October 2nd was a much anticipated event. No one seemed to be disappointed that is until Gwen Ifill asked Sarah Palin on her position on the 2 state solution? Without blinking she rattled off the rehearsed talking point of rubberstamping the failing Bush policy of the Roadmap to nowhere.  The following has been written by Stan Goodenough a Jerusalem resident for 20 plus years. 

“Supporting “two states” supports dividing the land between an ancient nation that has biblical, historical and traditional rights to it, and a non-nation that has none of these rights but which has garnered global support for its illegitimate territorial claims through terrorism, violence, murder and threats. 

“Land-for-Peace” is an immoral policy and a bankrupt one. 

70 years ago this year, Britain and France forced Czechoslovakia to give the Sudetenland to Hitler to appease him and prevent war. Instead, this betrayal of the Czechs led directly to World War 2 and untold millions of deaths.
 
Successive US administrations have pressured Israel into giving the cradle of Jewish civilization to the Arabs to appease them and keep the Middle East stable. Instead the surrender of these lands to the Arab world has fueled their hunger to get it all, and is setting the stage for another massive war. 

The US has no business trying to play “honest broker” between Israel and those who are out to destroy Israel. Instead America should – because of its Judeo-Christian heritage and values – be unapologetically and unmistakably on Israel’s side.

Supporting the two-state solution will deprive a McCain-Palin administration of God’s blessing. Neither will there be inroads to victory in any of the other battles in your cultural war while the White House continues to support and push for “land-for-peace.” 
 
Reversing this policy will require immense moral courage and great statesmanship. But doing so will bring God’s abundant blessing. 

For the Almighty, supporting Israel is not an issue. It is THE issue.”  

       Since the announcement of the support for the 2 state solution the poll numbers have taken a serious slide. Most critics would place that on the economic crisis. There are 24 days till the election is decided. A decisive stand on Israel is needed; we don’t need more of the same. Mavericks  we need you now.  When you endorse the Two State solution you are agreeing to set up a terrorist organization who on paper says they will coexist with Israel. When Yasser Arafat was living terror bombings was common place. Fatah could not govern effectively in Gaza how do you think they will fare when they are running East Jerusalem? You don’t think that Hamas won’t try to take over the west bank? Will Iran suddenly stop funding Hamas?

In Cairo, Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, justified the arming of Fatah, “saying the situation had called for it.” Had the Bush administration not pressed for elections in The West Bank, and Gaza Hamas would not have been legitimized.

If you wish to see a force for good, as well change for the better, Please reconsider the policy gaff.

Voter turn out will depend on it.