Victor Davis Hanson
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We will give preference to Palestinians, but we will not let everybody back in who has a history of war. That was the idea. And, you know, Egypt and Jordan want no part of it because... They have restive populations in their own countries. And so now Egypt is massing tanks on the border in Sinai, kind of saying to Israel, maybe we'll replay this.
We will give preference to Palestinians, but we will not let everybody back in who has a history of war. That was the idea. And, you know, Egypt and Jordan want no part of it because... They have restive populations in their own countries. And so now Egypt is massing tanks on the border in Sinai, kind of saying to Israel, maybe we'll replay this.
I don't know why anybody would take that credibly, because they're dependent on the goodwill of the United States. One of the things Trump did when they went after USAID was, I think, immediately put off limits so you can't touch it, the $2 billion or so we give Egypt. And we do a lot of other things in favor of Egypt. We give them intelligence, satellite intelligence. We back them up militarily.
I don't know why anybody would take that credibly, because they're dependent on the goodwill of the United States. One of the things Trump did when they went after USAID was, I think, immediately put off limits so you can't touch it, the $2 billion or so we give Egypt. And we do a lot of other things in favor of Egypt. We give them intelligence, satellite intelligence. We back them up militarily.
I don't know why anybody would take that credibly, because they're dependent on the goodwill of the United States. One of the things Trump did when they went after USAID was, I think, immediately put off limits so you can't touch it, the $2 billion or so we give Egypt. And we do a lot of other things in favor of Egypt. We give them intelligence, satellite intelligence. We back them up militarily.
So the idea they were going to attack Israel, they would fare worse. If you look at the militaries the last time they met in 73, Egypt has vis-a-vis Israel has become much weaker. Israel is much stronger. So that would be a one-day war. And they're not going to do anything but The bottom line is they don't want to get involved with it.
So the idea they were going to attack Israel, they would fare worse. If you look at the militaries the last time they met in 73, Egypt has vis-a-vis Israel has become much weaker. Israel is much stronger. So that would be a one-day war. And they're not going to do anything but The bottom line is they don't want to get involved with it.
So the idea they were going to attack Israel, they would fare worse. If you look at the militaries the last time they met in 73, Egypt has vis-a-vis Israel has become much weaker. Israel is much stronger. So that would be a one-day war. And they're not going to do anything but The bottom line is they don't want to get involved with it.
And I don't think the plan is going to work because it requires too much lift from the United States. I wish it would. I wish, you know, that you would rebuild this. And I think if you...
And I don't think the plan is going to work because it requires too much lift from the United States. I wish it would. I wish, you know, that you would rebuild this. And I think if you...
And I don't think the plan is going to work because it requires too much lift from the United States. I wish it would. I wish, you know, that you would rebuild this. And I think if you...
Ask a Palestinian living there today in the rubble, and you got the Hamas revolver away from his head, and you said you won't be identified, and you put a tent around him and said, what do you think, with a voice disguiser? He would say, you mean you're going to build a nice apartment and it's going to look like the Paris suburbs or Dubai? Yeah, count me in, but not publicly.
Ask a Palestinian living there today in the rubble, and you got the Hamas revolver away from his head, and you said you won't be identified, and you put a tent around him and said, what do you think, with a voice disguiser? He would say, you mean you're going to build a nice apartment and it's going to look like the Paris suburbs or Dubai? Yeah, count me in, but not publicly.
Ask a Palestinian living there today in the rubble, and you got the Hamas revolver away from his head, and you said you won't be identified, and you put a tent around him and said, what do you think, with a voice disguiser? He would say, you mean you're going to build a nice apartment and it's going to look like the Paris suburbs or Dubai? Yeah, count me in, but not publicly.
It reminds me, the first time I went to Israel, they were demonstrating, as I said, along Sharon's Wall's trajectory, and Sharon came up with the idea that they were going to go around key areas of Jerusalem that they needed, and East Jerusalem, and include it in the Israeli—it was de facto Israeli, but to concede—
It reminds me, the first time I went to Israel, they were demonstrating, as I said, along Sharon's Wall's trajectory, and Sharon came up with the idea that they were going to go around key areas of Jerusalem that they needed, and East Jerusalem, and include it in the Israeli—it was de facto Israeli, but to concede—
It reminds me, the first time I went to Israel, they were demonstrating, as I said, along Sharon's Wall's trajectory, and Sharon came up with the idea that they were going to go around key areas of Jerusalem that they needed, and East Jerusalem, and include it in the Israeli—it was de facto Israeli, but to concede—
an approximate commiserate level of territory they were going to carve out from 67 Israel that no one had ever disputed after 47 to the Arabs. So when I was driving along, my driver, we drove all along this very long drive along the proposed final parts. I said, wow, these people are really angry at the Israelis. They stopped traffic and they're all demonstrating.
an approximate commiserate level of territory they were going to carve out from 67 Israel that no one had ever disputed after 47 to the Arabs. So when I was driving along, my driver, we drove all along this very long drive along the proposed final parts. I said, wow, these people are really angry at the Israelis. They stopped traffic and they're all demonstrating.
an approximate commiserate level of territory they were going to carve out from 67 Israel that no one had ever disputed after 47 to the Arabs. So when I was driving along, my driver, we drove all along this very long drive along the proposed final parts. I said, wow, these people are really angry at the Israelis. They stopped traffic and they're all demonstrating.