High Ground Underground

After 70 years, it is finally time to state the obvious. The nay-sayers can show no improvement in the peace process with the former policies that only bowed to fear of threats of violence, bolstering that threat mentality. Enemies of Israel of course see it as another indication of the permanence and recognition of Israel, which they vehemently and violently oppose. Trump's speech offered an olive branch to a Palestinian state, whose capital he would likewise recognize. B ut they've been offered a two-state solution a number of times, and would rather continue to wage hate and war for a single-state solution (Palestinian only -- no Israel). And the rest of the world is apparently cowed or propagandized into going along with them -- e.g., the BDS movement. The most democratic, tolerant, multi-cultural, multi-faith, fair, & open society in the region is stigmatized for defending itself against enemies all around who vow it's utter destruction, and have attempted it

The acquittal of Kate Steinle's killer (story link below) does not portend well for all of us who live in the sanctuary state of California. Repeat offender illegal immigrants shielded from the law, and killers released -- convicted not for killing an innocent young woman, but for the even "worse" offense of illegally possessing a gun! A horrible chain of events that never should have happened. But this is the Progressive/Left sympathetic view of illegal immigrants, clearl y held by the San Francisco jury. More sympathy for the illegal immigrant than for the dead victim and her family, and perverted justice. I witnessed it personally years ago serving on a jury trial of a young illegal immigrant accused of stealing auto parts. He needed a translator, and while the evidence was overwhelming, one female juror would not listen to reason or state her reasons other than sympathy for the defendant, and her own interpretation of what was the law and just. W