Misconstrued Policy Consequences of Thwarted Iranian Attack: Israeli
Talking Heads Push for Palestinian State in Wake of Iranian Attack
Dr. Aaron Lerner, 14 April 2024

Like a broken record.

On October 8th, Israeli talking heads shared their hopes that the October
7th massacre would ultimately force a desperate Israel to accept the
creation of a sovereign Palestinian state, which these talking heads were
certain was the path to utopian peace.

These same talking heads are now hoping that the participation of the United
States and others in the defense of the Jewish State against the massive
Iranian attack will lead to the same result.

To be clear: I don't claim to know how much of the fantastic cooperation we
just received was intended to defend us and how much it was to avoid a
scenario in which the Jericho missiles with nuclear warheads would be
launched from the submarines we have now positioned near Iran ["according to
foreign reports"], but neither is relevant when considering how the historic
event we witnessed this sleepless night should impact Israeli policy.

A sovereign Palestinian state remains an existential threat.

Kicking the "Hamas can" down the road by indefinitely postponing invading
Rafah and taking care of the Philadelphi Corridor can have existential
consequences.

Kicking the "Hezbollah can" down the road by fantasizing that having
Hezbollah move back a few kilometers somehow magically ends the existential
threat of the hundreds of thousands of rockets and guided missiles Hezbollah
has deployed north of the Litani remains just that: a dangerous fantasy.

HEZBULLAH IS READY TO LAUNCH A HUNDRED TIMES AS MANY ROCKETS AND MISSILES AS
WERE INTERCEPTED FROM IRAN!!!!!!!

We should most certainly appreciate and treasure the help we received in the
historic event we just experienced.

But the extension of that help, as important as it was, in no way changes
the very serious consequences the Jewish State may face if it succumbs to
the "two-state solution" fantasy or fails to get the job done in the Gaza
Strip and indefinitely postpones addressing the hundreds of thousands of
rockets and guided missiles Hezbollah has deployed north of the Litani.

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