A Cross-Post: From Gaza to Berlin

Hat tip Gates of Vienna

I am cross-posting an article from Baron Bodissey at Gates of Vienna on the Gaza dilemma, more specifically, the fate of the people who reside in Gaza. Here at Fousesquawk, I do a lot of collaboration with Gates of Vienna and Vlad Tepes (blog), primarily in translating articles of mutual interest coming from out of Europe. These articles pertain to terrorist threats, political Islam, anti-Semitism, and other related topics.

Yesterday, Baron Bodissey wrote a lengthy article on the fate of the Gazans which I consider very thought-provoking. In addition, the article led to numerous thought-provoking reader comments (including my own). Thus, with Baron’s permission, I am cross-posting his article here. 

This is what I added to the reader comment thread:

“A most thought-provoking article and thought-provoking comments. I think most of us agree on one point: There is no good solution to this conflict.

As for any relocation of Palestinians, I know one thing: I don’t want them here. They will bring nothing but problems and Jew hatred with them, more hatred than ever. The same goes for Europe. Of course, the Arab nations are smart enough to know they are nothing but trouble, thus, notwithstanding a common culture, language, religion (with some exceptions of course), they will sluff them off to the West. They didn’t take the Afghans, they didn’t take the Syrians or Iraqis, and they won’t take the Palestinians.

No decent human being enjoys seeing innocent women and children becoming civilian casualties, but I lay all the blame on Hamas and their tactics of using their own people as human shields. As for the adult civilians, they were celebrating on October 7 and many took part in the carnage when the hostages were brought into Gaza. They were also dancing on 9-11. Thus, my sympathy is measured.

May God be with Israel”

Upon further reflection, I should add that the removal of an entire population from the land they call home could never be a public relations victory for Israel. Since the war of 1948, the Arab population has carried the UN-bestowed label of “refugees”. In fact, while many were driven out by fighting between Jews and Arabs, many others followed the call of the invading Arab nations to temporarily leave the area so the Arab armies could defeat the Israelis, which, of course, never happened. Any repeat of that will provide the world with even bigger and longer-lasting headaches for generations to come.

That said, I simply do not see any perfect solution at all. The two-state “solution”, which is now being pushed by the feckless Biden administration, has been effectively debunked in Baron’s article. Not even the Palestinians want it, other than a temporary step in the ultimate goal of taking all of Israeli land and driving the Jews out of the region altogether. The idea of Israelis, Jews, and Palestinians living side by side in peace is a pipe dream. In addition, the idea preferred by many of a state called Palestine inhabited by Jews and Arabs living together is also a pipe dream. October 7 has shown us once and for all what the fate of Jews would be in such a state assuming that the much-vaunted “right of return” of descendants of those Arabs who left in 1948 be implemented, which would instantly make Jews a minority. Finally, a two-state agreement now would accomplish the unthinkable-that the atrocities of October 7 would be rewarded by the establishment of a Palestinian state.

Sitting from the safety of the US, I cannot accept the statement attributed to Eliyahu Yossian (whom I am unfamiliar with) which would advocate the murder of every last Palestinian in Israel’s self-defense. (Not that I trust Electronic Intifada as a source of information.) As of now, I disagree with all the charges of “Nazism”, “genocide”, “apartheid”, and such that have been leveled against Israel. I will always hope and pray that Israel never loses its humanity.

So there is no real solution that will make this problem go away once and for all short of Palestinians coming to the conclusion that they are exhausted and have had enough (which I don’t see on the horizon). The best solution I see is that Israel keeps its military and security strong enough to repel any attack and its intelligence capability strong enough to detect any imminent threat. October 7 showed that something had slipped through the cracks. These defects must be remedied quickly.

I repeat: May God be with Israel.