Peloni: The US administration was laying the groundwork to press Israel into making this land concession to Hezbollah since before October 7, and their every move since October 7 has been an attempt to return to pressuring Israel to do so. Indeed, as Hezbollah has depopulated the North by shooting thousands of rockets and drones into Israel, it is Washington’s position that Israel should reward such acts of war with land concessions which will only embolden Hezbollah to greater outrages. In fact, the only land concessions which should be sought should actually come from Hezbollah and the only peace which should be accepted should be that which comes after a massive Israeli incursion into Hezbollah occupied Lebanon, forcing the terrorist entity back to the Litani river if not further north as advised by David Wurmser. Peace does not come from seeking faux peace deals with terrorists but rather thru the willingness to fight and win wars when the need arises. Well, the need arose nearly a year ago if not before that, and now it only remains to be seen whether Israel will accept an imposed land concession or if she will force the Iranian proxy into permanently retreating north and ending their assault.
Making deals with Islamic terrorists doesn’t work.
Daniel Greenfield | Sept 9, 2024
The appeasement lobby only has one big idea when it comes to Islamic terrorists and any other enemies.
1. Give them land
2. When the terrorists attack anyway, explain that it’s because they didn’t get enough land last time
3. Give them more land
4. When the terrorists attack anyway, explain that it’s because they didn’t get enough land last time
Israel has been living through this particular ‘peace process’ nightmare for a generation.
Now, faced with growing Hezbollah attacks, the Biden administration has one big bright idea.
American officials recently proposed, in a virtual meeting with their Israeli counterparts, a land swap between Lebanon and Israel as part of a comprehensive agreement to end the border conflicts and resolve the land dispute between the two countries, the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida reported on Sunday.
Amos Hochstein, Biden’s envoy, insisted on Israel turning over gas fields to Hezbollah all the way back in… 2022. That was supposed to avert conflict.
We know how that worked out.
The Lebanese Hezbollah terror group on Sunday morning published a video threatening the gas extraction infrastructure at an Israeli offshore field, near a disputed maritime border between the countries.
Hezbollah has recently escalated its rhetoric and actions over the border dispute, after Israel moved a natural gas drilling vessel into its Karish field, which Lebanon claims is a disputed area. In its boldest move, Hezbollah sent four drones toward the Karish platform several weeks ago, all of which were intercepted by the Israel Defense Forces.
This was exactly what surrendering part of the gas field to Hezbollah was supposed to prevent.
But appeasing Islamic terrorists doesn’t work. Defeating them does.
Hezbollah will claim any territory it gets and attack anyway because that is what Islamic terrorists do. Hezbollah is backed by Iran. It’s going to attack when Tehran tells it to. As an Islamic terror group, attacking non-Muslims and dominating them is a fundamental religious way. So making deals with it won’t work.
Just like making deals with Hamas doesn’t work.
On the other hand, two outstanding issues were raised in Washington’s proposal for a diplomatic settlement. The first is the “Point B1” issue, the westernmost border point of the “Blue Line,” overlooking the Israeli tourist site at Rosh Hanikra.
The proposal for this point involves recognizing it as part of Lebanon, with UN forces deployed there as a neutral party for both sides.
The UN forces are absolutely useless and pull back whenever there’s any conflict. (Nor is the UN remotely neutral.)
Lebanon is controlled by Hezbollah. Treaties signed by its puppet regimes are worthless. The regime exists purely for plausible deniability purposes so D.C. can keep arming it and providing it with foreign aid.
The 2022 deal signed off on by Lapid and Bennett in Israel disqualified either of them from holding office again.
Doing the same thing would be criminal insanity. Appeasing Islamic terrorists never works. If any single event should have broken through on that, it would be Oct 7. Any perceived economic benefits for terrorists just sets up a bigger attack.
Israel gave part of their Mediterranean Sea oil and gas blocks to Lebanon thanks to the Israel hating Biden/Harris/Obama Communist Administration.
Israel should say that the next barrage of rockets will nullify that treaty as Lebanon has attacked us with its proxy army, Hezbollah and those oil and gas blocks revert to Israel.