For too many Americans who remember black-and-white newsreels of the Six-Day War, the Middle East has felt like a permanent cauldron—an arena where diplomacy goes to die and terror finds endless recruits. Even our grandchildren have grown up assuming rocket sirens over Israel are as inevitable as sunrise.
Yet every so often, history changes course when someone refuses to accept the “inevitable.” Today, that course correction arrived in Jerusalem, and the usual skeptics are already scrambling for new talking points.
From “The Post Millennial”:
President Donald Trump spoke to the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem on Monday morning as the remaining hostages, captured by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, were returned home. The end of the current conflict comes after Trump and his team worked diligently since taking office to bring peace to the region…
“Today the skies are calm, the guns are silent, sirens are still, and the sun rises on a Holy Land that is finally at peace, a land and a region that will live, God willing, in peace for all eternity. This is not only the end of a war, this is the end of the age of terror and death, the beginning of the age of faith and hope and of God.”
Those words thundered across the Knesset as President Donald J. Trump—dismissed by professional pessimists as “divisive”—addressed Israeli lawmakers while the final hostages were welcomed home. Applause swallowed the lone left-wing agitator who tried to derail the moment. One escort to the exit later, the chamber returned to business: celebrating an achievement many diplomats said was impossible.
Peace Through Strength Returns
Trump’s appearance was more than ceremonial. Behind the scenes, a lean U.S. monitoring force of about 200 troops touched down to oversee the cease-fire—accountability without occupation. Arab capitals once considered off-limits joined the coalition, a direct outgrowth of the Abraham Accords. Imagine that: Riyadh and Doha applauding the same outcome.
It’s Reagan’s “peace through strength” with Wi-Fi. Where earlier administrations issued sternly worded memos, this White House leveraged economic carrots and strategic sticks. The payoff? Hostages home, guns quiet, and a believable path to expanded normalization—a word rarely heard in the region until Trump popularized it.
‘Never Again’ And The Moral Reckoning
Policy alone can’t mend the moral wound inflicted on October 7, “the worst slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust,” as the president reminded the chamber. When campus mobs chant for Hamas, the phrase “never again” risks becoming wallpaper. Today it regained its edge. Trump vowed that America “grieved alongside” Israel and would stand firm against those peddling anti-Semitic hate.
The expulsion of one disruptive parliamentarian mirrored a broader divide. On one side: citizens who cling to biblical faith, value life, and call evil by its name. On the other: professional protesters who confuse vandalizing statues with virtue. Seasoned Americans have watched this movie before, and they know which side history rewards.
A Prosperity Blueprint, Not Endless Subsidy
Critics already fret the cease-fire will morph into yet another cash vacuum. Trump pre-empted that trope: Gaza’s future hinges on “stability, safety, dignity and economic development,” not blank-check dependency. Think Marshall Plan without the globalist bureaucracy. Targeted infrastructure grants, joint ventures with Gulf investors, private-sector jobs—conservative economics 101.
The math is persuasive. Washington sank roughly $250 billion into “nation-building” in Afghanistan; here, a fraction will seed Mediterranean ports and tech hubs. Investment beats occupation, and U.S. manufacturers benefit when Israeli and Arab markets buy American goods instead of Chinese knock-offs. Limited government, maximum upside—what’s not to like?
The Charge To A Watching America
Our parents witnessed Israel’s birth in 1948; we now witness the dawn of what Trump calls a “golden age.” Peace is never self-driving; it demands citizens who speak truth without apology. Let Congress debate nuances. Meanwhile, Americans can pray, stay vigilant, and remind lawmakers that moral clarity and fiscal prudence are not mutually exclusive.
The lesson is straightforward: when a leader couples reverence for God with the spine to confront evil, hostages come home and cannons fall silent. That is the legacy we owe future generations—and the measuring stick for anyone who seeks to govern a free republic.
Key Takeaways
- Peace through strength delivered hostages home and silenced Gaza’s guns.
- Trump reclaimed “never again,” confronting rising anti-Semitism head-on.
- Prosperity plan favors trade and investment, not endless foreign-aid dependency.
- Vigilant Americans must back Israel while insisting on moral clarity and fiscal restraint.
Sources: The Post Millennial
