On October 4, Trump boasted on social media about his plan to end the war in Gaza in this way:
After negotiations, Israel has agreed to the initial withdrawal line, which we have shown to, and shared with, Hamas. When Hamas confirms, the Ceasefire will be IMMEDIATELY effective, the Hostages and Prisoner Exchange will begin, and we will create the conditions for the next phase of withdrawal, which will bring us close to the end of this 3,000 YEAR CATASTROPHE. Thank you for your attention to this matter and, STAY TUNED!
This is worrisome. Apparently Trump has no idea that this “catastrophe” — that is, the war between the Jews and Arabs in the Land of Israel — began after Islam appeared, not 3,000 years ago, but in the seventh century. In the mid-620s, the Arabs conquered the Jewish tribes in Medina. And then Arabs who had embraced the new religion of Islam swept out of the Arabian peninsula and managed to conquer vast swathes of territory from Morocco in the west to Sassanid Persia in the east. Trump does not know, it seems, that the Muslims first attacked the Jews in Arabia; he has no knowledge of Muhammad’s attack on the Jews living in the Khaybar Oasis; he does not know that the Muslim Arabs, during the Rashidun Caliphate, conquered Jerusalem in 636-637 A.D. Nor is he aware that Muslims believe that Jews are “the strongest in enmity” toward them, and that Muslims believe that Muhammad died from eating poisoned meat at a banquet prepared by a Jewish woman, and that the Jews are, according to Qur’an 98:6, just like all non-Muslims, the “most vile of created beings.” Bringing an end to the war in Gaza does not change that.
The war — that is, the jihad — conducted by Muslims against Jews has no end, no matter what treaties are signed by Muslim Arabs. The model for Muslim treaty-making with non-Muslims is the Treaty of Hudaybiyya, that Muhammad signed with the Meccans in 628 A.D., but after only 18 months, sensing his forces had become much stronger, he broke the treaty on a pretext and attacked the Meccans. That is why the Israelis must be wary of relying on treaties with Muslims. It is clear that Trump knows none of this history. Nor does he know about Muhammad’s two most famous hadith, “War is deceit” and “I have been made victorious through terror.”
Donald Trump fondly believes that in ending — possibly — the war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, he has brought closure to a “3,000-year catastrophe.” He needs to learn much more about Islam, and Islamic history, in order to realize that the “catastrophe,” as he calls it, began when Islam began, early in the seventh century, and that war has no end. The jihad waged against Israel is also being waged, albeit using different weapons, against other non-Muslim lands and peoples, especially in Western Europe. Forty-four million Muslims now live in Europe, where they may eventually prevail, through continued immigration and Muslim fertility rates that are much higher than those of the indigenous Europeans. Muslims know that, as Muhammad said, “Islam is to dominate and not to be dominated.”
What Trump might have said is that he hopes that the war in Gaza will finally be over, with the hostages returned and with Hamas surrendering all of its weapons, and that he understands completely why Israel must rely on deterrence, and not on treaties, for its security, so that the 3,500-year history of Jews in the Land of Israel will not be snuffed out in order to make room for a 23rd Arab state.
Yes, that is what he might have said. But he didn’t. And he won’t.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I guess the long wait continues for a POTUS who understands everything there is to know about islam!
Too bad Valentina Gomez can never be POTUS
P.S. What exactly is 3000 years? Judaism?
Wellington says
Too bad we can’t bring back America’s 3rd and 6th Presidents. They “got” Islam.
gravenimage says
+1
Keys says
I hope President Trump soon realizes that Islam is the “catastrophe”; and this murderous lie is not 3,000 years old.
But, he likely will not “soon” realize this, because the “friendly” Muslim leaders are working his weaknesses.
Stive says
Or, trumps ego continues to swell to where he thinks he is God. My late 80s father in law, a trump supporter shocked us saying that sob is from perdition.
William Kemmler says
Guess Trump and Netanyahu are actually the fools that I suspected they were all along. Hamas’ very founding documents proclaim one goal as the complete obliteration of Israel and the Jews. And islam, their death cult ideology, requires adherents to martyr themselves for the glory of Allah. A very powerful combination that isn’t likely to be easily overcome if it can be overcome at all. So don’t expect much from this peace agreement. It will be quickly violated the moment Hamas has regrouped, rearmed, and has solid plans to continue its violence against Israel and Israeli citizens. It’s what they do. It’s what they’ve always done. And this time is no different.
Hugh Fitzgerald says
I don’t think Netanyahu is a fool. He is under terrific pressure from Trump, whom he cannot afford to alienate –he needs weapons, and would like to have American support if another attack on Iran becomes necessary. There is also pressure from many in Israel, not only from hostage families but also from senior members of the military who think the war in Gaza should now end..
gravenimage says
Agreed, Hugh.
Daniel Triplett says
Excellent essay/report Hugh. I’ve been tied up and a little late getting here to participate in this particular discussion, but I’ll be saving this one for sure (as I do most of your fine work) and keep peppering Trump with it on his Truth Social Account (@realDonaldTrump), and with other opportunities on X. I encourage everyone else to do the same.
I totally agree with your assessment of Trump’s Islamic illiteracy and Bibi’s character and tightrope predicament.
I don’t know how much attention Trump pays to inbound posts/Replies on his Truth Social. He obviously spends a lot of time on outbound posts. But maybe if he sees enough of these Jihad Watch links showing up in front of his eyes, he’ll click and tune-in here and become part of the gallery. We’ll see.
I also think it’s wise and worth while to keep peppering Pete Hegseth’s X account with Jihad Watch links: @PeteHegseth; @SecWar; and @DeptofWar. And on his Truth Social: @PeteHegseth; @SecWar.
And Stephen Miller on X and Truth Social, both: @StephenM
Pete and Stephen are Trump’s closest advisors. His Chief is Staff, Susie Wiles, doesn’t appear to be very active at all on social media. But compared to Trump, Pete and Stephen have far less traffic on their X and Truth Social accounts – less noise and debris (as Hegseth puts it) interfering with the mission. So, the likelihood of them laying eyes on our Jihad Watch links / posts may be higher than with Trump. So, if we can influence them, they can in-turn influence Trump.
Pete Hegseth is a combat vet. He has personally exchanged fire with mujahideen. The man has Kufara and Crusader tattoos on his arms. I think he “gets” Islam.
Wellington says
Trump has greatness about him but he also has gaps, big gaps, about him.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I never expected perfection from him, but this is a pretty major shortcoming!
Brian Reid says
What about the holocaust against the Jews carried out by the Romans at the end of the first century, beginning of the second century. Hundreds of Thousands crucified, murdered or fled. Catastrophe.
Earlier, they were all killed or enslaved by the Persians, Catastrophe. Was the Greek invasion a Catastrophe. Just a bit short of 3000 years, but close.
Wellington says
Brian Reid: Not really. The Romans are gone and, besides, what they did to the Jews pales in comparison to what Muslims have done to Jews over the centuries—and I state this as the 2nd anniversary of the October 7th massacre by Hamas will be tomorrow.
Enslaved by the Persians? Wrong. Cyrus let Jews return to the Holy Land after the Babylonian Captivity that last from around 586-515 BC. The Achaemenid Dynasty was relatively tolerant of the Jews.
The Greeks? No again. Alexander’s conquests and the Seleucid Dynasty that followed Alexander did not result in barbarity to the Jews. No, it has been Muslims to this day and stemming from the 7th century AD that have been the ultimate bane to the Jews minus of course the 12-year Reich.
For the record.
Brian Reid says
Wellington
The 50 odd years of the Jewish uprising against the Romans included numerous battles which resulted in the wiping out of 2 entire Roman legions and 10s of thousands of Jewish casualties.
The Romans then recalled 8 legions from the rest of the empire and effectively carried out a pogrom against the Jews killing any who could not run fast enough. Catastrophe Not really
Your country invaded and your population enslaved. Catastrophe. Not really
Your country invaded by Alexander who battled his way up to Jerusalem. The fact the Jews surrendered and buttered him up ” diplomacy” so he did not kill them. Catastrophe Not really.
When Hitler invaded Belgium no Belgian would have called that a Catastrophe. Not really
The Dutch were quite happy he did not kill or enslave them all. No Catastrophe here.
If he had invaded Britain well we would have just all had to learn German.
As you are getting picky lets just re-write one of your sentences.
Cyrus THE PERSIAN after the conquest of Babylon in 539 BC when the Jews then became PERSIAN slaves, freed the PERSIAN slaves from captivity a few years later.
It was not meant as a history lesson, it was meant to make people think and stop slagging Trump off.
Currently he is the only hope for the western world.
Trumps carefully worded statement had a reason.
He has now got all the Moslem countries on side against Hamas even Qatar.
He said 3000 years so the Moslems now think he is calling the Jewish presence in the Holy Land a catastrophe. Trump is with us think the Moslems. The Jews think he is referring to the early conquests
so they are happy, it is called diplomacy or chess.
The really clever people on this site think he is an idiot and should have said 1,400 years. If he had. The Moslems would have thought he is calling the invention of Islam and us a catastrophe. Their you go Trump stick your peace agreement up your arse we are back to River to the Sea and all your work to get the hostages back for Israel is finished. Pure genius.
One of the reasons the Jews are hated is that they brought morality to the world. No one will ever say
Thou shall not kill, steal etc is a Moslem idea would they.
Israel should have sent the bombers in on Oct 8th and carpet bombed Gaza. On the 9th told Hamas to release the hostages or we will kill you all. On the 10th flatten the whole place and kill every man woman and child. Exactly what the Moslems would have done if the roles were reversed as proven on Oct7th.
Hostages well don’t moan when it is 50 live Moslems swapped for 1 dead Israeli, sounds like a fair swap to me value wise.
Because of morality Israel has pissed about for 2 years and Trump is sorting it out.
Luckily no one on this site is one of his advisors.
Wellington says
You border on incoherence.
Brian Reid says
Not really
Larry Estavan says
He is very good at a lot of things, but on the subject of Islam and jihad he appears to be quite ignorant
rubiconcrest says
Perhaps you don’t recall his speech in Saudi Arabia during his first term, where he said these things …. “…The first task in this joint effort is for your nations to deny all territory to the foot soldiers of evil. Every country in the region has an absolute duty to ensure that terrorists find no sanctuary on their soil…
…That means honestly confronting the crisis of Islamist extremism and the Islamist terror groups it inspires. And it means standing together against the murder of innocent Muslims, the oppression of women, the persecution of Jews, and the slaughter of Christians….
…This fertile region has all the ingredients for extraordinary success – a rich history and culture, a young and vibrant people, a thriving spirit of enterprise. But you can only unlock this future if the citizens of the Middle East are freed from extremism, terror and violence….
Thank you. God Bless You. God Bless Your Countries. And God Bless the United States of America.”
So this is a politician speaking, in the belly of the beast. Addressing leaders but also future generations. Does he get it? I think so. He believes he won’t get anywhere, alienating 90% of the audience. Here at home though, I still don’t get why the MB is not declared a terrorist organization.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
But he already has those “moderate” Arab countries w/ him – Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Emirates…. There is no reason for him to pander to the likes of Qatar, apart from the fact that they have more loose change to throw his way. And even if one gave him leeway on Qatar, fact remains that he is soft on every rogue regime in the region – Iran (which he threatened Israel not to regime-change), Turkey, Pakistan. He could make nice w/ the former countries I mentioned, while going hard on the likes of Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan
It’s more than MB being declared a terrorist organization. We need to start sending negative signals to rogue leaders, like Erdogan, al Thani, et al. Particularly since Saudi Arabia now has a policy of not dealing w/ Qatar, we should back them in their diplomatic isolation of Doha
Jo Alex SG says
Well said! I’m sharing this all over my social media, thank you so much!
Walter Sieruk says
As this jihad watch article reads” When Hamas confirms, the Ceasefire will be IMMEDIATELY effective, the Hostages and Prisoner Exchange will begin..”
Regarding that statement, the answer is twofold. First, about that “ceasefire agreement” with the jihadist chiefs of the murderous jihad entity Hamas pretended to agree to is a deceptive Islamic hoax. Meaning nothing but a false and fake truce.
The reason why this is so is because such a “ceasefire” would not really be agreed to is because it’s a ploy for Hamas to restore its loses by using that for Iran to resupply it with deadly weapons provided to it by Iran.
Those jihadists would only keep the terms of a ceasefire only as long as it would site them and no longer .Then those Muslim terrorists of Hamas will then break the “truce” and then launch more jihad missile attacks murdering the peaceful civilians of the State of Israel.
Likewise, the Muslim terrorists of Hamas will also sneak into Israel from Gaza and hand held weapons of death and inflect murderous jihad massacres on the Jewish people of Israel.
So that “ peace agreement” with those jihadist chiefs of the murderous jihad entity Hamas would agree for would be a hoax . Meaning nothing but a false and fake truce.
The reason why this is so is because such a “ceasefire” would really be agreed to in order to allow Hamas to restore its loses by using that for Iran to resupply it with deadly weapons provided to it by Iran.
Those jihadists would only keep the terms of a ceasefire only as long as it would site them and no longer .Then those Muslim terrorists of Hamas will then break the “truce” and then launch more jihad missile attacks murdering the peaceful civilians of the State of Israel.
Likewise, the Muslim terrorists of Hamas would also sneak into Israel from Gaza, held weapons of death, and inflect murderous jihad massacres on the Jewish people of Israel.
Second, That so called “peace deal” and the “ceasefire” that is part of it with the jihadist chiefs of the murderous jihad entity Hamas pretended to agree to is a deceptive Islamic hoax. Meaning nothing but a false and fake truce.
The reason why this is so is because such a “ceasefire” would not really be agreed to is because it’s a ploy for Hamas to restore its loses by using that for Iran to resupply it with deadly weapons provided to it by Iran.
Those jihadists would only keep the terms of a ceasefire only as long as it would site them and no longer .Then those Muslim terrorists of Hamas will then break the “truce” and then launch more jihad missile attacks murdering the peaceful civilians of the State of Israel.
Likewise, the Muslim terrorists of Hamas will also sneak into Israel from Gaza and hand held weapons of death and inflect murderous jihad massacres on the Jewish people of Israel.
So that “ peace agreement” with those jihadist chiefs of the murderous jihad entity Hamas would agree for would be a hoax . Meaning nothing but a false and fake truce.
The reason why this is so is because such a “ceasefire” would really be agreed to in order to allow Hamas to restore its loses by using that for Iran to resupply it with deadly weapons provided to it by Iran.
Those jihadists would only keep the terms of a ceasefire only as long as it would site them and no longer .Then those Muslim terrorists of Hamas will then break the “truce” and then launch more jihad missile attacks murdering the peaceful civilians of the State of Israel.
Likewise, the Muslim terrorists of Hamas would also sneak into Israel from Gaza and held weapons of death and inflect murderous jihad massacres on the Jewish people of Israel.
Second, about prisoner exchange, those few hostages who have been earlier freed, a number of months ago, are now “a shadow of their former selves” is both sad and tragic as well as understandable.
The other kidnapped hostages who should be released because of that so called “peace deal” will probably be just a traumatized ,if not more so, because the longer time they had to endure the extreme crudely and sex abuse by those vicious malicious vile and heinous savages that are the Muslim terrorists of Hamas. Considering the sever inhuman horrendously brutal abusive treatment those Muslim terrorists have inflected on their captives is an affront to all that is good decent and right. Those terrorists of Hamas should not be allowed to go free with impunity. They need to be punished.
Walter Sieruk says
That prisoner exchange is absurdly, it’s too lopsided the large number of Arab terrorists released compared to the number of Israeli’s peaceful Israeli citizens who Hamas had kidnapped October 7, 2023 was invasion is out of proportion. There is no balance; it’s unequal, in favor of the Muslim terrorists.
Furthermore, ridiculous and wrong that so many dangerous unrepentant Muslim terrorists will be freed, to engage is further engage in actions of murderous and destructive Islamic terrorism.
gravenimage says
Yes. One of the planners of 10/7 was one of many Jihadists released in return for kidnapped IDF soldier Gilad Shalit.
somehistory says
The ‘prisoner release’….really an *exchange* as terrorists get released to further engage…has been in dribs and drabs. If the terrorists had any thought of releasing all of those they kidnapped, they would have done so by now. Handing over corpses doesn’t do much for the victims or their families.
The terrorists don’t willingly hand over their weapons, and hostages are weapons to use against Israel.
Trump’s math is way off. But, there are many muzzies who have influence in his admin, and this just may be a way of saying islime is older than Christianity. and nearer the age of King David’s reign.
David fought the giant goliath around 1000 B.C. Christ began His ministry at the age of 30 and completed it 3 and a half years later, in 33 C.E.
If Trump’s math was correct, that would make islime almost as old as the Kingdom of Israel in Saul’s time. There was a lot of warfare at that time, but the enemies of Israel were not muzzies.
President Trump may have many good qualities and abilities. But, he needs help with history, math and learning what muzzies are determined to get….any way they can.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
I think Trump was talking about the entire history of the persecution of the Jewish people by everybody, from the ancient Egyptians onwards. Not sure whether that goes back 3000 years
Problem is that the past conquests of Judea by the Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, Romans (pre-Byzantine) were vanilla land grabs, more than a genocidal campaigns against the Jews. Nothing like the islamic conquest of that area
somehistory says
All the way back to the pharaoh persecution of the Jews would be more than 3000 years.
There have been…counting to the end of this year… roughly 3025 years since David killed goliath.
The Jews count differently when writing how many years they have been a nation of Jews and they are somewhere in the 5 thousands….if I recall correctly.
All the way back to the days of Abraham are way more than 3 thousand, and he had enemies fighting him and his family.
Unless some muzzies gave Trump the number for the reason I suggested above, I have no clue where he got the 3000 number.
SKA says
Dr. Francisco Gil-White’s “Management of Reality” Substack writings on the perennial duplicity of both Britain snd the United States towards Israel and hus analysis of Trump’s bizarre call for a ceasefire between Israel and the abominable regime occupying Iran have led me to question whether Trump has any sincere goodwill towards Israel at all.
James Lincoln says
Although I agree with 95% of Pres. Trump’s policies, his Achilles’ heel is his lack of knowledge of islam vis-à-vis Israel and Hamas / the “Palestinians” / “Gazans”.
To Pres. Trump:
Please sit down and have a lengthy discussion about the jihad threat with people like Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller, Hugh Fitzgerald, Daniel Greenfield, John Guandolo, Frank Gaffney, Raymond Ibrahim…
gravenimage says
Trump and the End of That ‘3,000-Year Catastrophe’
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What *is* Trump trying to say here? That Jews in Judea are a catastrophe? I can’t imagine so, but that is what this sounds like…
Brian Reid says
This is exactly what Trump said for the benefit of the Moslem audience. He used the word catastrophe which is what the Moslems call their failure to destroy Israel in 1947 and 3000 years roughly since the
Jews moved into Judea. To the Jews he must mean the history of conquer, enslavement and mass
murder they endured prior to the invention of Islam.
Trump has a purpose, that for Netanyahu the hostages must be freed or he is out of power.
He has managed to get all the Moslem countries which matter to agree to his peace plan thereby
isolating Hamas. He has to keep the Moslems on side until he achieves his objectives.
If Trump thought it would help his plan to declare that the moon is Moslem land since Mohammed
split it and evil Israel wants to steal it because they want all the cheese. He would say it.
Don’t judge him on what he says but what he achieves. He is not stupid like Biden.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Well, if Abram had never moved out of Ur to Canaan and remained there, that place too would have been overrun by Babylonians, Persians, Macedonians, then Arabs. Jewish history would then have been based there, but it’s not like the Arabs would then have given them that land
The “catastrophe” is the Jewish people originating in the vicinity of the Arabs. Maybe if God had put Abram in Vietnam or China, it may not have been such a catastrophe?
Brian Reid says
I am not sure it would have mattered where the Jews lived.
I don’t think Genghis Khan would ever have stopped laughing
at the 10 commandments.
Thou shalt not kill, ha ha as he chopped there heads off !
I reckon their would just be a Mosque called Alaska if they
had started in North America !!
Tim gallagher says
Wake up Trump. There will never be peace in the world while this evil poison, Islam, is fouling up the human race. You are living in some kind of Pollyanna like Fantasyland when it comes the satanically evil Muslims and also their evil leftist mates
OLD GUY says
No matter what you do with Islamic Muslims there is a good chance they will lie and cheat. Islam only understands one thing, “POWER”