The link between US policy and the new violence in Israel and Syria

The link between US policy and the new violence in Israel and Syria October 10, 2015

Once again we read of Palestinian protests against Israel that erupt in violence.  Palestinians attack and kill Israeli civilians or charge Israeli police/soldiers with lethal weapons, and are killed when the police/soldiers defend themselves.  The world condemns Israel for “disproportionate” response.

In a new article in Commentary Jonathan Tobin argues that little of this would be happening if the American administration were not in crypto-collusion with Palestinian leadership:

“[A]s the toll of casualties rises, the reaction from the U.S. government . . . is cool, detached indifference. . . . President Obama has demonstrated over the past seven years that no matter what the Palestinians do to sink hopes for peace or provoke a response from the Israelis, he will blame Netanyahu. If Abbas thinks he will gain some advantage from refusing to negotiate with Israel and promoting violence, it is because Obama has signaled that he approves of more pressure being put on the Netanyahu government. When, as it did this past spring, the State Department announces that it is “reassessing” its stance in defense of Israel at the UN, can it really surprise anyone when the Palestinians seek to test how far they can go in pushing the envelope on violence?”

“[T]he more the U.S. equivocates about this wave of Palestinian terror, the less reason Palestinian terror groups will have to rein in their members or the population that they have whipped into a state of mass insanity rooted in religious hatred. More U.S. statements that see the deaths of terror victims and those of the terrorists as morally equivalent will only encourage more such fatalities.”

As if this were not disturbing enough, the Egyptian Coptic expert on Muslim persecution of Christians, Raymond Ibrahim, writes at Gatestone  that Obama’s failure to enforce his infamous “red line” against Syria’s Assad is responsible for the horrific torture and crucifixion of Christians in the region.

We are living at the turn of a new era.  This administration might be sign of divine judgment on America.  Tragically, that judgment is leading to horrendous suffering for our brothers and sisters around the world.

 


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