And they wonder why Palestinians are pissed off.
Far-right Israeli minister Bezalel Smotrich announced approval for 3,401 new homes in the controversial E1 area project in the occupied West Bank.
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"Smotrich said it would thwart the idea of a Palestinian state "because there is nothing to recognise and no one to recognise"."
And in a “balance in the universe” sort’a thing, here’s the other side mirroring this:
Hmmmm…regarding the
New York Declaration, which is the document that commits the participating countries, including Canada, to take “collective action to end the war in Gaza” and forge a “lasting settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict” through a negotiated two-state solution. It condemns terrorism and calls on Hamas to “free all hostages.” It calls for an end to “violence in all its forms and any destabilizing role of non-state actors.” And it seeks the unification of Gaza and the West Bank, while noting that, “Hamas must end its rule in Gaza and hand over its weapons.”
But Hamas and its allies have a different view. Commenting directly on the New York Declaration, the terrorist groups welcomed international efforts “to support our Palestinian people and their legitimate rights,” which they said came about as a “direct result of the expansion of international solidarity with our people caused by the destructive Zionist war and the increased pressure this placed on the international community.”
In other words: Hamas’s efforts to turn world opinion against Israel by using its own people as human shields and prolonging their suffering by refusing to end the war has been an unmitigated success.
Rather than laying down their arms and releasing the hostages in order to realize their stated dream of an “independent, fully sovereign state,” the terrorists “demand unconditional international recognition” of a Palestinian state, which they claim as an “inalienable” right that “cannot be negotiated or postponed.”
Hamas agrees with much of the rest of the world that a ceasefire should take effect in Gaza, but says it “must be implemented immediately, without linking it to any political issues,” such as the release of the remaining hostages. Nor are the terrorist groups at all willing to renounce violence. In fact, they say that “Palestinian resistance in all its forms is a natural and legitimate response” to Israel’s “occupation,” and that their “resistance will not cease until the occupation ends and our people achieve their goals.”
And those goals do not include two states living side by side in peace, but a Palestinian state that stretches from the river to the sea, with any Jews left alive forced to fend for themselves in the Mediterranean. Did out the water-wings.
They reject any talk of forging a lasting peace between Israel and its neighbours, saying that it would only “prolong (Israel’s) presence on our usurped land,” and demand not only an independent state with “Jerusalem as its capital,” but the “return of refugees” — i.e., allowing the descendants of the Arabs who fled Israel during its War of Independence 77 years ago to return, ensuing it would no longer be both a Jewish and a democratic state.
Hamas and its fellow jihadists leave no doubt that the only “solution” that would be acceptable to them is one in which a Jewish state doesn’t exist anywhere in the Middle East. This aligns with Hamas’s
founding charter — which references the group’s “struggle against the Jews,” and says that, “In face of the Jews’ usurpation of Palestine, it is compulsory that the banner of jihad be raised” — and its brutal October 7 massacre of 1,200 people in Israel.
And although the terror groups say they are open to elections, they have no intention of ceding power to more moderate forces, as Canada and its partners demand. Instead, they call for a “national unity” government and for elections to be held “without any preconditions.”
It’s easy for Prime Minister Mark Carney to say that Canada’s recognition is predicated on the PA’s commitment to “fundamentally reform its governance, to hold general elections in 2026 in which Hamas can play no part and to demilitarize the Palestinian state.” But in reality, the PA holds no power in Gaza, and Hamas has made it clear that it will not step aside or disarm until it has achieved its genocidal goal of wiping Israel off the face of the earth. It’s good to have goals.
Hamas has made it clear that it will not step aside or disarm until it has achieved its genocidal goal of wiping Israel off the map
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Carney and other world leaders seem to think they can conjure a Palestinian state out of thin air — that with faith, trust and a little bit of pixie dust they can resolve one of the world’s most intractable conflicts. In doing so, they have played right into the hands of Hamas, which clearly has no intention of following the path laid out by the New York Declaration, or of allowing the PA to fulfill the commitments it made to Canada and Australia.
It’s hard to see how the world will be able to force Hamas’s hand without going into Gaza and forcefully rooting out the terrorists — the very type of operation that Israel is currently conducting.
Gaza's dystopia wasn't thrust upon Palestinians. It was chosen, freely, consciously and with open eyes
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. Good thing this must be fake ‘cuz…
