The two main prongs of Joe Biden’s proposed policy for “the day after” the Israel-Hamas war ends are (1) the creation of a Palestinian state and (2) the policing of Gaza by a “revitalized” Palestinian Authority.
Biden's view (or whoever is writing this stuff; I doubt Biden is up to it) is so completely divorced from a realistic view of what Hamas wants (death to Israel) and Israel needs (to stay alive) that it can't be taken seriously as diplomacy. It can, however, be taken seriously as a sop to the crucial Palestinian vote in Michigan, a state Biden probably needs to win this November to stay in office.
Even anyone who knows nothing about Israel and the conflict can understand that if Biden (or Tom Friedman) proposes it then it's probably the worst possible idea. To be fair to Biden, the entire American establishment and that includes the friendly second Bush simply seems unable to recognize that the construct of Oslo, that Israel could gain peace through negotiating directly with the Palestinians has been a colossal and total failure. They are not ready for statehood. They cannot rule themselves. They cannot be trusted not to slaughter any Jews they encounter. Israel was very foolish to not realize this would happen and even more foolish to believe any of it would be reversible in the event of failure. Now 30 years later Oslo has brought endless war horrible terror and bloody slaughter of Israelis. And still the pinhead imbeciles in the diplomatic world insist they be given a state. It's absolute madness. I wish there was a little boy who could say out loud what no one else will, the emperor has no clothes and the Palestinians will murder and terrorize until Israel is no more or they are permanently stopped.
Biden's view (or whoever is writing this stuff; I doubt Biden is up to it) is so completely divorced from a realistic view of what Hamas wants (death to Israel) and Israel needs (to stay alive) that it can't be taken seriously as diplomacy. It can, however, be taken seriously as a sop to the crucial Palestinian vote in Michigan, a state Biden probably needs to win this November to stay in office.
" It can, however, be taken seriously as a sop to the crucial Palestinian vote in Michigan,"
Not just Michigan, but younger voters.
Even anyone who knows nothing about Israel and the conflict can understand that if Biden (or Tom Friedman) proposes it then it's probably the worst possible idea. To be fair to Biden, the entire American establishment and that includes the friendly second Bush simply seems unable to recognize that the construct of Oslo, that Israel could gain peace through negotiating directly with the Palestinians has been a colossal and total failure. They are not ready for statehood. They cannot rule themselves. They cannot be trusted not to slaughter any Jews they encounter. Israel was very foolish to not realize this would happen and even more foolish to believe any of it would be reversible in the event of failure. Now 30 years later Oslo has brought endless war horrible terror and bloody slaughter of Israelis. And still the pinhead imbeciles in the diplomatic world insist they be given a state. It's absolute madness. I wish there was a little boy who could say out loud what no one else will, the emperor has no clothes and the Palestinians will murder and terrorize until Israel is no more or they are permanently stopped.