{"id":2319792,"date":"2024-08-06T04:04:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T08:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cowardly-josh-shapiro-was-right-about-the-palestinians\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T04:13:34","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T08:13:34","slug":"cowardly-josh-shapiro-was-right-about-the-palestinians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cowardly-josh-shapiro-was-right-about-the-palestinians\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowardly Josh Shapiro Was Right About The Palestinians"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fcowardly-josh-shapiro-was-right-about-the-palestinians%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=2319792&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>Vice presidential\u200b candidate Josh Shapiro has\u200c recently softened \u2063his stance on Israel to align with the pro-Hamas\u200c faction within the Democratic Party, raising concerns among those who support Israel. As\u200d a prominent figure on Kamala Harris&#8217;s potential vice\u200c presidential list, \u2063Shapiro&#8217;s history of backing \u2064a liberal\u2063 ally in the Middle\u200b East now complicates his political trajectory. <\/p>\n<p>His opponents have unearthed a 30-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">opinion piece<\/a>\u200c he wrote as a college student, asserting that peace between\u2062 Israelis and Palestinians is unattainable. \u2062In the article, Shapiro predicted that \u2062Palestinians would struggle to establish a peaceful state\u200b due to their mindset and the historical context of violence. This viewpoint, once considered contentious, has\u200b been increasingly validated over the years, despite the persistence of the &#8220;two-state\u2063 solution&#8221; as a favored diplomatic approach.<\/p>\n<p>The article discusses the collapse of \u200dpast peace processes, including the \u200bOslo Accords, which Shapiro argued rewarded terrorist activities without leading to genuine prospects \u200bfor peace. The implications of \u2064a Palestinian &#8220;right of return,&#8221; which would effectively dismantle Israel, are also highlighted as a\u2064 major barrier to resolution.<\/p>\n<p>the narrative suggests that Shapiro&#8217;s past insights into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may not only shape his candidacy but also highlight the challenges faced by Democrats\u2062 who wish to navigate \u200bthe complexities of Middle Eastern politics while balancing\u200c internal party factions.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Vice presidential hopeful Josh Shapiro spent last week tempering his Jewishness, walking back support for Israel to pacify the pro-Hamas wing of the Democratic Party. At this pace, the Pennsylvania governor is mere days from <a href=\"https:\/\/obamawhitehouse.archives.gov\/the-press-office\/2012\/09\/25\/remarks-president-un-general-assembly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">warning us<\/a> that the future doesn&rsquo;t belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, Michigan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-biden-could-be-replaced-as-the-democratic-nominee-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How Biden could be replaced as the Democratic nominee - Washington Examiner\">isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t going to win itself.<\/p>\n<p>You can really learn a lot about a politician by watching who they choose to appease. The problem is that Shapiro, who is reportedly on the top of Kamala Harris&rsquo;s veep list, has a record of supporting a liberal democratic ally in the Middle East rather than nihilistic theocrats &mdash; a problem for any Democratic Party hopeful these days.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Shapiro&rsquo;s opponents have uncovered a 30-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/politics\/election\/josh-shapiro-israel-gaza-peace-column-vice-president-20240802.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">opinion piece<\/a> headlined &ldquo;Peace not possible,&rdquo; written by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-governor-bans-conversion-therapy-for-minors-becoming-24th-state-to-do-so\/\" title=\"Minnesota Governor Bans Conversion Therapy For Minors, Becoming 24th State To Do So\">future governor<\/a> of Pennsylvania when he was a 20-year-old student at the University of Rochester. None of us should have to answer for the things we believed at 20. The young Shapiro, though, happened to be correct.<\/p>\n<p>In the column, Shapiro argues that no deal can stop the Israel-Palestinian conflict. &ldquo;Palestinians will not coexist peacefully,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/08\/02\/us\/politics\/josh-shapiro-palestinians-college.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">observed<\/a>. &ldquo;They do not have the capabilities to establish their own homeland and make it successful even with the aid of Israel and the United States. They are too battle-minded to be able to establish a peaceful homeland of their own.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro&rsquo;s view, which I&rsquo;m told is &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/josh-shapiro-vice-president-controversy-criticism_n_66b10550e4b0f21c11472381\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">controversial<\/a>,&rdquo; has been rigorously and unfailingly confirmed over the past 30 years. It was as objectively true back in 1950s, before any &ldquo;occupied territories&rdquo; existed, as it was in 1990s, and as it is today.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro wrote his column &mdash; for which he&rsquo;s now <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1820454781556551773\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">apologized<\/a> &mdash; in 1993, during the first Intifada. This round of violence was sparked by the disastrous Oslo process &mdash; the &ldquo;starkest strategic blunder in its history,&rdquo; the historian Efraim Karsh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/6264\/why-the-oslo-process-doomed-peace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bluntly<\/a> put it &mdash; which rewarded the PLO for 30+ years of unremitting terrorism against Jewish people.<\/p>\n<p>And no matter how badly every iteration of Oslo failed, no matter how devastating the results were for both Israelis and Palestinians, the &ldquo;two-state solution&rdquo; has atrophied into the favored panacea of the foreign policy establishment. The young Shapiro predicted it.<\/p>\n<p>By the late 1990s, Bill Clinton would push Israel into offering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/clinton-arafat-its-all-your-fault-153779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">virtually everything<\/a> Palestinians demanded, including a new state. Yasser Arafat still rejected a deal. You can&rsquo;t spend decades building a violent movement predicated on fanaticism, hate, revisionist history, and the promise of ruling from the river to sea and then simply stop.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians, incidentally, were negotiating with the Israeli left, not Likud or the boogeyman, Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>Clinton would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org\/president-clinton-reflects-on-2000-camp-david-summit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">later reveal<\/a> that the final stage negotiations had not broken down over the land or Jerusalem &mdash; as most outlets had reported &mdash; but the Palestinian demand for a &ldquo;right of return,&rdquo; an unserious and insane proposition that would entail giving Israeli citizenship to all the offspring of the alleged first-generation of Palestinian refugees (likely around 6 million.)<\/p>\n<p>Before there were any &ldquo;open-air prisons&rdquo; or &ldquo;occupied territories,&rdquo; there was terrorism and massacres of Jews. And, still, when offered a state in 1948, with the promise of self-determination, the Palestinians rejected it and attempted to annihilate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-shots-at-netanyahu-45-tells-palestinian-leader-everything-will-be-good-before-meeting-with-bibi\/\" title=\"Trump Taking Shots at Netanyahu? 45 Tells Palestinian Leader &#039;Everything Will Be Good&#039; Before Meeting with Bibi\">region&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s Jews. The Palestinian refugee situation is of their own making.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, even if the Palestinian story weren&rsquo;t largely a mythology, the right of return would mean the immediate destruction of Israel. There are around two million Arabs living in Israel, one of the most diverse nations in the world. Another 5 or 6 million would mean the end of the Middle East&rsquo;s only democracy. There isn&rsquo;t a single majority Arab democracy in the world. Why would Israel&rsquo;s fate be any different?<\/p>\n<p>Gaza is another example of Shapiro&rsquo;s thesis coming true. In 2005, Palestinian were given autonomy over the Gaza Strip. The only way to make it happen was for the Israeli government to forcibly remove thousands of Israelis from their homes. Without military protection, Jews would be murdered.<\/p>\n<p>American Jews bought the Palestinians advanced farm equipment and greenhouses which were immediate destroyed by mobs.<\/p>\n<p>Israel was rewarded for handing Gaza to the Palestinians with endless terror for nearly two decades. When the world sends Gazans concrete, Hamas builds tunnels and military bases under hospitals and schools. When the world sends them necessities, Hamas smuggles in explosives and weapons from Iran. When Israel stops shipments, Palestinians tear down <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweek.in\/news\/world\/2023\/10\/17\/rockets-from-streetlight-poles-projectile-tubes-from-plumbing-pipes-how-hamas-makes-its-weapons.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">streetlight poles<\/a> and digs up water pipes to make casements for rockets.<\/p>\n<p>And after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdd.org\/analysis\/2024\/03\/22\/poll-hamas-remains-popular-among-palestinians\/#:~:text=Hamas%20More%20Popular%20Than%20Abbas's%20Fatah%20Party&amp;text=Fifty%2Dnine%20percent%20of%20all,has%20played%20during%20the%20war.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hamas<\/a> murdered, sexually tortured, and kidnapped over 1300 Israelis on Oct. 7, the American left again demanded that Palestinians be rewarded with a state. Instead of reiterating that there can be no peace with Palestinians until there is massive cultural reformation, Shapiro would rather sell out to the progressive mob.<\/p>\n<p>Guess what? They&rsquo;re never going to be placated.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of six books&mdash;the most recent, <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/the-rise-of-blueanon-david-harsanyi?variant=41551839232034\">The The Rise of BlueAnon: How the Democrats Became a Party of Conspiracy Theorists<\/a><\/b>. Follow him on Twitter, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/\">@davidharsanyi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice presidential candidate Josh Shapiro has been moderating his stance on Israel to appease the pro-Hamas faction within the Democratic Party. At this rate, it seems he might soon caution against criticizing Islam&#8217;s prophet. After all, winning Michigan is crucial. Observing a politician&#8217;s choices reveals much about their priorities, and Shapiro\u2014who is reportedly a leading contender for Kamala Harris\u2019s running mate\u2014has historically supported liberal democratic allies in the Middle East rather than extremist groups, which poses a challenge for any Democratic hopeful today.<\/p>\n<p>Shapiro\u2019s critics have unearthed a 30-year-old article titled &#8220;Peace not possible,&#8221; written by him as a college student at the University of Rochester. While no one should be held accountable for their youthful beliefs, it&#8217;s worth noting that young Shapiro was correct in his assessment: he argued that peace between Israelis and Palestinians was unattainable because Palestinians lacked the ability to create and sustain their own state even with external support.<\/p>\n<p>His perspective\u2014which some consider &#8220;controversial&#8221;\u2014has been consistently validated over three decades. It was true back in the 1950s before any territories were occupied, throughout the 1990s, and remains accurate today. The article was penned during the first Intifada in 1993 amidst failed peace efforts that rewarded decades of terrorism against Jews.<\/p>\n<p>Despite numerous failures of peace initiatives like Oslo\u2014which many historians deem disastrous\u2014the concept of a &#8220;two-state solution&#8221; persists as an ideal among foreign policy experts; something young Shapiro foresaw. By the late &#8217;90s, Bill Clinton pressured Israel into making significant concessions to Palestinians who ultimately rejected offers for statehood.<\/p>\n<p>The breakdown of negotiations wasn&#8217;t merely about land or Jerusalem but stemmed from Palestinian demands like an unrealistic right of return for millions descended from refugees\u2014a demand that would effectively dismantle Israel as we know it.<\/p>\n<p>Historically speaking, even before terms like \u201copen-air prisons\u201d emerged or territories were labeled occupied, there existed acts of terrorism against Jews. In fact, when offered statehood in 1948 with self-determination guarantees, Palestinians turned it down and sought to eliminate Jewish presence instead; thus creating their own refugee crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Even if one were to accept Palestinian narratives at face value regarding historical grievances\u2014the right of return would still threaten Israel&#8217;s existence given its diverse population alongside potential millions more arriving from abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza serves as another illustration supporting Shapiro\u2019s argument: after being granted autonomy in 2005 following Israeli withdrawals\u2014including forcibly relocating thousands\u2014Palestinians responded with violence rather than cooperation despite receiving aid intended for development which they squandered on militant activities instead.<\/p>\n<p>Following Hamas&#8217;s brutal attacks on October 7th resulting in over 1,300 Israeli deaths\u2014including sexual violence and kidnappings\u2014the American left continues advocating for Palestinian statehood without addressing necessary cultural reforms needed first before any lasting peace can occur; yet Shapiro appears willing to compromise further with progressive factions who will likely never be satisfied regardless.<\/p>\n<p>David Harsanyi is a senior editor at The Federalist and author known for his critical views on contemporary political issues; follow him on Twitter @davidharsanyi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":831,"featured_media":2319793,"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\/08\/Untitled-design-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[6672,6733,37061,10660,5894],"class_list":["post-2319792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-commentary","tag-controversy","tag-josh-shapiro","tag-palestinians","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Untitled-design-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319792","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\/831"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2319793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}