The EU is pressuring Israel about the mirage of free and open elections by the Palestinian junta

Dishonor where dishonor is due, the Jerusalem Post (formerly: Palestinian Post and a real newspaper instead of a collection of blog posts) is the most inexhaustible producer of fake news about the ‘upcoming’ LOL ‘free and open’ LOL elections that the Palestinian dictators ‘are organizing’ LOL.

In the JPost, every day, we can read ‘new reports’ about which mass-murderer would or would not stand with which autocrat or terrorist. Sometimes, we also are invited to read their analytical comments that tell us in detail which type of antisemite would be best for Israel and which sort of dictator would be best for the Arab-Palestinian populace. Therein, no difference is made between someone banned from their territories by the Arab-Palestinian dictators, or someone being in an Israeli jail with five life sentences. And Chamas would have another landslide victory over the PA; why would the PA President tolerate that? Well, he won’t. And, it’s all smoke and mirrors anyway so what does it all matter?!

The most laughable, though, is the EU threatening Israel that it should permit the vote ‘also’ to happen in Jewish Jerusalem. Europe and the Vatican have never accepted Jewish rule over David’s city. They were happy the Jews were leaving their continent but that doesn’t mean that they want them to have prominence to what they call in a popular mantra ‘the city that is holy to the three Monotheistic Faiths.’ Let’s put the cities of Brussels and Washington under international rule because whatever is decided there has an impact on the whole world … People harp on how anti-Zionism is the modern form of anti-Semitism but the most modern (persistent) form is a lack of respect instead of hatred. It was always the plan of Arab-Palestinian’s supreme ruler to blame the ‘cancelling’ of the elections on Israel ‘blocking’ a vote in Jerusalem. Yet, Israel is not blocking anything but that doesn’t matter. Whatever is said in the democratic Jewish State can always be dismissed as lies, spin, or fake news.

Of course, no free election is possible under a regime that decides who can stand for election, that terrorizes men (all of them men) who want to run on a separate list, that does not allow free assembly or a free press. The announcement that the EU wants to send observers to guarantee that the vote is held in freedom is the most ridiculous ever. What will be next – checking the fairness of the elections in Communist China?

So, there won’t be elections. There won’t be a missed chance and the window of opportunity won’t close because it always was a brick wall. The elections won’t be free, as they’re not in most of the world. And Israel will be blamed. As the Jewish Bible says: There is nothing new under the sun.

My heart goes out to Palestinian-Arabs not living in democratic Israel but under the Arab-Palestinian occupation in the West Bank and Gaza. I wish them that, together with their brethren in Jordan, soon, they will be liberated from autocratic rule and will liberate themselves from a history of Jews-hatred, as Germany has done. This will enable them to be the standard in and model to the Arab world, to cooperate heartily with Israel, and to have the Jews among them (Anusim) come out proudly and safely.

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