Andy Burnham at the UN wanted to let the world know that he’s determined to keep Israel from building settlements in Judea and Samaria for they are, he insists, an obstacle to the “two-state solution” that, he knows, will bring lasting peace between Israel and the “Palestinians.” Here are his words:
We continue to condemn Hamas. And we stand with Israel in the face of the ongoing threats – including from Iran, against Israel and Jewish people around the world.
But this does not justify the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza or the West Bank.
Far too many people have died – including so many children.
Far too little aid is getting in.
And it has gone on for far too long.
Really?. On what basis does Burnham claim that “far too little aid” is getting into Gaza when, according to a UNICEF study published this summer, the average caloric intake of Gazans is greater than that in Egypt, Jordan, or Syria? Is Burnham aware that the IDF has facilitated the entry into Gaza of 182,000 tons of humanitarian aid? Or that the IDF has done what it could to prevent Hamas from stealing much of that aid, which the terror group then distributes to its own members, or sells, for exorbitant prices, to the very people who are supposed to receive it for free?
We will not stand by as the horrific suffering continues to grow and the prospect of a two-state solution – the best hope for peace and stability for both nations – comes under attack.
Last month, Israel issued tenders for the construction of the E1 mega settlement – which would drive a wedge through the West Bank and threaten to put a viable Palestinian state beyond reach.
It cannot be allowed to happen.
So we have acted:
By banning trade in goods with illegal settlements.
That ban on goods from the settlements will have only one certain result: “Palestinians” working for Israeli companies in Judea and Samaria will lose their jobs when those companies move back inside Israel within the Green Line. Is that what Andy Burnham wants?
Andy Burnham has a special responsibility to recognize Israel’s right to Judea and Samaria. It is Britain, after all, that held the Mandate for Palestine, created by the League of Nations in 1921. That Mandate was meant to include all the land from the Jordan River in the east to the Mediterranean in the west, territory that would then become the future Jewish state. In 1949, Jordan had managed to seize, and hold onto as a “military occupier,” Judea and Samaria, which the Jordanians renamed in 1950 as “the West Bank,” in an attempt — like the Romans two thousand years before — to efface the Jewish connection to the land. In 1967, as a result of its victory in the Six-Day War, the Israelis managed to take back Judea and Samaria, and were able to exercise their pre-existing claim to that territory. Does Andy Burnham really not know what territory was meant to be included in the Mandate for Palestine, that the League of Nations intended to become the Jewish national home, the state of Israel?
He spoke about the need to preserve he “two-state solution.” It’s a phrase, a magical mantra really, that everyone seems to think by dint of mindless repetition will make that “solution” come to pass. But calling something a “solution” does not make it so. In fact, the so-called “two-state solution” would not only make the Jews of Israel surrender territory to which they have a right superior to all others, but would place them in a situation of maximum peril. For the “two-state solution” means that Israel would be squeezed back within the 1949 armistice lines — they were never recognized borders — with a nine-mile-wide waist from Qalqilya to the sea. As the celebrated British military historian B. H. Liddell Hart noted, Israel within such borders could be cut in two by an invader from the east within a matter of hours, before Israel’s reservists could be called up. Burnham doesn’t worry about Israel’s security; he just knows that the Palestinians, given a state of their own carved out of Israel’s eastern flank, would be prepared to live in peace with a dimidiated Israel, so the Jewish state should not be worried.
What is the evidence for this? We know that Hamas, in its charter, has called for the total destruction of Israel, and the expulsion, or killing, of all of Israel’s Jews. But surely the Palestinian Authority would be satisfied with its newly-created state of “Palestine” in Judea and Samaria. There is no evidence for this. We have the continued support by the Palestinian Authority for terrorists through its “pay-for-slay” program that provides generous stipends both to imprisoned terrorists, and to the families of terrorists killed while committing their attacks. It thus both rewards past, and incentivizes future, acts of terror. The Palestinian Authority has repeatedly claimed that “there is no Land of Israel,” that “Israel” only exists “in quotes.” PA officials have insisted that Israel “will disappear” when Arab refugees will return “to their homes in Palestine,” thus overwhelming the Jewish population. Official PA political commentators continue to insist that “Palestine is from its River to its Sea.”
The PA has modified such speech for Western audiences, but for its own people, it is clear that it considers that any state of “Palestine” created in Judea and Samaria would not be willing to live “side-by-side in peace and security” as the andy-burnhams of this world believe. Palestinian Authority maps show “Palestine” covering all the territory from the river to the sea; “Palestinian” schoolbooks show the same. In the minds of “Palestinians,” Israel has already been eliminated. If the andy-burnhams and emmanuel-macrons get their way, Israel would be stripped of even the tiniest strategic depth; it would be much easier for the “Palestinian” and other Arabs to again launch an attack on Israel from their new base, that would include the Judean hills that loom over the Jordan Valley, in an independent “Palestine.” Israel already exists in a state of permanent peril that no other country in the world endures. A “two-state solution” would make the resulting rump state of Israel endure a peril a hundred times more threatening. Is that what Andy Burnham wants?
Walter Sieruk says
God had given all this land that now composes the State of Israel, including What many people call the “West Bank” is by Biblical right and historic rights are the lands of Judea and Samaria.
Furthermore, God had given all that land to the Jewish people. This may be found in the Bible, as seen in, for example, Genesis 28:13-15. 35:10-12. Deuteronomy 32:48,49. Psalm 105:7-11.
In other words the Jews have tall this land by Divine Right. Moreover, the Jewish people should have this land by historic rights as shown in First Kings 4:20,21, 24,25. 8:55, 56.
For the Bible informs its reader “For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His special treasure.” Psalm 135:4. [N.K.J.V.]
Walter Sieruk says
It’s impossible to have a genuine “Palestinian State” if in reality the is really no such thing as a “Palestinian people.”
Therefore this leads to a important question, which is “Are there really an ethnic or race of people who may be , rightly called the “ Palestinians” or is that just a hijacked term that the Arabs of the area in the Middle East now exclusively only to themselves without valid genuine proof that such a term is actually fitting for them.
Many reliable scholars and historians on Israel and the entire Middle East have ,rightly, answered that question. Two of them had together have compiled a book on this subject and had revealed, “The Palestinian leadership has repeatedly sought to legitimize their right to the land, by claiming it belongs to them and not the Jews. One of their BIG lies is that the land was always referred to as Palestine. Historically, this is inaccurate ! There has never been a Palestinian state in the history of the world.”
The authors further explain that “The Roman Emperor Hadrian , following the second Jewish revolt led by Simon Kochba , changed the name of Israel to Syria Palestina which he took from the Hebrew word Pelesheth, which we know as Philistia . Why ? Because the Jews hated the Philistines and this was a slap in the face to them.”
Those writers also added that “”What difference does this make ? …. “ They then explained, because it gives the false impression that there was a land of Palestine in ancient times and perpetuates the lie that the Jews took away the Palestinian land.”
In conclusion, “Palestine’ is a man- made fiction therefore, there is no ethnic group or race of people who are real“ Palestinians.” Likewise, the “Palestinian flag is a fake” flag.”
The book source is entitled Miracle of Israel by Gary Frazier and Jim Fletcher , pages 177,178 179.
Walter Sieruk says
About the origin of that word “Palestine”, history reveals that the ancient Philistines recorded in the Bible and history reveals the people who came from the Greek Islands and some parts of the mainland Greece and the Island of Crete They have no connection, at all, the to the Arab /Muslim of modern times who called themselves the “Palestinians.”
From those ancient people, the Philistines, the word “Palestine” .came into being.
There is no genuine ethic group or race who are the “Palestinians.”
Early in the last century a anyone living in that land, Arab or Jew, who lived in that land was called a ”Palestinian.”
Only after 1964 did the Arab/Muslims start to refer to themselves , exclusively , by the word “Palestinian.”
The reason for that is that they felt that by giving themselves that title they would appear to have some kind of valid claim on that land.
clive roach says
This is what you can expect from the idiots running the United Kingdom our country’s going backwards if we want to improve we need to get rid off them and sooner the better 😡
England Invaded says
This maggot spent much of his speech claiming that British folk being sick of the muslim take over was all Russian interference.
Same old formulaic spin.
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Maybe end the English occupation of Wales, as well as Northern Ireland? Already, the first ministers of those 3 “countries” are meeting to declare their long term intention to secede from Britain. Wales is not central to England’s heritage the way Judea/Samaria is to Israel’s
Billy says
Leftists and Islam’s Muslims are a brood of vipers, spiritual children of the Serpent, against all Non-Muslims with Muslim deceit, discrimination, violence, and terrorism to gain more taxpayer money, more political power, and more totalitarian government control. Allah in Qur’an 8:39 commands, “And engage in war with them[Non-Muslims] until there will not be sedition and the religion will be completely to Allah…” Ultimately, Allah desires to fill hell with Non-Muslims(Qur’an 7:18; 11:119; 32:13; 98:6, etc.).
Actually, Islam is the daily practice of Islamic Law, Sharia, which is created from the Qur’an, the Sira, the Hadith, the Tafsir, the Tarikh, past Islamic Legal Rulings, etc to solidify power and control. Furthermore, Muslim Islamization includes Muslim Criminal-Terrorist-Gang Organizations using Governments, Bureaucracies, Mosques, Muslim Homes, Muslim Schools, Halal Organizations, Islamic Centers, Sharia Courts, Muslim Non-Profits, etc. to fund, to educate, and to support Islamic Law and Muslim Propaganda against all Non-Muslims(Qur’an 1:5; 3:51, 101, 118; 5:3, 48; 8:60, 45:18; 48:29, etc.).