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Thursday, May 25, 2017
Eleven Bullet Remarks On Trump Trip

Eleven Bullet Remarks On Trump Trip
Dr. Aaron Lerner 25 May 2017

1. Trump already folded to Abbas: During the Abbas White House visit
President Trump publicly raised the issue of PA money to incarcerated
terrorists and their families. Trump gave Abbas the photo op in Bethlehem
even though Abbas added insult to injury by refusing to drop the funding and
instead asking Trump to push Israel to accept the demand that the jailed
terrorists get more TV channels.

2. Trump asks us to take risks. Israel ALREADY risks Israeli lives for the
benefit of Palestinians: access to our hospitals (this when some patients
try to smuggle in bombs), work permits, removal of most security roadblocks,
etc..

3. The other conflicts in the region have absolutely nothing to do with the
Arab-Israeli conflict, hence ending the Arab-Israeli conflict won't resolve
them.

4. Deal with sovereign Palestinian state wouldn't lead to more peace and
stability in the region but instead undermine stability.

5. Linking resolution of the other conflicts in the region to the
Arab-Israeli conflict only serves to relieve pressure on the relevant
decision makers to resolve these conflicts.

6. With pressure so great to make a "deal" and to make concession for the
"deal" its incumbent on PM Netanyahu to put the critical card on the table:
that a necessary NON-NEGOTIABLE condition for any deal is that it does not
provide for a sovereign Palestinian state.

7. When put into even a mid-term perspective, more F-35's can't offset huge
arms sales to the Arabs as there's a good chance that even in the mid-term
our neighbors will be equipped with technologies that allow the tracking and
interception of the "stealth" jets.

8. The best offset to huge US weapons sales is the development and
deployment of made in Israel weapons that enjoy a technological edge over
the American equipment.

9. In the business world when a fantastic "deal" goes bust the elements who
financed it are screwed and the deal maker still pockets his commission.
Come to think of it, Kissinger got his Nobel Prize for bringing peace to
Viet Nam...

10. Netanyahu soon faces decisions on settlement construction that he
delayed due the Trump visit. This will be a litmus test.

11. It would have taken one signature to make a tangible gesture of
friendship and of a new page in Israel-US relations: sending Jonathan
Pollard to Israel. The move would also save Uncle Sam the small fortune
they are spending monitoring him 24/7 in New York.
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