Minnie’s Musings

I am in pursuit of hope through twisted logic.

There was much fan fare (primarily from the man himself) and some decidedly grudging admissions from his critics, when DT got his plan for peace in the Middle East over the line last week. “Kudos”, I muttered through gritted teeth…while all the while placing bets on when the first bullets would fly as this “peace” broke into smithereens

So I suppose I should admit to some grim satisfaction when Hamas and the IDF went at it again over the weekend.

However wrists have clearly been slapped and the ceasefire has been reinstated. While Israeli settlers knock an old lady to the ground during the annual olive picking season and Hamas shots young men in the back of the head, but the aid is still flowing as this blip is dismissed and the US envoys realise that they have to in situ to keep the ceasefire in place.

The fear is that DT will lose interest. Hmmmmm… I suspect not. At least not until this time next year when he gets his horrid little hands on the NPP and
gives his acceptance speech which will no doubt tell his audience how he is the greatest, most worthy, most historic winner of the NPP in the last 500 years (oh, please do point out that the NPP isn’t 500 years old), this is a man who thinks you can drop the price if medicines by 1000%…).

So, we must challenge the envoys and diplomats and rulers and peacemakers (hell, even Tony Blair, if we must) to get their backsides into gear and get the structures in place to make this work.

You’ve got less than 350 days to embed a two state solution, undermine the clout of Hamas by ensuring Palestinians have the infrastructure to survive without them and obliterate the stranglehold of the far right in on Israeli politics (for which read his Bibi-ship).

What could be easier?