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אני מודה לראש הממשלה נתניהו @IsraeliPM על הגיבוי ולשרי הממשלה על תמיכתם פה אחד באישור הצעת ההחלטה שיזמתי להכרת ישראל ברצח העם הארמני.
בכך מצטרפת ישראל ל-32 מדינות שקיימו חובה מוסרית בכך שהכירו באמת ההסטורית ודחו את הניסיונות להכחשתה.
אביא לאישור הממשלה בישיבתה הקרובה הצעת החלטה להכרה רשמית של ממשלת ישראל ברצח העם הארמני.
זוהי חובה מוסרית והיסטורית להכיר ברצח העם שבוצע בבני העם הארמני בשלהי תקופת האימפריה העות'מאנית. במקביל - יש לגנות הכחשה, מזעור או עיוות של האמת ההסטורית.
בהמשך תובא ההחלטה להצבעה בכנסת.
Iran attacked the entire region, from the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Jordan to Israel. We will never accept Iran controlling the Strait of Hormuz. We will never surrender to terrorist blackmail. We answer aggression with strength, not concessions. We do not normalize the Islamic regime's aggression. We confront it. This message is for President Trump and his new bad friends on the phone: the Middle East does not reward appeasement. It respects strength, resolve, and those willing to defend their sovereignty.
So, Turkey would’ve fought on Iran’s side but for Trump’s intervention? That means Turkey would’ve fought against us not just Israel. Israel was our ally in fighting Iran. And now we’re selling them 80 fighter engines and F-35s as a reward?
Does this make any sense? Why is Congress such a patsy. This is pretty shocking.
https://t.co/qDx6C8lMZy
In the Middle East, Israel is like the customer service desk for everyone's failures. Bad weather, bad politics, and now even Iran and Trump blame Israel to cover for JD Vance's bad deal. You failed Israel, your own closest friend, and now you want the rest of us to trust you? What are you going to say: “Trust me, bro”?
There is an old Jewish tale told in the Talmud about a master who sent his servant to buy for him fish in the market.
The servant came back with a fish that was utterly rotten and smelled bad for his master.
His master gave the servant three options:
Eat the rotten fish, pay a fine, or be expelled from the city.
The servant chose the first and began eating the rotten fish.
Halfway through eating the rotten fish he just couldn't stomach it anymore so he asked to pay the fine.
After he paid half the fine he realized he cannot afford it anymore and was therefore expelled from the city, thereby taking on all three punishments.
That is what JD Vance did to himself by turning on Israel and his horrifying performance today in Switzerland.
This was humiliation. No one in modern history has made America wait and beg for negotiations. This was the moment JD Vance should have returned to Washington. The Islamic regime did this on purpose. Trump, if you don't understand politics, you should at least understand protocol.
The visuals from Switzerland:
• The U.S. delegation entered well before the Iranians. In diplomacy, the side with leverage doesn't wait in the room. You claim to be leading and winning, yet you arrived first. First mistake.
• Ghalibaf did not enter while the press was inside. JD Vance did. Another mistake. It looked as though you didn't just abandon allies, including Israel, you also diminished America's image by ignoring basic diplomatic protocol.
• The Iranian foreign minister entered last and refused to shake hands. We didn't need photographs to tell us who looked confident and who looked desperate, but these images made it easy for the world to draw its own conclusions.
America is free to pursue its own interests with Iran in Geneva. But it has no right to impose its decisions, laws, or interests on behalf of or upon any state or people in the Middle East, including Israel, Syria, Lebanon, and others. In the Middle East, we know our devils. We knew that negotiating with Saddam Hussein would not stop him from invading Kuwait. We know that making peace with Al-Qaeda would not prevent 9/11. We know that giving Hamas territory would not stop another October 7.
We understand the demons of the Middle East just as well as Trump understands the hotels of New York.
To Trump: In the Middle East, loyalty is currency. If you abandon your closest friend halfway through a fight and cut deals behind their back while leaving them exposed, don't expect anyone to trust your guarantees again. You told the world, "The U.S. and Israel carried out an operation against Iran," then walked away and left your ally standing alone.
In the Middle East, we don't judge friends by speeches; we judge them by who stays when the missiles fly. A person who abandons an ally halfway and cuts deals behind their back is not someone you call in a crisis.
You will say it's about American interests. Fine. But others also have interests, and they have memories. You can call it "America's interests." We call it something else: leaving your friends in the storm.
Before asking, "Why don't they defend themselves?" remember that countries like Israel did and are still doing so alone.
And also remember that the UAE defended itself, struck back forcefully, and banned the Muslim Brotherhood. Many of your countries in the West did neither.
The lesson is simple. If you can leave your closest friend exposed today, why should anyone trust your promises tomorrow? Maybe it's time for the Middle East to start thinking about alternatives.
And yes, when Iran strikes again, don't assume the Middle East will dial Washington. People don't call someone who might leak information to Turkey or cut a deal with Tehran while their friends are still under fire.
I think it’s terrific that people who will likely seek the GOP nomination for president are revealing themselves.
Amazing how Iran is being talked about as increasingly reasonable and moderate as Israel is being smeared left and Woke Right.