{"id":2217078,"date":"2024-04-10T03:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T07:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-there-are-no-true-moderates-in-the-west-bank-or-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T03:43:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T07:43:20","slug":"no-there-are-no-true-moderates-in-the-west-bank-or-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-there-are-no-true-moderates-in-the-west-bank-or-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"No genuine moderates exist in the West Bank or Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fno-there-are-no-true-moderates-in-the-west-bank-or-gaza%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2217078&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, highlighting the \u200dmanipulation of media narratives to portray Israel negatively. It touches upon historical peace negotiations and the\u200d actions of Palestinian leaders.\u2064 The article questions the \u2062portrayal of Hamas as\u200c moderate and the PA as peaceful, shedding light on discrepancies in \u200dtheir actions and motivations.\u2064 The article delves into the conflict between Hamas and Israel, focusing on media bias against Israel. It explores past peace talks and the behaviors of Palestinian leaders. The piece challenges the perception of Hamas \u200bas moderate and the PA as peaceful, \u2062revealing \u200binconsistencies in their conduct and intentions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>When Hamas started the current war with Israel with the infamous Oct. 7 massacre, they knew the world would soon forget about horrid stories of terrorists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/10\/middleeast\/israel-kibbutzim-kfar-aza-beeri-urim-hamas-attack-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killing babies<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/press.un.org\/en\/2024\/sc15621.doc.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raping Jewish women<\/a>, instead focusing on Israel\u2019s supposed war crimes in its mission to wipe out the terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>Which is why it\u2019s disappointing to see Westerners falling for Hamas\u2019 PR ploy. <\/p>\n<p>In an April 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/the-gops-bibi-backing-could-backfire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">article<\/a> for The American Conservative titled, \u201cThe GOP\u2019s Bibi-Backing Could Backfire,\u201d Scott McConnell criticizes Republicans\u2019 support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and praises Sen. Chuck Schumer\u2019s recent criticism of the Jewish state\u2019s leader. McConnell\u2019s article \u2014 which is just a proxy for all such arguments \u2014 sadly shows how many have come to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">accept<\/a> the erroneous view of Israel in general, and Netanyahu specifically, as bloodthirsty and genocidal. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1779671845\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b7c85d019ef6cefa67450e9f4a87d893 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b7c85d019ef6cefa67450e9f4a87d893\"><\/div>\n<p>McConnell downplays hatred of Israel by trying to paint a difference between Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, and the Palestinian Authority (PA), which rules over the West Bank. He correctly sees Hamas as a terrorist group but views the PA as a moderate regime that genuinely seeks peace but has supposedly been consistently undermined by Israel. <\/p>\n<p>He asserts that \u201can accurate reading of record shows that the blame does not, contrary to Washington conventional wisdom and Israeli propaganda, lie exclusively with [Palestinian leader Yasser] Arafat and his successors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What McConnell fails to mention is that Arafat rejected a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-cawthorn-criticizes-dems-push-for-gun-control\/\" title=\"Rep. Cawthorn criticizes Dems push for gun control\">historic peace deal<\/a> in 2000 made by then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who offered to create a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, split control of the Israeli capital of Jerusalem with the Palestinians, grant the hypothetical new Palestinian state control over Islamic holy sites, and give Palestinian refugees $30 billion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/background-and-overview-of-2000-camp-david-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according<\/a> to the Jewish Virtual Library. <\/p>\n<p>Arafat not only rejected the generous deal \u2014 which reportedly saw his approval rating among the supposedly moderate Palestinians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chathamhouse.org\/2018\/07\/israeli-palestinian-peacemaking\/camp-david-approach-2000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shoot up<\/a> \u2014 but he also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfr.org\/blog\/arafat-and-second-intifada\">launched<\/a> the Second Intifada, a destructive campaign that saw Palestinian terrorists crossing the border between the West Bank and Israel proper and committing suicide bombings in Israeli public spaces. The bloody campaign ended with the deaths of <a href=\"https:\/\/embassies.gov.il\/MFA\/AboutIsrael\/Maps\/Pages\/Situation-on-the-eve-of-the-Second-Intifada.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thousands<\/a> of Israelis and Palestinians.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d6b9e7e018cb22c72d78abf078245e00 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-d6b9e7e018cb22c72d78abf078245e00\"><\/div>\n<p>McConnell mentions a trip he took to the region in which he met with PA officials who supposedly \u201crecognized Israel\u2019s strengths, admired its economic dynamism and freedoms, and were ready to make the best of the situation to improve the lives of their own people.\u201d The PA is \u201cformally and genuinely committed to non-violence,\u201d he claims. <\/p>\n<p>But if the PA is truly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-i-so-regret-we-didnt-move-olympics-out-of-china\/\" title=\"Pompeo: 'I So Regret' We Didn't Move Olympics Out of China\">peace-loving<\/a>, why didn\u2019t PA President Mahmoud Abbas accept Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert\u2019s peace offer in 2008, a deal similar to what Barak previously offered Arafat? Olmert said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/abbas-admits-he-rejected-2008-peace-offer-from-olmert\/#:~:text=He%2520described%2520the%2520offer%2520to,a%2520map%252C%25E2%2580%259D%2520Abbas%2520said.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told<\/a> Abbas: \u201cRemember my words, it will be 50 years before there will be another Israeli prime minister that will offer you what I am offering you now. Don\u2019t miss this opportunity.\u201d Yet Abbas, who had the chance to sign the deal and finally bring an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, instead followed Arafat\u2019s example and said \u201cno.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>And what should we make of data showing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/poll-shows-palestinians-back-oct-7-attack-israel-support-hamas-rises-2023-12-14\/#:~:text=Fifty%252Dtwo%2520percent%2520of%2520Gazans,with%2520PA%2520President%2520Mahmoud%2520Abbas.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">85 percent of Palestinians<\/a> in the PA-controlled West Bank \u201cvoiced satisfaction with the role of Hamas in the [current] war\u201d? Where are all the moderates, and where is the supposed split between the bloodthirsty Hamas and the \u201cpeaceful, non-violent\u201d PA? <\/p>\n<p>The article states, \u201cIsrael is finding that you can\u2019t kills (sic) tens of thousands of innocent civilians in the age of modern internet communications without being accused of genocide,\u201d which McConnell claims \u201crisks turning Israel into a kind of global pariah.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-431b15e5bc02cef1f58bfbba438ab868 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-431b15e5bc02cef1f58bfbba438ab868\"><\/div>\n<p>But McConnell ignores the fact that the frequently cited statistic of 30,000 dead Palestinian civilians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/world\/more-than-29000-palestinians-have-been-killed-in-gaza-since-wars-start-health-ministry-says\">comes<\/a> from the Gaza Health Ministry, an organization that repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/how-gaza-health-ministry-fakes-casualty-numbers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fudges<\/a> the numbers in the service of propaganda to make Israel look like the villain. <\/p>\n<p>Civilian casualties are a tragic outcome of almost every war, particularly in a conflict that takes place in such a dense urban environment as Gaza \u2014 a factor made worse by Hamas\u2019 use of human shields. But it\u2019s worth noting that Israel repeatedly takes steps to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/israel-implemented-more-measures-prevent-civilian-casualties-any-other-nation-history-opinion-1865613\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">minimize<\/a> civilian casualties. <\/p>\n<p>McConnell concludes that \u201cit is hard to see a viable path forward for Israel that does not involve genuine political empowerment followed by genuine statehood for the Palestinians.\u201d But allowing the creation of a Palestinian state now, basically as a reward for Oct. 7, would be like letting Germany annex Belgium as a prize for launching WWI. <\/p>\n<p>Think of the tragedy suffered by Israeli civilians, the massive cost and effort that Israel is undertaking to extirpate Hamas, and the unrelenting international pressure for a ceasefire \u2014 and then consider how much more severe all of those factors would be if Israel had to deal with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-demands-unwavering-support-for-taiwan-invasion-from-defenders-of-ukraine\/\" title=\"China Demands 'Unwavering Support' for Taiwan Invasion from Defenders of Ukraine\">actual sovereign state<\/a> instead of simply a terrorist group. <\/p>\n<p>The Palestinians have tragically demonstrated a pertinacity in refusing Israeli peace offers and responding with violence. Hamas is a death cult, and allowing even a small splinter of the group to survive would allow it to cling to life, metastasize, and possibly inspire other terrorist organizations in the region such as Hezbollah. <\/p>\n<p>The only path forward is for Israel to dismantle the terrorist group, relentlessly pursuing the remaining Hamas terrorists \u2014 and let the critics say whatever they want. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-56c0c0afdcf162447004664748a0d372 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-56c0c0afdcf162447004664748a0d372\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamas initiated the current conflict with Israel in May, highlighted by the Oct. 7 tragedy. They anticipated the world would overlook their atrocities, shifting attention to Israel&#8217;s defense actions against terrorism. This tactic disappoints, as it diverts focus from the true instigator of violence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1740,"featured_media":2217079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Thumbnail-1280px.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Thumbnail-1280px.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1740"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2217079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}