true thinking of
the German public.

Re-education isn’t even on Mr. Blinken’s agenda.

Forget about re-education; even ending the brainwashing isn’t on Mr.
Blinken’s agenda.

It seems that if the PA reduces corruption and establishes a free press, Mr.
Blinken would be ready to celebrate. He might break out the champagne to
celebrate the founding of a sovereign Palestinian state, one which continues
brainwashing its public to embrace, support, and actively participate in the
ultimate goal of destroying the Jewish State.

And of course, it’s not just rhetoric.

The Palestinian Authority continues to uphold ‘Pay for Slay’ as a core
principle.

In the very rare instances that Palestinian Authority officials see fit to
say something negative about a particularly gruesome terror attack, they
cite tactical (‘doesn’t serve Palestinian interests’) rather than moral
grounds.

Apparently, the Palestinian Authority has concluded that the October 7th
massacre does serve Palestinian interests. Hence the absence of criticism.

In our region of the world, it is popular to entertain the possibility that
there are intricate conspiracies.

I don’t believe that Mr. Blinken’s ‘Three Monkey Approach’ is an intentional
conspiracy against the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state.

But that’s going to be the result.

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