It had been six years since Trump addressed the international body, and he didn't mince words when he lectured more than 150 world leaders about the folly of pushing a two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian question.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country will never give up more of its land for the other side’s promise of peace.
The Gaza strip was already a self-governed Palestinian territory within Israel when Hamas terrorists launched the Oct. 7 attacks from there.
Countries declaring their recognition of Palestine "are rewarding terror with an enormous prize,” Netanyahu said this week. “It will not happen. A Palestinian state will not be established west of the Jordan River.”
"Now, as if to encourage continued conflict, some of this body is seeking to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. The rewards would be too great for Hamas terrorists for their atrocities. This would be a reward for these horrible atrocities including October 7th, even while they refused to release the hostages or accept a ceasefire,” Trump said.
Bob Maginnis is former Army Infantry officer, national defense analyst and president of Maginnis Strategies, LLC. He fully anticipated Trump's sharp message.
"It was intended to send a very clear message to condemn the international recognition of Palestinian statehood and especially because all that does is reward Hamas for its ongoing terrorism as well as holding hostages since October the 7th, 2023. So, when he demanded, and rightly so, the immediate release of all hostages, it's something that the international audience ought to appreciate."
But Maginnis says unfortunately they buy the Islamists' radical view.
"That Hamas had every right to do what it did to Israel a couple of years ago and still continues to be a thorn in our side."
