Thank You President Trump: You Made Our Day

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By

Sami Jamil Jadallah

Dear Mr. President

You could not imagine how happy you made us when you announced and declared that Jerusalem is the Capital of Israel and that you will move the US embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem.

You made us happy not because you are right, but because for once, you removed the false façade of the US as honest peace broker and maker. When I say we, I mean all those Palestinians under occupation and in the diaspora and all Arabs and Muslims who were under the “illusion” that the US is, after all committed to make a final break and conclude an everlasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis.

Well, I can say we were never under the “illusion” but were always hopeful and trustful the US would live up to its principles of peace, justice, equality, liberty, self-determination and would bring about an end to the longest military and colonial occupation in modern history.

For over 50 years, the Palestinians, Arabs, and even Muslims were led to believe the US was doing all its best to bring about peace and reconciliation between the Palestinians and the Israelis, even though and since the days of President Johnson, the US was unbashful and shamelessly on the side of Israel “right and wrong”, even at the expense of our national interests, the lives of our sailors who were murdered in cold blood by the Israelis during the 67 War with your predecessor Johnson in an act of treason, not only refused to provide help to the crew of the USS Liberty but deliberately overrode the Chief of Staff preventing a full and open board of inquiry into the massacre that took place on the deck of the USS Liberty.

Of course the US not only pretended to work toward peace, but did everything to sabotage any real efforts in bringing about an end to this long festering conflict appointing and without fail, Israeli-First diplomats and special envoys to the Middle East, who made sure and, consistent with their Zionism, that Israel and the Palestinians would never be able to reach a credible peace agreement. You and us know well, the Arab-Israeli conflict was never an international conflict but a domestic issue driven by the needs of AIPAC and the elite American Jewish establishment to exercise its toxic and undue influence over our American political, media and social institutions. After all, what AIPAC and the American Jewish leadership can offer its community if Israeli was at peace with its neighbors; kosher hotdog perhaps.

However, not only did the US play this dishonest game, but the leaders and executives of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for over 50 years perpetuated the longest and most cruel fraud and lies on Palestinians, first playing the game of liberation and since Oslo playing the ‘peace game’ when in fact Oslo was nothing to do with ending the Israeli military and settlers’ colonial occupation, but a commercial and security contract between the PLO and Israel whereby the PLO provide administrative and security services while funding the continued Israeli colonial occupation. Meanwhile Israel continues with its military and colonial occupation. Only stupid fools think otherwise. The PLO and Fatah ensure they have continued funding and business opportunities while Israel continues with its ever expanding settlements.

For over 25 years, we witnessed this game of charades between both the Palestinians and Israeli leadership under the masterful hand of deceit by Israeli-First envoys mainly Dennis Ross and Martin Indyk and now Greenblatt.

While the PLO executive leadership was raising the money to manage the Occupation, Israel was ever active in expanding its colonial presence at a dizzying rate building its Apartheid Wall, confiscating prime land to build its colonial settlements, having over 500 “security” check points delivering daily humiliation to over 3 million Palestinians, and implementing a true Apartheid System not seen since the ugly days of Germany and South Africa. The world including the Arabs were happy with the facade “peace process”.

We want to thank you Mr. President for your courageous decision, especially after collecting and securing hundreds of billions worth of contracts from the Arabs and after convincing the Palestinian and Arab leadership that you have under wraps the “deal of the century”.

Well, your Jerusalem Declaration just made our day, and made our mission much easier as we now push seriously creating a “peace movement” between Palestinians under Occupation and those in Exile and Israelis and the people around the world to push toward the One State Solution. You could not imagine how happy we all are and how happy that Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims finally woke up from their daydreams, called the “Peace Process”. Now there is no room for lies or pretenses and time for the Palestinians to realize the fraud that has been perpetuated on them for over 50 years of PLO leadership.

Who knows, maybe you will live long enough to visit Palestinians and Israelis as they enjoy the benefits of your Jerusalem Declaration, living in their own One State for All of its people; of course that includes Palestinians in Exile. I am sure you will be most welcomed.

Sami Jamil Jadallah

Sami Jamil Jadallah is a US citizen, an immigrant from Palestine with over 35 years of international legal and business experience in the US, Middle East, Europe and North Africa. He is a Veteran of the US Army and holds a BA degree in political science and economics, a master degree in public and environmental affairs and doctor of jurisprudence from Indiana University.

Active in international and local affairs, Sami is a co-drafter of the Pre-Ample for the Constitution of the One State for All of its People in Palestine and is active in veteran’s affairs in support of their re-integration in American society. He lectures and writes on a variety of topics including terrorism, social, economic and political issues related to the US and the Middle East.

Sami believes that education is the only way to transform the Middle East into a peaceful productive region and calls on all foreign troops to get out of the Middle East, leaving the people to shape their own destiny. Sami is in semi-retirement but fully engaged in voluntary work and engaged in the peace movement in the Middle East.