The Day After. Three is a Charm

The Day After. Three is a Charm

Marc Weisman

1.27.2025

Dr. Marc Weisman is a physician and writer.

Introduction: The Core Problem and Premise

The only lasting solution for peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors is to permanently remove Israel and the Jewish people from the Palestinian dilemma. If Israel remains a landlord, policeman, or caretaker for the Palestinians, remnants of Hamas, Iran’s leadership, and Islamist groups will continue to spread hatred and obstruct peace. The two-state solution is not viable because Palestinians have repeatedly shown their goal is for Palestine to replace Israel. This was evident in 2007 when they elected Hamas, a group explicitly committed to destroying Jews and Israel. The October 7th massacre further underscores this point, with polls showing overwhelming Palestinian support for the attack. This ongoing allegiance to Hamas makes Palestinians unfit to have a state of their own. A solution is urgently needed — and one has been clear, though largely overlooked, for decades: the “three-state solution.” While often dismissed, it represents a practical and achievable path to lasting peace.

Introducing the Three-State Solution

The “three-state solution” involves Jordan reassuming control over the West Bank, Egypt reclaiming Gaza, and Israel relinquishing claims to most of these territories. While significant barriers exist, closer examination reveals they can be addressed.

Three Essential Components of the Three-State Solution

Israel withdraws from Gaza and the West Bank.
Jordan and Egypt are relatively poor nations and, therefore, subject to economic incentives.
These nations cannot immediately assimilate Palestinians but should lead a coalition of willing Arab nations to administer the territories post-conflict. Palestinians’ indoctrination to hate Jews and glorify violence makes them a toxic influence, which is why no nation incorporates them. Their hostility is deeply ingrained and taught in homes, schools, mosques, and daily life. Assimilating them into other Arab nations poses risks, given the fragility of the “Arab street” and Iran’s constant efforts to destabilize Sunni nations.

The Flawed Alternatives

The One-State Solution: Replacing Israel with a Palestinian state is a nonstarter.

The Two-State Solution: Establishing a Palestinian state alongside Israel while its leadership and people remain committed to Israel’s destruction is equally unviable.

Expel the Gazans: Wherever they go, they will create a “state in exile” and perpetuate the myth that they are the indigenous people who must win back “their” land. This also doesn’t solve the West Bank problem, adding to the “state in exile” dilemma.

Historical and Geopolitical Context

A Palestinian state has never existed and is unnecessary. The concept of a distinct Palestinian identity was politically constructed by Yasser Arafat in 1967 to oppose Israel. Palestinians are Arabs from neighboring regions.

Before 1967, the West Bank and Gaza were under Jordanian and Egyptian control, respectively. The three-state solution would return these territories to their former administrators. Geography further complicates the viability of a Palestinian state, as Gaza and the West Bank are separated by 57 miles of Israeli territory.

The Role of Arab Nations

Arab states have historically refused to integrate Palestinians, partly due to their radicalization by Hamas and the Palestinian Authority, which makes them a destabilizing force. Additionally, Arab nations have used Palestinian refugees as a political tool against Israel, hoping attrition will eventually defeat the Jewish nation.

The largely successful war against Hamas, Iran, and its proxies, and the fall of President Assad in Syria presents a valuable opportunity for peace heretofore seemingly impossible. The Sunni nations, along with the proven strength of Israel, now possess the ability to push out Iran and design a new way forward. For the three-state solution to succeed, however, peaceful Arab nations must share the responsibility of the initial administration to counterbalance Iranian and Islamist influence. Ultimately, Jordan and Egypt would assume control of the territories with safeguards in place to prevent unrest in their nations.

Incentivizing Egypt and Jordan

Financial incentives for Jordan and Egypt are critical. Wealthy Gulf states, the European Union, and the United States can provide substantial economic aid in exchange for them to govern these lands. For context, Egypt’s GDP per capita is $17,000, Jordan’s is $13,000, whereas Saudi Arabia’s is $72,000. Imagine the transformative impact of substantial economic incentives for Jordan and Egypt for administering Gaza and the West Bank while respecting their need for strict separation of Gazans from their own territories during the transition period. Eventually, economic success and distance from the poison of Hamas will quell the Palestinian hatred and bloodlust allowing for more assimilation into Jordan and Egypt proper.

Rebuilding Gaza and the West Bank

The international community can support this plan by investing in infrastructure, education, and economic opportunities for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. Once Hamas is dismantled and Israel is removed from the Palestinian equation, progress can begin.

Israel’s Sacrifice and the Path to Peace

Under this plan, Israel faces a significant sacrifice. The West Bank, historically known as Judea and Samaria, is central to Jewish history and the heart of King David’s kingdom. Relinquishing this land is a painful decision, but it is a necessary compromise for lasting peace.

Conclusion: Seizing the Opportunity for Peace

The three-state solution offers a pragmatic path to peace. By removing the Palestinian dilemma from Israel’s responsibilities, it disempowers Iran, reduces Islamist threats, and resolves a conflict that has fueled decades of unrest. This solution provides economic opportunities for the disenfranchised Palestinians. It creates a pathway for Jordan and Egypt to assume leadership roles and benefit economically and politically from their bold action and their role in finally solving the world’s most vexing longstanding conflict. The West also stands to benefit significantly as Iran and Islamists lose their most potent recruiting tool: the Israeli—Palestinian conflict—the gift that never stops giving.

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The Trump anti-jihad ripple effect

JNS

While the progressive left often dismisses religion broadly, it has displayed an inexplicable tolerance for radical Islam.

Anti-Israel demonstrators march along the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Dec. 2, 2023. Credit: Pretzelles via Wikimedia Commons.

Marc Weisman

Dr. Marc Weisman is a physician and writer.

(Jan. 7, 2025 / JNS)

There is a direct relationship between radical Islamic successes and the recruitment of jihadists, domestically and abroad. When radical Islam suffers losses in the courts, in the realm of public opinion and on the battlefields of the Middle East, their membership suffers. This is key to their defeat. Therefore, the left’s acquiescence to Islamists in the name of “tolerance” is directly proportional to Islamist gains. Herein lies the solution to this quagmire, and President-elect Donald Trump and the Republican Party seem to understand this well.

Under Trump and the GOP, the United States has adopted a decisive strategy to combat antisemitism and radical Islam. Congressional initiatives spearheaded by figures like Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), combined with Trump’s unwavering condemnation of Hamas and Iranian-backed proxies, demonstrate moral clarity and a steadfast stance against Islamism. It marks a sharp departure from the policies of the previous administration. The contrast between the Biden-Harris administration’s strategies of appeasement and Trump’s firm resistance to kinetic and cultural jihad—the gradual infiltration of radical Islamic ideologies into Western societies—is stark.

While the progressive left often dismisses religion broadly, it has displayed an inexplicable tolerance for radical Islam, emboldening jihadist elements in the United States and the West. This has contributed to the erosion of Western cultural norms and values as educational institutions and mainstream media increasingly abandon the belief in American exceptionalism and primacy of Judeo-Christian principles.

At its core, Western civilization is rooted in the enduring principles of Judeo-Christian values. Yet this foundation has been deeply shaken by a “slow jihad” that has flourished under the guise of tolerance. Many Democrats and much of our media dismiss legitimate critiques of radical Islam as Islamophobia, bigotry and racism, stifling meaningful discourse and leaving Western culture vulnerable to gradual subversion.

Tragically, the first day of 2025 brought with it a horrific example of radical Islamic terror. A U.S. Army veteran unabashedly displaying an ISIS flag from a rental truck easily defeated improvised barriers and rammed into the teeming French Quarter in New Orleans, killing 14 people. The actions of the alleged attacker, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, are the most recent example of domestic recruitment by jihadists, in this case, ISIS. This appears to be yet one more heartbreaking example of homegrown jihad that may never have occurred if U.S. leadership crushed rather than coddled radical Islam.

Trump promises to continue the GOP’s unrepentant approach to combating jihad and antisemitism. This need for such leadership, already evident during his first term, was reinforced during the widely televised congressional hearings on antisemitism at Ivy League schools in December 2023. They exposed the alarming inability or unwillingness of university leaders to acknowledge or condemn blatant antisemitism on their campuses. The public reaction to these revelations has been one of shock and awakening, highlighting the urgent need for action to counter radical Islamic ideology among youth and faculty.

Trump’s legacy includes expanding protections against antisemitism in federally funded educational institutions and redefining antisemitism to include certain forms of anti-Israel sentiment. His first administration implemented travel restrictions targeting countries identified as breeding grounds for Islamist extremism. While these measures faced criticism, they were positioned as essential to protecting national security and countering jihadist infiltration.

Tackling antisemitism and radical Islam abroad

Europe is grappling with significant challenges as antisemitism rises and radical Islamist ideologies gain traction. In countries like France, Germany and the United Kingdom, Jewish communities increasingly face violent attacks and growing hostility. The impact of radical Islam extends far beyond antisemitism. Muslim communities in major Western European cities struggle with assimilation and too often advocate for the adoption of Islamic laws and cultural practices that conflict with the values of their host societies. This dynamic has contributed to expanding “no-go zones” where local law enforcement faces significant challenges in maintaining control. These zones further isolate young Muslims, perpetuating a vicious cycle of alienation and radicalization. High-profile incidents like the Paris riots, the Brussels bombings and the London Bridge attack highlight the need for action.

Israel is the West’s first line of defense against radical Islam, so Trump’s unequivocal support for Israel further demonstrates his commitment to preserving Western culture. Key achievements in his support of Israel include relocating the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, recognizing the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, and brokering the Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and several Arab nations. Trump is messaging his intent to enthusiastically continue supporting Israel in its defensive, justified, and, so far, very successful war against Iran and its proxies. These actions not only strengthen U.S.-Israel ties but also showcase a path towards regional stability through decisive leadership.

A transatlantic partnership, led by America and rooted in firm opposition to radical Islam and antisemitism, will reverse the gains made by extreme Islamists in the United States and abroad. It will also deny a quarter to young, impressionable Muslims who will no longer be emboldened by the West’s apparent capitulation to jihadists’ efforts. Trump’s policies emphasize rejecting jihadist ideologies while fostering integration and inclusion for Muslim communities willing to embrace democratic values. In recognition of this, many in the American Muslim community supported Trump for president. This balanced approach serves as an antidote to the progressive left’s tolerance of Islamist extremism, which has allowed these ideologies to gain a foothold. By prioritizing firm opposition to radical Islamism in all its forms alongside support for genuine inclusion, a united front can safeguard democratic principles while buying the West time to address the root causes of Islamic extremism.

The Trump anti-jihad effect offers a beacon of hope for a Western civilization under siege by radical Islam and antisemitism. Trump’s policies, grounded in moral clarity and decisive action, aim to dismantle these movements’ ideological and cultural threats. By resisting the progressive left’s pro-Islamist sentiment in America and countering unfettered immigration from radicalized regions of the world, Trump’s approach provides a blueprint for safeguarding the Judeo-Christian values that underpin Western society.

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Power to perception, an Israeli victory defeats antisemitism

JNS

As Israel’s fate unfolds, so does the trajectory of antisemitism; thus, the solution to the current state of global antisemitism lies largely with Israel.

Rescued Air France passengers wave to the waiting crowd while leaving the belly of the Hercules plane at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Credit: Moshe Milner, July 4, 1976, from National Photo Collection of Israel, Photography Department, Government Press Office via Wikimedia Commons.

Marc Weisman

Dr. Marc Weisman is a physician and writer.

(Oct. 8, 2024 / JNS)

Antisemitism is the world’s oldest continuous bigotry. While the reasons for it are multifactorial, conflicts involving Israel are accompanied by a rise in antisemitism. Oct. 7 was a massive intelligence and strategic failure. Israel’s enemies were elated to witness what appeared to be a kink in the armor of the storied Israel. This perceived weakness sparked a crazed exacerbation of Jew-hatred and blood lust in their mistaken belief that they could finally bring about Israel’s demise. Israel and the Jewish people are indelibly linked and as such, antisemitism is directly coupled to global perceptions regarding the State of Israel. Both Jews and non-Jews understand this.

The Jewish Diaspora’s connection to the Land of Israel spans thousands of years. It is cemented by religious traditions and scripture that place Israel, particularly Jerusalem, at the epicenter of Jewish identity. This nexus between Israel and Diaspora Jews is amplified during conflicts involving Israel, where global media and political criticisms of Israel often spill over into antisemitic stereotypes and attacks on Jewish communities. In a world of 195 nations—158 of which are majority Christian and 51 are majority Muslim—there is only one Jewish state. For all these reasons, the Jewish people and the State of Israel are deeply intertwined by an enduring bond. As Israel’s fate unfolds, so does the trajectory of antisemitism; thus, the solution to the current state of rabid global antisemitism lies largely with Israel herself.

Since Oct. 7, the Anti-Defamation League has counted a 388% increase in antisemitic events in the United States, with similar trends in most Western European nations. This trend is being observed across numerous platforms, including college campuses, social media, public-forum protests, and perhaps the most worrisome of all, violent attacks. The FBI reports a sharp rise in anti-Jewish physical attacks in the United States and Europe, where scores of assaults have affected synagogues and Jews individually. Unfortunately, too many on the left in America, including university professors, infotech leaders and mainstream journalists, have thrown their weight behind this anti-Israel rhetoric. We’ve witnessed university presidents, journalists and even Democratic congresspeople supporting the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel narrative.

Ironically, the very thing most responsible for fueling antisemitism is also its antidote: the annoying habit Jews and the Jewish state have in punching well beyond their weight. The successes and achievements of Jews and Israel are well known, and so far beyond their tiny numbers, it is sometimes hard to fathom. Mark Twain stated of the Jews, “He has made a marvelous fight in this world, in all the ages, and had done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself and be excused for it.” John Adams put it this way; “I will insist the Hebrews have [contributed] more to civilize men than any other nation.” Sadly, the veneration great men and women have for the Jews is equaled by the envy of weak-minded people. It is this envy that drives antisemitism.

An interviewer asked the economist and social philosopher Thomas Sowell, what can Jews do to mitigate the 2,000-year-old scourge of antisemitism? His answer came brilliantly as a single word: Fail. While that is undoubtedly true, failure is typically not in the Jewish DNA, so the next best solution is precisely the opposite: succeed spectacularly.

Success begets respect, and respect is a winning formula. When spiteful antisemites control the narrative as they have this past year, antisemitism rises. Alternatively, when the esteem for Israel rises, antisemitism falls. There is historical precedent supporting this theory. In 1967, when in just six days Israel soundly defeated four invading Arab armies in a stunning victory, American support for the Jewish state grew. Another example is the July 1976 raid on Entebbe, an amazingly successful Israeli military mission that rescued the crew and passengers of a plane hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists. That event was followed by increased support for Israel and diminished antisemitism.

It is fundamental human nature to rally around the winner. The useful idiot, terrorist sympathizers at home and abroad who are spewing the anti-Jewish cacophony but are not vested in Jew-hatred, are vulnerable to realignment. A definitive Israeli victory will shift their allegiance toward the Jews and Israel or at least relax their support for the terrorists. Bullies pick on the weak, not the strong. Herein lies a critical component of the solution to the antisemitism that was fueled by mistaken optimism that Israel and the Jews are weak and defenseless. They proved, once again, to be lions unmatched anywhere on earth by their numbers. Israel’s success in defeating their enemies will bring global respect, maybe not love, but respect, and with that respect will come a diminution of Jew-hatred.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has finally shed his obeisance to the perpetual demands by U.S. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and the Democrats for ceasefires and “proportional” responses. This released Israel to do what it does best: Succeed. Netanyahu has finally unbridled Israel’s awesome capabilities, and once again, the tiny nation of Israel has proven to the world its astonishing military reach and technological capabilities. They have methodically and systematically routed both Hamas and Hezbollah. These wars are not yet over, but the tide has indeed turned in Israel’s favor these last few weeks. The Israel Defense Forces has demolished all 12 Hamas brigades and assassinated nearly all of Hamas’s leadership. They executed a James Bond-like pager/walkie-talkie magic-bombing feat against thousands of Hezbollah terrorists in a single moment that stunned the world. They killed every high-level Hezbollah leader in 10 days, including their leader, Hassan Nasrallah.

A decisive victory by Israel against Iran and its proxies would create a rare opportunity for reshaping the Middle East. Not only would Israel guarantee its own security but would also deliver an era of reduced global antisemitic tension. The Abraham Accords would expand, likely to soon include Saudi Arabia, which would pave the way for true Arab-Israeli peace, at least with the Sunni nations. Finally, when the Islamists and their witless antisemitic followers in the West have their dreams crushed under the weight of a definitive Israeli victory and they crawl back into their holes, all the West will benefit.

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The Mother of Squandered Opportunities

Dr. Marc Weisman

The mother of squandered opportunities.

America’s military action against Iran and its proxies would push them back onto their heels to create the best opportunity to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East.

“USS Dwight D. Eisenhower” in the Mediterranean Sea. Credit: U.S. Navy (file) Photo by Aviation Warfare Systems

Operator 2nd Class John Frietze via Wikimedia Commons.

(January 4, 2024 / JNS)

The Middle East finds itself, despite the catastrophe of Oct. 7 and the current conflagration, at its best chance for peace in 75 years. The only ingredient missing to achieve previously unachievable permanent peace is American leadership. U.S. President Biden has been paralyzed with fear over a “wider war” with Iran, which is exactly what is needed to finally achieve Middle East peace.

Under former President Donald Trump, four Sunni nations joined Egypt and Jordan in normalizing relations with Israel as part of the Abraham Accords. That brings to six Arab nations at peace with Israel: Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan. While each of these nations has its own reasons to risk the wrath of their population by making peace with the Jews, the common denominator is economics. Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994 couldn’t afford to keep fighting Israel, so they sued for peace. The smaller, wealthy nations that recently normalized relations with Israel in the fall of 2020 did so precisely because of their wealth; they like the taste of economic success and finally wish to build on that success more than they wish to kill Jews. It’s that simple.

Enter the Palestinians. By keeping the “Palestinian cause” a festering and open wound, Iran keeps Israel, the Arabs, and frankly, the world “occupied,” which is the only real “occupation” in Gaza. Iran perpetuates the false narrative that Israel is an occupier of Gaza, even though every single Jew in the coastal enclave was forced to leave in the summer of 2005 and none have ever returned, hoping it would lead to a peaceful coexistence with the Arabs. That failed miserably, and now Iran funds 93% of the war machine and launchpad that Gaza has been turned into after Israel left 19 years ago to keep this narrative hot.

It is widely believed that directly or indirectly, Iran is responsible for Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre at the Gaza-Israel border. Why? Because Iran must prevent peace between Saudi Arabia and Israel if it is ever to reign supreme over the Middle East. To that end, the Islamic Republic must destroy Israel (“little Satan”), boot the United States (“big Satan”) out of the region, and engineer the overthrow of the House of Saud in Saudi Arabia—arguably the wealthiest, most powerful Arab nation in the Middle East. Peace between Saudis and Israel would cement the end of Iran’s dream of total dominance of the Middle East and beyond.

On its face, it seems Iran succeeded in that regard. The problem for Tehran is that once the bullets of war start to fly, they act as a catalyst for unpredictable and often unintended consequences. One such consequence is that the pervasive global anti-Zionism and antisemitism exposed by the war, which has shocked American liberals and Democrats who must have slept through much of the last 20 years when they permitted the planting of the seeds of virulent antisemitism. They did so by supporting policies such as Islamist immigration; nearly unlimited student visas from radical Muslim nations; ignoring antisemitic and anti-Israel reporting and bias by the media’s boundless diatribe against Israel with false claims of it being genocidal and apartheid; and, worst of all, promoting anti-Israel and antisemitic education from middle school to college campuses.

But an unexpected thing happened. The country has been shocked and deeply stirred by the magnitude of hatred being displayed at protests in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit and at scores of universities. The image of thousands of demonstrators brandishing Palestinian flags, burning American ones, desecrating public menorahs, and violently rioting and disrupting Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations all while screaming for the death of the Jews is just too much to ignore. Conservatives have found it surprising that these same liberals and Democrats who enabled such antisemitism are finally seeing what their well-intentioned but naive support for the evil forces of the “anti-Jew movement.” And it frightens them, as it should. What we are witnessing now is a deep schism in liberal precincts, including the media and the Democratic Party itself.

Back to our enormous, missed opportunity. We have 19 American warships, including three battle groups, in the Middle East. We all remember when Biden repeatedly whispered to Iran and its proxies: “If you’re thinking about joining the war—don’t.” Well, Iran and its proxies have attacked the United States more than 100 times and Israel dozens of times, and still, all that American firepower just sits in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

Iran is the undisputed aggressor. Could we ask for a better invitation to justifiably attack the Iranians offensive capability? Now imagine a world where America had a leader. The United States would take advantage of the opportunity to use its awesome military might in the region to diminish Iran’s offensive capacity that must include employing bunker-busting bombs to set back their nuclear capability. No one is calling for U.S. boots on the ground, just good old-fashioned, made-in-the-USA ordinance to set Iran back a few years, and most importantly, to re-establish the deterrence that Biden squandered early in his presidency.

Better to act now before Iran has nuclear-tipped warheads. Yes, there is a risk of a wider war. But imagine Iran having intercontinental nuclear missiles aimed at New York, Boston and Philadelphia. What could be worse than that from these maniacal religious zealots who hate us more than they love life? A “wider war.” I think not.

If we could find the courage to act, then we can stand strong with Israel and counter the global false narrative that Israel is committing genocide when it is actually among the most humane armies in the history of warfare. We would continue to provide material to Israel as they finally and irreversibly eliminate Hamas in Gaza.

Finally, America’s military action against Iran and its proxies would push them back onto their heels to create the best opportunity to achieve lasting peace in the Middle East. Nothing breeds success like success, so we would, by our action, open the path for other Arab nations—likely Saudi Arabia—to join the Abraham Accords. Who benefits? Everyone except Iran and its new axis partners, North Korea, China and Russia. Importantly, the Palestinians also benefit as they shed the albatross of Hamas and their Iranian benefactors, who have stolen their wealth, their peace and their futures for 17 years.

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It’s Our War, Too

OPINION Israel At War

It’s our war, too

Hamas is a surrogate for Iran and Islamists, and Israel is a surrogate for America and the West.

Dr. Marc Weisman

A London fanzine showing U.S. President Joe Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Jan. 13, 2024. Credit: Turgut Cetinkaya/Shutterstock.

A London fanzine showing U.S. President Joe Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Jan. 13, 2024. Credit: Turgut Cetinkaya/Shutterstock.

(April 14, 2024 / JNS)

The Gaza war is not only about Israel’s survival; it’s about our own. The current conflagration in the Gaza Strip is much more consequential than most people believe it to be. Israel’s destiny is the West’s destiny. This is not a simple land dispute. It never was. It’s the best example of the generational struggle between radical Islam and modernity. In it, Hamas is a surrogate for Iran and Islamists, and Israel is a surrogate for America and the West. This is a winner-take-all struggle for Israel but also for modernity and Western culture.

America and the West (including Israel) are at a crossroads in history. So early in the 21st century, we are embroiled in a fight for the world order. In one corner are the cumulative hard-learned cultural gains the West has carved out of history by promulgating and honing Judeo-Christian values in an uncivilized world. In the other is fundamentalist Islam, which has changed very little since the days of Mohammad some 1,400 years ago. The Islamists emulate the worst their religion has to offer; the raping of women, the beheading of nonbelievers (of Islam), the killing of Jews, and absolute intolerance of infidels who must convert to Islam or die. All of these are the “teachings” in Islamic scripture from the Koran and the Hadith (life of the prophet, Mohammad). Today’s Muslim radicals are remnants of the despotic, misogynistic rulers and backward thinkers of Islam from a bygone era. They exist with only one goal: the global imposition of fundamentalist Islam by defeating the West and expunging the blasphemy that is our Judeo-Christian democracies, starting with Israel and ending with America. There is no “live and let live” with Islamists. The Bible also has its share of violent passages. The difference is that over the centuries, Jews and Christians have mostly relegated the anachronistic aspects of their scripture to history and promoted the lessons of tolerance and love for one’s fellow man.

The answer is simple: We got here by sleeping through unfettered immigration, and decades-long antisemitic, anti-Israel and anti-American propaganda funded largely by Arab money. This Arab money flows into our universities as we educate radical foreigners who spread to our children their deceptive and poisonous lies. Vladimir Lenin once quipped: “Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.” This is the playbook they use, and they wield it well to kill two birds with one stone. Anti-Israel and anti-American sentiment bombard the younger generations in public schools and universities, Hollywood and via social media bots. The nearly universal and constant diatribe denigrating Israel has largely succeeded. They have literally recruited our children from under our noses, often aided by well-intentioned but ignorant liberals, Democrats and media sources. They are adept at using our liberties against us as they blur the line between religion and politics, thereby wrapping themselves in the protective cloak of Islam the religion, insulated from criticism. This “lawfare”—using our precious freedoms against us—is how they have come so far in so short a time.

Time is not on the side of the West. In a world where Muslims weren’t hell-bent on killing Jews and Christians, and destroying their cultures, no one would care that the growth rate of Islam far exceeds other religions. In Europe since 1990, 90% of all immigration has been Islamic. A Pew study projects that the percentage of Muslims in Europe will grow 70% by 2030 and exceed 14% by 2050. For any culture to sustain itself, the reproduction ratio of children to parents must be 2.11 to survive 25 years. In other words, each set of parents must produce just over two kids (statistically) to persevere. As a population shrinks, so does its culture. A growth ratio of 1.9 or lower has never been reversed. The non-Muslim reproductive ratio for France is 1.8; England 1.6; Greece 1.3; Germany 1.3; Italy 1.2; Spain 1.1; and 1.6 for both Canada and the United States. Muslims in all European nations and America exceed 2.1 and are as high as 4.4 in some countries. Between reproductive statistics and immigration, we had better defeat Islamism soon.

If Hamas survives the war, in any capacity, then Israel loses it. This would be a catastrophic loss for Israel because it would prove them incapable of obliterating an enemy for the first time, particularly a relatively weak one that is not even a nation-state. The ecstatic empowerment of radical Islam in America and the Western world from Israel’s defeat will be insuperable, and Israel will not likely survive it. Worse than that (even though worse is hard to imagine), America and the West will suffer an exponential increase in Islamist hostility at a time when we are reeling from the Islamist hate and hostility plaguing us.

Western culture is crumbling, and the last thing it needs is an accelerant. We have never experienced this magnitude of moral bankruptcy in our citizenry, our leaders and our media. This is why our destiny is so vulnerable to—and may be predicted by—Israel’s success or failure in this war. This is why Israel’s fate is America’s fate.

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Is Hamas enough to wake up the slumbering American people? October 30, 2023

Is Hamas enough to wake up the slumbering American people?

By Marc Weisman

History’s great events are often created by crisis. The reprehensible, barbaric terrorism perpetrated by Iranian proxies (Hamas) on October 7 has cracked open a window in our country that has the potential to finally arouse us to see what we have become. Is it possible that Israel’s tragic crisis can serve as our own catalyst for change?

The reaction to the massacre of October 7 at our great universities, among much of our media, and from some of our congresspeople might be nothing less than shocking. Most conservatives are not shocked, just sickened, but many liberals are shocked because they have not been paying attention to the so-called “Great Reset” or “transformation” of America.

Well, this is it. Do you like what you see? Does Manhattan look more like Karachi than you remember? Los Angeles like Riyadh? Harvard, Cornell, Stanford, or the University of Michigan like Cairo University? Dare to peer through the window, and you will see thousands of crazed, screaming “students” hurling spittle as they glorify and justify the beheading and burning of infants, the slicing open of live pregnant women, the shooting and killing of hundreds at a peace concert, and the kidnapping of 80-year-old Holocaust-survivors.

Our young people’s reaction to these acts of pure barbarism would have been unimaginable just 10 or 15 years ago. How are we so malleable to have been transformed so radically?

In America, the tail (leftists) has been wagging the dog (liberals) for two decades. The Democrat party has lost its center, and most liberals just haven’t paid attention as they blindly support what they’d like to believe is the party of their parents, the party of John Kennedy. But it isn’t. It’s the party of Omar, AOC, and Tlaib. The vocal, aggressive, radical minority often dominates the quiet majority, and in American liberal precincts, this is certainly the case.

Back to our window. If you crack it open just a little wider you might see the extent of this “transformation”: the substitution of “equity” for meritocracy, the rekindling of the lie that most whites are racists and Martin Luther King failed, American shame (1619 Project) for American exceptionalism, the police are malevolent and must be defunded, heterosexuality is “out” and every other sexual orientation is “in,” biological sex is malleable, and if you long to see our southern border protected you are a hateful bigot. And finally, Jews in Israel, the land of the Jews from the days of Moses and Abraham, the twelve tribes of Israel in the Book of Joshua right up until today, are somehow “settlers and colonizers” who must be eradicated. All of this is leftist deconstruction coming home to roost, and we all have a front seat to witness it.

There is a great scene in Field of Dreams where Mark (Timothy Busfield) just cannot see the ballplayers right in front of him the whole movie…until Dr. Archibald Wright (Burt Lancaster) steps off the field to perform the Heimlich on the choking girl (Gaby Hoffman). Suddenly, miraculously, Mark sees it all: the players, the field, the magic. Can this Israeli tragedy wake America from our long slumber? Let’s hope so, because if we can see it, we can fix it.

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Classic media bias: Tebow vs. Kaepernick

September 26, 2017

Classic media bias: Tebow vs. Kaepernick

By Marc Weisman

When Denver Broncos unapologetic Christian QB Tim Tebow takes a knee to thank G-d for his successful plays, he is mercilessly mocked by the left and the mainstream media. When Colin Kaepernick takes a knee to protest what he imagines as American institutional racism, he is ebulliently admired by the left and mainstream media as a heroic champion for “social justice.” Why? The answers are simple and obvious but also enlightening.

Tim Tebow is a white, straight-laced, religious, pro-life, and pro-abstinence athlete. He celebrates America. In other words, he is a poster child for all that is wrong in America today – according to the left, that is.

Colin Kaepernick (also religious) is black, was orphaned by his destitute mother, is heavily tattooed, and harbors reproachful views of America, which he sees as “oppressing black people and people of color.” He too is a poster child, in this case for all that is right in America – again, according to the left.

Never mind that according to the NYT, only two of the last 15 high-profile police killing cases where the left and the press rushed to a guilty judgment actually resulted in guilty pleas or convictions.

Never mind that the clear majority of these “brave social warriors” protesting America have somehow, despite rampant racism, made it big in this evil land of America. They are all multimillionaires.

Never mind that despite 87% of America being non-black, we elected a black president – twice.

Never mind that there is no safer haven or greater land of opportunity for minorities than America.

Americans celebrate the fact that we have the right to peacefully protest – a right safeguarded by the very men and women in uniform being disrespected by the misguided defiance of these players and the cowardly NFL owners. Many if not most of these owners (wealthy and white) probably feel exactly as Donald Trump does but fear the intolerant backlash from the left if they were to reveal their support for the flag and all that it represents.

Here is the thing that is lost in all this posturing: having the right doesn’t make it right. Our children are watching all of this. How many of them will take away a militant and negative view of this greatest nation the world has ever seen?

This is the true tragedy if you love this country, but for the left, this is a perfect opportunity to sow a negative view of America for the next generation of so-called “community organizers.”