John Bolton and His Plan For Israel

 Nadene Goldfoot                                             

            John Bolton in 2018 b: November 20, 1948 in Baltimore, Maryland.  

John is an American attorney, diplomat, Yale educated for his BA and JD, Republican consultant, and political commentator. He served as the 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2005 to 2006, and as the 26th United States National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019 under President Donald Trump. 

            John Bolton with Netanyahu in August 2018 

John Bolton  is known for his strong support for Israel. Bolton opposes the two-state solution of creating an independent Palestinian state alongside the existing state of Israel. Bolton supported moving the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in accordance with the Jerusalem Embassy Act, (The Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 is a public law of the United States passed by the post-Republican Revolution 104th Congress on October 23, 1995. The proposed law was adopted by the Senate, and the House. The Act became law without a presidential signature on November 8, 1995)

 and he testified in front of Congress in 2017 on the matter. In 2010, Bolton co-founded the Friends of Israel Initiative with 12 other international figures.  (The Friends of Israel Initiative is an international effort, to "seek to counter the attempts to delegitimize the State of Israel and its right to live in peace within safe and defensible borders", initiated and led by former Prime Minister of Spain and People's Party leader José María Aznar in 2010.)

Bolton supports what he calls the "Three State Solution" in order to determine the political status of Gaza and the West Bank. Under Bolton's Three State Solution, 

1. Israel would annex settlements it has built in the West Bank since the conclusion of the Six-Days War in 1967, 

2. Egypt would annex and administer the Gaza Strip, and 

3. Jordan would annex and administer the remaining portion of the West Bank not annexed by Israel. 

Bolton's Three State proposal would not result in the creation of an independent Palestinian state."  For that matter, Jordan has taken in so many Palestinians and

 the king has married one, so that it could be considered as a

Palestinian state already.  They've already had one war with

them called Black September.  

  Bolton and Bush in 2006 when he was ambassador to the UN.

In 2006, Bolton attempted to bring prosecution against Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for incitement to genocide in the International Court of Justice, along with Alan Dershowitz, Dore Gold, and other experts from the United States, Canada, and Israel, based on Ahmadinejad's comments that "Israel must be wiped off the map".

Bolton was dominating headlines in 2015 with his new tell-all book, “The Room Where It Happened,” in which he depicts Trump as a know-nothing prone to placing his personal fortunes above the country’s and seeking political favors from Ukraine, China, and Turkey. In response, Trump is threatening his former national security adviser with criminal action for allegedly disseminating classified information (Bolton says the book was cleared by censors for publication; the White House disagrees). My library copy shows 2020 on the copyright.  

Bolton is tough.  He tells it like he sees it.  He seems to me to be a highly organized man-after all-a Yale graduate, and was quite shocked with Trump's completely unorganized way of doing things, and Trump  doesn't take direction.  That was Bolton's job; advice.  Bolton  served as the National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump from April 2018 to September 2019.

The Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (APNSA), commonly referred to as the National Security Advisor (NSA), is a senior aide in the Executive Office of the President, based at the West Wing of the White House. The National Security Advisor serves as the principal advisor to the President of the United States on all national security issues. The National Security Advisor is appointed by the President and does not require confirmation by the United States Senate. An appointment of a three- or four-star General to the role requires Senate confirmation to maintain that rank in the new position. The National Security Advisor participates in meetings of the National Security Council (NSC) and usually chairs meetings of the Principals Committee of the NSC with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense (those meetings not attended by the President). The NSA also sits on the Homeland Security Council (HSC).The National Security Advisor is supported by NSC staff who produce classified research and briefings for the National Security Advisor to review and present, either to the National Security Council or directly to the President.

The Trump-Bolton clash puts Jewish Republicans and right-wing pro-Israel groups in an especially tricky situation. They have long hailed Bolton as a voice of moral clarity willing to speak hard truths in defending Israel, often in the face of international consensus. But this time, Bolton is fixing his aim on a president whom many of his erstwhile pro-Israel allies view as the best friend Jerusalem has ever had in the White House.  Bolton holds the same views that I do about Israel and a Palestinian State. It's been 74 years since Israel's birthday and the Palestinians are still attacking Israel with their favorite rockets, missiles and mortars, tunnels and fire-starters.    

It's true that with people like Bolton and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who is a friend of PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump accomplished many things for Israel that others didn't do but had promised.  I had feelings that he wasn't doing it out of love for Israel or admiration, but in thinking of getting the American Jewish votes that were Democrats.  Trump isn't known for his level of reading, but his daughter had converted to Judaism in marrying Kushner.  Their children are Jewish.  Seeing Trump dining at home with 2 well-known anti-Semites that has caused us all to almost have a heart-attack and is enough to let everyone Jewish know what Trump's mind concerns itself with.    

Resource;

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bolton

Book: The Room Where It Happened-a White House memoir 

by John Bolton, former National Security Advisor of the US.