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Trump’s National Security Advisor Mike Waltz is indisputably correct in asserting that Trump’s Gaza plan will “bring the entire region” to reach “its own solution.”

But Palestinians are saying they’d rather “survive under the rubble than abandon our home,” which is an unsurprising statement coming from a culture raised up to glorify death in a “mission” of “martyrdom.” But it is sad to see from a humanitarian point of view. Trump stated to the king of Jordan:

I don’t know, something has to happen, but it’s literally a demolition site right now. Almost everything’s demolished, and people are dying there, so I’d rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing in a different location where I think they could maybe live in peace for a change.

Muslim sectarian and jihad problems dominate the Middle East, Central Asia, and much of Africa. They are not Western problems, despite Trump committing to help. All along, it was a one-way street: Muslim countries expected America and other Western countries to take in their refugees by the millions on the backs of Western taxpayers, or otherwise pour money by the billions into “aid,” or both. A significant amount of Western aid has gone to fund terrorism, as has been disclosed in the case of USAID, as well as with UNRWA. They have treated Western countries as dhimmis and have used aid funds for terrorism.

In 2005, Israelis were forcibly removed from their communities when Israel unilaterally disengaged from Gaza. The world didn’t complain about the forcible displacement of Israelis. The move by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was meant to promote peace with Muslims in the region. Instead, Gaza became a jihad launching pad. The productive underground irrigation systems that Israelis had built in Gaza were destroyed, and the materials used for rockets.

Gazans built a “new world” of tunnels underneath Gaza, using them in their quest to annihilate Israel and torture it citizens. This expansive underground network, which has been referred to as the “Gaza metro,” apparently included “between 350 and 450 miles of tunnels and bunkers at depths ranging from just beneath apartment complexes, mosques, schools, hospitals, and other civilian structures to over two hundred feet underground.” This is why Palestinians cannot rule in Gaza.

The Palestinian Authority is no different from Hamas. It is a stated goal in the Palestinian National Charter to obliterate Israel. Gaza cannot be ruled by any force which supports the so-called resistance from the river to the sea. The “resistance” is the disguised quest to annihilate Israel. It is a deceptive way to promote what wasn’t achieved by Islamic countries in their wars against Israel in 1948 (the War of Independence), 1967 (the Six Day War) and 1973 (the Yom Kippur War).

In January, Waltz identified normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia as a “key objective,” which would certainly benefit Western interests. But what about Islamic interests? The position of Saudi Arabia on October 7, 2023 as Hamas savaged Israeli citizens was to blame the Israeli “occupation,” as did Qatar and Iran. The Saudis have been unequivocally supportive of the Palestinian “resistance,” as it references Israel as “occupiers” and accuses the Jewish state of “genocide,” “aggression,” and even of pursuing a land grab in Syria. Predictably, Saudi Arabia has “flatly rejected” Trump’s plan for Gaza.

Waltz has outlined “a vision” for a “demilitarized Gaza,” and has also clarified that the “initial hostage deal does not mark end of war.” The Trump administration continues to support peace in the region and a safe existence for Israel. He further added that America has a “shared vision” with the Israeli government that “Hamas cannot stay there,” saying “we would not allow ISIS to continue to attack us on our border.”

News flash: the vast majority of members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) do not accept Israel’s right to exist, and they have long embraced the “State of Palestine,” as can be seen from the fact that the OIC numbers 57 member states instead of 56 (the “State of Palestine” is the 57th). So, when Muslim countries talk about a two-state solution, they have already recognized “Palestine” — but not Israel.

Saudi Arabia, although engaging in mutual economic cooperation with Israel, has been clear that it will not normalize with Israel without conditions which are impossible for the Jewish state: i) an independent Palestinian state with Israel retreating to the pre-1967 borders; ii) establishing East Jerusalem as the capital of a State of Palestine; and iii) that the “Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip stops and all Israeli occupation forces withdraw from the Gaza Strip.” This is unrealistic in light of the fact that October 7 happened, with a Hamas vow for more to come.

Meanwhile, China vehemently slammed Trump’s plans to “take over” Gaza. Since when is China respectful of territorial integrity? Only when it suits them, of course. China quietly infiltrates other countries, intimidates and threatens its own dissidents, and like the warriors of Islam, pursues expansionary ambitions as it spreads communism globally. It considers free societies such as America and Israel to be primary enemies.

While the Muslim countries of the region should indeed reach their own solutions, one outstanding problem is the Israel factor. Israel exists in a hostile region; when one side (Israel) simply wants peace and the other side (Palestinians who have the full support of the OIC) seeks a one-state solution and the obliteration of Israel, there is a problem.

The Palestinians historically were Ottoman South Syrians. They are indistinguishable culturally, ethnically, linguistically and religiously from the Arabs of Jordan and Syria. They vote for and are controlled by determined jihadist entities, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority. Israel must control Gaza for security reasons, while Muslim countries should take it upon themselves to welcome the Palestinians. They certainly have enough land and money to help their own. But the sophisticated members of the OIC will not openly declare their real goal, which is Israel’s disappearance and the establishing of Jerusalem as the Muslim capital. The “Al Aqsa Mosque Compound” (the Temple Mount) will be cleansed of Jews and even of its Jewish history. The full conquest of Jerusalem is the Islamic goal.

So while the world bemoans Trump as the troublemaker, the danger is the proliferation of the red-green axis, which aims to dominate every country founded on the Judeo-Christian ethic.