Divesting from an ally is immoral and wrong. It should not occur. That is especially true when an ally is at war and fighting for its continued presence and right to exist. If Iran has its way there would be no Israel. That point of view by Iran is out of step with the other countries in the Middle East.
The call for divestiture has been a point of focus for some time now. If it weren’t such an egregious idea it would have occurred. It begs the question, if Israel were divested where then would the money be invested? Hamas of Palestine? That is very dangerous.
Currently, there is no separation in the Palestinian power structure between the PA and Hamas. Although, the PA has denounced Hamas’ war profile and recently arrested a Hamas member for the first time. The PA is starting a pivot to secure its authority over Hamas, but, it has not recognized it as a terrorist organization within the borders of Palestine. Hamas is not the only terrorist organization backed by Iran within the borders of Palestine. Gaza became a rat’s nest of Iranian backed extremists. That is the truth and terrorists have no place in government.
Mr. Salim appeared in a USA news article and he is from Gaza. I am glad he is here and alive. He states 100 of his family members are dead. Forgive me a rather ugly understanding of this, but, how many of his family belonged to Hamas? When he speaks he never says the word Hamas, but, only Palestinian. Gaza was occupied by Hamas, an Iranian back terrorist group. The PA had no control within Gaza. How much of that does he understand?
The problem Israel faces and has faced with Gaza on its border is the chronic threat of hatred backed by a hostile sovereign power. Add to that a profoundly brutal and deadly attack on peaceful Israeli citizens and what is the IDF faced with? And, no, there was no grand conspiracy to provoke war and carry out a land grab. Please, at the death of more than 1200 Israeli citizens of which some were of Arab nationality. Never.
The IDF was faced with some of the most heinous terrorist plots to kill Israelis while using the Palestinian people as human shields. The IDF could not and cannot view October 7th as a one time occurrence. The attack was heinous. They shot and killed children and babies with intent. The IDF had to act and Gaza was the war theater. The terrorist infrastructure was the vehicle to more attacks by Hamas and it needed to be destroyed. No one is accusing the IDF of delicacy in ending the existence of tunnels and munitions. There is no selective delicacy to ending tunnels when the fighting forces are ambushed as they try a ground war rather than missiles.
There was no real governance of Gaza after Israel gave it to the Palestinian people. Iran took Gaza away from the PA by instilling Hamas as its governing authority. There is no going back to Gaza being as it was; there is only going forward to peace through strength without terrorist organizations in power and frothing at the mouth to kill more Israelis. There is “no deal” with Hamas.
Mr. Salim when he completes his education here in the USA will be returning to sorrow, but, also to a secure land without terrorists threats. It will be impossible to achieve peace with terrorists organizations in governance. Iran has destroyed Palestine.
Israel must survive this war to bring about peace and security. Divestiture is not the way forward. Israel has the capacity to govern and maintain peace. The PA is only beginning to get back on its feet. There is a lot of work to do before this land called Gaza is secure, peaceful, and self-governing.
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