{"id":294255,"date":"2024-09-04T07:27:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T07:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=294255"},"modified":"2024-09-06T06:27:41","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T06:27:41","slug":"blame-trump-for-october-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=294255","title":{"rendered":"Blame Trump for October 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Whitney \u2013 The Unz Review Sept 2, 2024<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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The person who is most responsible for the attacks on October 7 is Donald Trump.<\/strong> It was Trump who launched the so-called Middle East Peace Plan that allowed for the \u201cunilateral annexation of the Jordan River valley and existing settlements\u201d in the West Bank. Just as it was Trump who decided to move the US embassy to Jerusalem which effectively recognized the city as Israel\u2019s capital. \u201cThen on March 25, 2019\u201d\u2014according to veteran journalist Joe Lauria\u2014\u201cTrump recognized Israel\u2019s illegal 1981 annexation of Syria\u2019s Golan Heights\u201d in violation of UN Resolution 242. Even Israel\u2019s most ardent supporters, like the New York Times<\/em>, were aghast at the sheer magnitude of Trump\u2019s giveaway. Here\u2019s what they said in an article in February, 2020:<\/p>\n

President Trump on Tuesday unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan with a flourish, releasing a proposal that would give Israel most of what it has sought over decades of conflict <\/strong>while offering the Palestinians the possibility of a state with limited sovereignty. Mr. Trump\u2019s plan would guarantee that Israel would control a unified Jerusalem as its capital and not require it to uproot any of the settlements in the West Bank that have provoked Palestinian outrage and alienated much of the world.<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

under the plan, those Palestinians would find themselves virtually encircled by an expanded Israel<\/strong> and living within convoluted borders reminiscent of a gerrymandered congressional district\u2026.<\/p>\n

the Palestinians\u2026. would not have a standing military<\/strong> and would be required to meet other benchmarks overseen by the Israelis, including a renunciation of violence and the disbandment of militant groups like Hamas<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\n

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority immediately denounced the plan as a \u201cconspiracy deal\u201d<\/strong> unworthy of serious consideration, making the decades-long pursuit of a so-called two-state solution appear more distant than ever. \u201cWe say a thousand times over: no, no, no,\u201d Mr. Abbas said on Tuesday in Ramallah, in the West Bank.. Trump Releases Mideast Peace Plan That Strongly Favors Israel<\/a>, New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n

Keep in mind, Palestinian leaders were never consulted on the plan that was largely crafted by Trump\u2019s son-in-law Jared Kushner and his fanatical colleagues. As a result, the final copy is little more than an Israeli wish-list that garners the Trump administration\u2019s blessing while sabotaging any prospect of a two-state solution. As one critic from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said, \u201cFront-loading the annexation (of land in the West Bank) reaffirms the worst fears that this is more an annexation plan than a peace plan.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diana Buttu, a former Palestinian Authority spokeswoman, tweeted: \u201cNetanyahu is clear: Trump is the first world leader to say it is alright for Israel to steal land.<\/strong>\u201d NYTimes<\/em><\/p>\n

But the Peace Plan was just the first of Trump\u2019s attempts to torpedo Palestinian aspirations. The second, was Trump\u2019s Abraham Accords that were designed to normalize relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors while marginalizing the Palestinian cause. Prior to the Abraham Accords, (which were the handiwork of Jared Kushner) Arab countries were expected to eschew diplomatic normalization with Israel until Israel had taken steps to comply with the central tenets of the Arab Peace Initiative of 2002 which required the following:<\/p>\n

1\u2013 Full Israeli withdrawal from all the territories occupied since 1967<\/strong>, including the Syrian Golan Heights, to the June 4, 1967 lines as well as the remaining occupied Lebanese territories in the south of Lebanon.<\/p>\n

2\u2013 Achievement of a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem<\/strong> to be agreed upon in accordance with U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194.<\/p>\n

3\u2013 The acceptance of the establishment of a sovereign independent Palestinian state<\/strong> on the Palestinian territories occupied since June 4, 1967 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, with East Jerusalem as its capital.<\/p>\n

(After which, the Arab countries would) Establish normal relations with Israel in the context of this comprehensive peace\u2026. enabling the Arab countries and Israel to live in peace and good neighbourliness and provide future generations with security, stability and prosperity. Arab Peace Initiative 2002<\/a><\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s Abraham Accords were a way of sidestepping the requirements of the Arab Peace Initiative by consummating bilateral agreements that made no such demands. And the scheme worked, too. From 2000-on, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Morocco and Sudan all signed the Accords strengthening their economic and diplomatic ties with Israel while gradually integrating Israel into the broader Middle East region. At the same time, Israel continued to settle more Palestinian land on the West Bank while tightening its blockade of Gaza. Bottom line: The Abraham Accords were an effective way to \u201cdisappear\u201d the Palestinian issue altogether while exempting Israel of any duty to implement UN resolutions or loosen the grip of its long-term military occupation. <\/strong>Naturally, the Palestinians saw this as an existential threat to their future as a people, a culture and a civilization. This is from an article at Aljazeera<\/em>:<\/p>\n

(The signing of the Abraham Accords) was \u201ca stab in the back of the Palestinian cause and the Palestinian people\u201d<\/strong>, Ahmad Majdalani, social affairs minister in the Palestinian Authority (PA), told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n

In the besieged Gaza Strip, Hamas spokesman Hazem Qassem said Bahrain\u2019s decision to normalise relations with Israel \u201crepresents a grave harm to the Palestinian cause, <\/strong>and it supports the occupation\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), based in Ramallah, occupied West Bank, called the normalisation \u201canother treacherous stab to the Palestinian cause\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Palestinians fear the moves by the UAE and Bahrain will weaken a long-standing pan-Arab position that calls for Israeli withdrawal from occupied territory and acceptance of Palestinian statehood in return for normal relations with Arab countries. <\/strong>\u2018Stab in the back\u2019: Palestinians condemn Israel-Bahrain deal<\/a>, Aljazeera<\/em><\/p>\n

So\u2014as far back as 2020\u2014we can see that Hamas understood they faced a serious threat to their collective survival that had to be countered. That initial reaction evolved into the expansive military operation that was launched on October 7. Here\u2019s how Hamas reacted at the time (2021). This is from News i24<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Hamas\u2019 Ismail Haniyeh says \u2018We must have an integrated plan to bring down normalization\u2019<\/strong>\u2026. A senior leader in Hamas\u2019 political wing urged on Thursday that the group must fight against the normalization agreements which neighboring states established with Israel.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s Abraham Accords brought a series of agreements between Israel and other nations in the region, where states agreed to establish full diplomatic relations with the country.<\/p>\n

Hamas Political Bureau Charmain Ismail Haniyeh spoke out against the deals during a conference in Istanbul, Turkey, and called to take action to undermine them\u2026.\u201cWe must have an integrated plan to bring down normalization, which, unfortunately, has taken the character of military and security alliances with some countries<\/strong>,\u201d he announced, according to a press release on Hamas\u2019 website. Hamas calls for \u2018plan\u2019 to undermine Israel\u2019s Abraham Accords<\/a>, i24 News<\/em><\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, President Joe Biden blabbed the truth about October 7 in a press conference just days after the attacks. His comments have been largely scrubbed by the media, but they can still be found in an article by Politico<\/em> posted on October 21, 2023. Here\u2019s what he said:<\/p>\n

President Joe Biden said that Hamas\u2019 attacks on Israel were intended in part to scuttle the potential normalization of the U.S. ally\u2019s relations with Saudi Arabia.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the reasons Hamas moved on Israel \u2026 they knew that I was about to sit down with the Saudis,\u201d Biden said at a campaign event Friday night, according to pool reports. \u201cGuess what? The Saudis wanted to recognize Israel,\u201d the president added\u2026. The normalization push began under former President Donald Trump\u2019s administration and was branded as the Abraham Accords<\/strong>. Biden says Hamas attacks aimed to halt Israel-Saudi Arabia agreement,<\/a> Politico<\/em><\/p>\n

Is that an admission that Trump\u2019s normalization policy provoked October 7?<\/p>\n

It is.<\/p>\n

Hamas saw the normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia as the final nail in the coffin of a two-state solution. <\/strong>They understood that once the Saudis normalized relations with Israel\u2014due to security and economic inducements provided by the US\u2014Israel would be free to expand the settlements, strengthen the occupation or even expel the Palestinians from the country altogether. There would be nothing to stop them from asserting control over all the territory from the river to the sea. In short, Trump\u2019s Abraham Accords forced Hamas to concoct a strategy that would be explosive enough to derail Washington\u2019s normalization project. The plan they settled on was October 7<\/strong>. The rest is history.<\/strong> Here\u2019s a brief recap from an article at The Intercept<\/em>:<\/p>\n

The de facto premise behind the accords<\/strong>, initiated under former President Donald Trump and led by his son-in-law Jared Kushner, was to \u201csolve\u201d the Israel\u2013Palestine conflict by simply ignoring the Palestinians<\/strong> and treating their conditions as irrelevant.<\/strong> This weekend\u2019s events show that this approach, premised on Palestinian invisibility, has now collapsed. Indeed, t he expectation that Palestinians would simply resign themselves to a slow death, an assumption evidently carried forth by Biden, was never realistic\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Under Biden, the U.S. has devoted little effort to seeking even tactical d\u00e9tente, let alone peace, between Israel and the Palestinians, preferring instead to continue the Trump administration\u2019s approach of ignoring the Palestinians to seek quid pro quo diplomatic deals between Israel and foreign Arab and Muslim countries<\/strong> with whom Israel has no direct conflict.<\/p>\n

Even as the massive bloodshed began around Gaza this week, with Hamas militants massacring Israeli civilians and Israel apparently indiscriminately bombing the Gaza Strip, the administration has rushed to try and salvage its approach to the region. The New York Times reported on Sunday that top Biden aides were scrambling to \u201creaffirm their commitment to the idea of potential normalization of diplomatic ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel.\u201d This shoddy simulacrum of real diplomacy \u2014 which inevitably requires resolving tough differences between enemies \u2014 has now collided with horrifying reality in Gaza and southern Israel. Biden Doubled Down on the Abraham Accords \u2014 to \u201cDevastating Consequences<\/a>\u201d, Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept<\/em><\/p>\n

It doesn\u2019t take a genius to connect the dots linking the Trump Peace Plan, the Abraham Accords and the October 7 attacks. The three are inseparable. Trump\u2019s Zionist-friendly policies have backfired catastrophically triggering a genocide in Gaza and likely plunging the entire Middle East into a regional war.<\/p>\n

Trump is every bit as responsible for the ongoing bloodbath as his accomplice, Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

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