One Jewish State: The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict with a Foreword by Mike Pompeo

by David Friedman, Mike Pompeo (Foreword by)

Overview

THE TERRORIST MASSACRE COMMITTED BY HAMAS AGAINST INNOCENT ISRAELIS ON OCTOBER 7, 2023 BROUGHT GREAT TRAUMA TO THE STATE OF ISRAEL.

BUT IT ALSO HAS BROUGHT GREAT CLARITY. 

It is this clarity that tells us we must try something NEW. 

It is this clarity that tells us Israel must plan its future on its own and not obsess about what others think. 

And it is this clarity that compels us to go back to basics — to return to the biblical values and divine covenants that unite the Jewish people.

It is this clarity that has inspired David Friedman, former US Ambassador to Israel and bestselling author of SLEDGEHAMMER, to write and lead a new movement: 

ONE JEWISH STATE

The Last, Best Hope to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

One of the leading architects of the historic Abraham Accords, David Friedman explains why in these turbulent and dangerous times, the simple phrase of three words – ONE JEWISH STATE – must be the guideline for Israel and the world’s collective future.

Each word of ONE JEWISH STATE is deeply instilled with meaning:

ONE: There is only ONE country earmarked for the Jewish people; ONE. There are 49 Muslim countries, and many Christian, Buddhist, and Hindu countries, but only ONE Jewish State.

                

JEWISH: This Jewish State is exactly that – JEWISH. It is the place where Jewish history was born, where Jewish values were created and where more Jews live than anywhere else. It is situated on the land given to the Jewish people by God in the words of the Holy Bible.

STATE: Israel is not just a place; it is a country with sovereignty over its land and responsibility for its inhabitants. Today that sovereignty has been called into question by the nations of the world and even by some within Israel. But Israel cannot be Jewish without sovereignty over the places that make it Jewish. 

Friedman proposes a goal and a path, with God’s help, for Israel to have complete sovereignty over all its biblical homeland – in a just manner that brings peace, prosperity, and essential human dignity to ALL of Israel’s inhabitants. In ONE JEWISH STATE he will explore:

• The History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• The True History of Jews and Muslims in the Disputed Territories
• Past, Present & Future Legal Issues
• Prior Proposals, Peace Plans and So-Called “Solutions,” and Why They ALL Failed
• Why Israel has Succeeded as a Regional Superpower While its Arab Neighbors Have Failed
• Palestinian Tribalism and the Creation of a Nationalist Movement
• Religious and Biblical Issues, Conflict and Agreement
• Palestinian and Muslim Leaders and Goals for Their Peoples
• Geographic and Security Considerations for ALL
• Hamas and the Gaza Strip – Insoluble for Now
• American Evangelicals and Their Influence

Ambassador Friedman's book persuasively explains the many reasons why  in this massive world there MUST remain room for ONE JEWISH STATE.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781630062958
Publisher:	Humanix Books
Publication date:	09/03/2024
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
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About the Author

DAVID FRIEDMAN (JERUSALEM, NEW YORK, NEW YORK & BOCA RATON, FLORIDA) served as the United States Ambassador to Israel from 2017 to 2021. Under his leadership, the United States made unprecedented and historic diplomatic advances, including moving its Embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Ambassador Friedman was also one of the architects of the Abraham Accords. For his efforts, he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and granted the National Security Medal. 

On numerous occasions, The Jerusalem Post has named Ambassador Friedman one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world — he rose to number 2 in 2019 and number 1 in 2020.  In 2021, The New York Times described him "as one of America’s most influential envoys" and as someone "who drove the radical overhaul of White House policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

Ambassador Friedman is the bestselling author of Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East, and the executive producer and co-star, with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, of Route 60: The Biblical Highway, a film about Judea and Samaria. In 2021, he launched the Friedman Center for Peace through Strength which has recently launched a project that bears the name of this book: One Jewish State.

He lives with his wife, Tammy, in Jerusalem and Florida, and is a proud father and grandfather.

To learn more about the One Jewish State movement and get involved, go to OneJewishState.net.

FriedmanCenter.com

MICHAEL R. POMPEO (WICHITA, KANSAS) served as the 70th Secretary of State of the United States, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and was elected to four terms in Congress representing the Fourth District of Kansas. He is a distinguished fellow at Hudson Institute, where he focuses on promoting U.S. national security, technological leadership and global engagement.

Pompeo graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986. He served as a cavalry officer in the U.S. Army, leading troops patrolling the Iron Curtain, rising to the rank of Captain. He left the military in 1991 and then graduated from Harvard Law School, having served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Up next was almost a decade leading two manufacturing businesses in South Central Kansas — first in the aerospace industry and then making energy drilling and production equipment. These two companies made real stuff and provided high — quality jobs for hundreds of hard-working Kansans.

In 2010, Pompeo watched government grow too big and decided to run for Congress. He won and was re-elected three more times to represent South Central Kansas — the heartland of America. Despite being an outsider and fairly junior, he played important roles on the House Benghazi and House Intelligence Committees, working to keep our soldiers and diplomats safe and America more secure.

Becoming America’s most senior spy, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was Pompeo’s next chance to champion American values. He improved collection and operations and made sure that American leaders had the best information in the world to make decisions that impacted the lives of every American and the generations behind us.

President Donald Trump saw that good work and decided to make Pompeo America’s 70th Secretary of State. As our nation’s most senior diplomat in the Trump Administration and President Trump’s chief negotiator, Secretary Pompeo helped to craft U.S. foreign policy based on our nation’s founding ideals that put America First. America became a massive energy exporter and a force for good in the Middle East with real peace cemented in the Abraham Accords. He placed special emphasis on renewing alliances with key allies, including India, Japan, Australia, and South Korea. He also led a return to America’s founding principles and a focus on every human life being worthy and the protection of the unborn. The largest human rights gatherings ever held at the State Department occurred under his leadership.

Secretary Pompeo’s time at the State Department marked the end of naïve engagement with the Chinese Communist Party, pulling back the curtain shielding the egregious acts of the CCP that threaten American jobs and freedoms. He focused efforts on calling out and punishing perpetrators of attacks on basic human dignity in places like Cuba and Venezuela, North Korea, Iran, Nigeria, China and elsewhere. He also led a team that executed America’s largest ever global repatriation effort in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Secretary Pompeo is the New York Times bestselling author of Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love.

Married to Susan, Pompeo and his wife have one son, Nick. The Pompeos dedicated many volunteer hours to their home church — including teaching 5th grade Sunday School and Mike’s time as a church Deacon. The Pompeos also volunteered on numerous educational, fine arts and local government programs and projects. Nick’s Dad also went undefeated as a coach of his son’s 3 on 3 team in summer league. The Pompeo’s two retrievers, Sherman and Mercer, each named after important generals, are patriots too!

The author lives and works in the Wichita, KS.

DAVID FRIEDMAN (JERUSALEM, NEW YORK, NEW YORK & BOCA RATON, FLORIDA) served as the United States Ambassador to Israel from 2017 to 2021. Under his leadership, the United States made unprecedented and historic diplomatic advances, including moving its Embassy to Jerusalem and recognizing Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights. Ambassador Friedman was also one of the architects of the Abraham Accords. For his efforts, he was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and granted the National Security Medal. 

On numerous occasions, The Jerusalem Post has named Ambassador Friedman one of the 50 most influential Jews in the world — he rose to number 2 in 2019 and number 1 in 2020.  In 2021, The New York Times described him "as one of America’s most influential envoys" and as someone "who drove the radical overhaul of White House policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”

Ambassador Friedman is the bestselling author of Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East, and the executive producer and co-star, with former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, of Route 60: The Biblical Highway, a film about Judea and Samaria. In 2021, he launched the Friedman Center for Peace through Strength which has recently launched a project that bears the name of this book: One Jewish State.

He lives with his wife, Tammy, in Jerusalem and Florida, and is a proud father and grandfather.

To learn more about the One Jewish State movement and get involved, go to OneJewishState.net.

FriedmanCenter.com

MICHAEL R. POMPEO (WICHITA, KANSAS) served as the 70th Secretary of State of the United States, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency and was elected to four terms in Congress representing the Fourth District of Kansas. He is a distinguished fellow at Hudson Institute, where he focuses on promoting U.S. national security, technological leadership and global engagement.

Pompeo graduated first in his class from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986. He served as a cavalry officer in the U.S. Army, leading troops patrolling the Iron Curtain, rising to the rank of Captain. He left the military in 1991 and then graduated from Harvard Law School, having served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Up next was almost a decade leading two manufacturing businesses in South Central Kansas — first in the aerospace industry and then making energy drilling and production equipment. These two companies made real stuff and provided high — quality jobs for hundreds of hard-working Kansans.

In 2010, Pompeo watched government grow too big and decided to run for Congress. He won and was re-elected three more times to represent South Central Kansas — the heartland of America. Despite being an outsider and fairly junior, he played important roles on the House Benghazi and House Intelligence Committees, working to keep our soldiers and diplomats safe and America more secure.

Becoming America’s most senior spy, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was Pompeo’s next chance to champion American values. He improved collection and operations and made sure that American leaders had the best information in the world to make decisions that impacted the lives of every American and the generations behind us.

President Donald Trump saw that good work and decided to make Pompeo America’s 70th Secretary of State. As our nation’s most senior diplomat in the Trump Administration and President Trump’s chief negotiator, Secretary Pompeo helped to craft U.S. foreign policy based on our nation’s founding ideals that put America First. America became a massive energy exporter and a force for good in the Middle East with real peace cemented in the Abraham Accords. He placed special emphasis on renewing alliances with key allies, including India, Japan, Australia, and South Korea. He also led a return to America’s founding principles and a focus on every human life being worthy and the protection of the unborn. The largest human rights gatherings ever held at the State Department occurred under his leadership.

Secretary Pompeo’s time at the State Department marked the end of naïve engagement with the Chinese Communist Party, pulling back the curtain shielding the egregious acts of the CCP that threaten American jobs and freedoms. He focused efforts on calling out and punishing perpetrators of attacks on basic human dignity in places like Cuba and Venezuela, North Korea, Iran, Nigeria, China and elsewhere. He also led a team that executed America’s largest ever global repatriation effort in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Secretary Pompeo is the New York Times bestselling author of Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love.

Married to Susan, Pompeo and his wife have one son, Nick. The Pompeos dedicated many volunteer hours to their home church — including teaching 5th grade Sunday School and Mike’s time as a church Deacon. The Pompeos also volunteered on numerous educational, fine arts and local government programs and projects. Nick’s Dad also went undefeated as a coach of his son’s 3 on 3 team in summer league. The Pompeo’s two retrievers, Sherman and Mercer, each named after important generals, are patriots too!

The author lives and works in the Wichita, KS.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS to ONE JEWISH STATE: THE LAST, BEST HOPE TO RESOLVE THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT by David Friedman

FORWARD by Mike Pompeo,  70th United States Secretary of State

AUTHOR'S NOTE - PLEASE READ THIS WITH AN OPEN MIND

CHAPTER ONE – THREE SIMPLE WORDS

CHAPTER TWO – UNFINISHED BUSINESS

CHAPTER THREE – THE CONVERGENCE OF FAITH AND POLICY

CHAPTER FOUR – A RELIGION AND A NATION

CHAPTER FIVE – WHO ARE THE PALESTINIANS?

CHAPTER SIX – LAND FOR PEACE/LAND FOR TERROR

CHAPTER SEVEN – CHURCH AND STATE – DO THEY MIX?

CHAPTER EIGHT – THE WEALTHY PORT

CHAPTER NINE – WHAT’S LAW GOT TO DO WITH IT?

CHAPTER TEN – CAN THERE BE A TWO-STATE SOLUTION?

CHAPTER ELEVEN – MAY JEWS NEGOTIATE LAND FOR PEACE?

CHAPTER TWELVE – HOW TO LOVE THE STRANGER

CHAPTER THIRTEEN – THE TEMPLATE FOR CO-EXISTENCE

CHAPTER FOURTEEN – “SETTTLER VIOLENCE:” THE RED HERRING FROM THE FAR LEFT

CHAPTER FIFTEEN – THE JEWS OF SILENCE NO MORE

CHAPTER SIXTEEN – THE JEWS ARE NOT ALONE

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN – THE GAZA STRIP: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN – WHO’S PAYING FOR ALL THIS?

CHAPTER NINETEEN – WHO WILL LEAD THIS TRANSFORMATION?

CHAPTER TWENTY – RIGHT, LEFT OR CENTER?

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE – THE HEAD OF THE SNAKE

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO – WHERE DO THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS FIT IN?

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE – CLOSING ARGUMENT: A WIN-WIN FOR THE REGION

EPILOGUE – POINTS OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE

APPENDIX 1 Israel Declaration of Independence 1948

APPENDIX 2 Palestinian National Covenant 1964, The Palestine National Charter 1968 and 1996 Amendment

APPENDIX 3 Israel Basic Law of Human Dignity 1992

APPENDIX 4 Israel National State Law 2018

APPENDIX 5 Pompeo Doctrine 2019

APPENDIX 6 Abraham Accords Declaration 2020

APPENDIX 7 Abraham Accords Peace Agreements 2020

INDEX 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Preface

FOREWORD to ONE JEWISH STATE: THE LAST, BEST HOPE TO RESOLVE THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT by David Friedman

PLEASE READ THIS WITH AN OPEN MIND.

This book challenges the most widely accepted but fatally flawed concept in Middle Eastern diplomacy: the Two-State Solution. It is an odd name for a policy that is anything but a “solution.” Indeed, for more than fifty years, American and world leaders, some with good intentions, some without, have tried without success to implement this policy. The efforts have brought nothing but failure and misery.

A Two-State Solution, if implemented, would force Israel to take territory that it captured fair and square from Jordan in 1967, and give that land to Palestinians who have never before had a country, have no track record of running a country, have no popular mandate because of endemic corruption within their society, and, in far too many cases, just want to kill Jews and destroy Israel. No wonder it’s gone nowhere.

The Two-State Solution is more than a bad idea, however. It is a formula for a never-ending conflict. Diplomats in America, the United Nations, the European Union and elsewhere, throw billions of dollars towards the Palestinians to virtue signal their support, to buy protection so as not to be terrorized themselves, and to raise expectations of a Palestinian state even though everyone knows they won’t materialize. Every few years, the money runs out because it has been pocketed by corrupt leaders or invested in terror assets, the expectations that were never realistic are dashed, and another war begins in which Palestinian terrorists attack Israeli civilians. Israel, of course, responds – carefully and surgically, seeking to minimize civilian casualties – and then the world reflexively sympathizes with the Palestinian aggressors because they are the weaker party. This results in more money being sent to the Palestinians, more corruption, more anger and another war. It is an endless cycle of violence, and it never improves because the world refuses to recognize the obvious: the Palestinians should not have, and many of them don’t even want, their own state! 

Adding a massive insult to the already massive injury of Palestinian terrorism, the land that the world wants Israel to surrender to the terrorists is Judea and Samaria, referred to by most as the West Bank. This is the heart of Biblical Israel, where the ancient kings of Israel ruled and the prophets preached. Surrender of this territory would put some of the holiest sites on earth for Jews and Christians into the hands of people who want nothing more than to eradicate the Biblical sanctity of this land. To millions of Christians and Jews, this surrender also is decidedly against God’s will.

The Jewish people are called Jews because they come from Judea, the Kingdom ruled over by King David and King Solomon. The notion of Judea not being part of the Jewish State of Israel, as demanded by the Palestinians and nearly all of the world, is untenable and part of a larger goal to decouple the Jewish people from their Biblical homeland. 

As an observant Jew, and particularly since the Hamas massacre of October 7, 2023, I feel as if God is calling out to us and admonishing: “How many more times do I need to convince you not to surrender the land that I have given to you for eternity?”

I hope October 7th is the last time.

But this book is not just about ending the Two-State Solution. It’s also about replacing it with a structure that works for all. While some will presume that this book is hostile to the Palestinians because it rejects Palestinian statehood, it is hostile only to their failed leadership and to those committed to hatred and violence. To those willing to consider a more hopeful and peaceful region, this book presents a realistic plan to bring the Palestinians out from under their own largely self-induced misery: a plan that follows the lessons of the Bible and applies them to the complex facts on the ground, to thread the needle in a manner that is true to the dignity of every human life and to the Biblical covenants of God. 

The State of Israel has not known a single day of peace in its 76-year history. It remains in a state of war with Lebanon, Syria and Iraq, and with terrorist groups such as Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad. Although Israel is a party to peace treaties with its other neighbors, Jordan and Egypt, that peace is exceptionally cold and often strained. Most of Israel’s diplomatic challenges, however, are not with these local players. Its greatest challenges have come from America, the EU, the UN and others who presume to know better than Israel what is best for Israel. 

It’s time to let Israel be Israel. It wants peace far more than any of the chattering elites with Ivy League degrees who have never served a day in battle nor known the anguish of losing a child in the defense of a nation. Given enough runway to plot its own course, I believe that Israel will embark on a realistic path to peace. I think that plan will look a lot like the contours presented in this book. 

Each chapter of this book tackles an issue relevant to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Like the trial lawyer that I used to be, the different blocks of evidence may not immediately appear connected to the ultimate point. But stay with this until the closing argument and it should all come together.

Please read this with an open mind. My hope is that this book becomes a topic of serious discussion, and perhaps even the handbook for the last and best chance for Middle East peace.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Sledgehammer: How Breaking with the Past Brought Peace to the Middle East by Ambassador David Friedman

“When David Friedman took office, the Middle East was seen as a place of intractable conflict. When he left, the Middle East was blossoming into peace between Jews and Arabs. David Friedman was the right historic figure in a tumultuous, chaotic, and ultimately transformative time. In Sledgehammer, David tells the inside story of how the Trump administration changed the Middle East for the better.” 

—Ben Shapiro

“Ambassador Friedman was essential to the historic progress the United States made in the Middle East during the Trump administration. His book, Sledgehammer, offers important lessons in leadership. He clearly understood that American interests were served by standing firmly with our ally Israel, even when it meant going against long-standing policies. America and Israel are better off because of him.” 

—Nikki Haley

“The last peace treaty between Israel and an Arab neighbor had been signed in 1994 with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Since then, all the efforts made by multiple US administrations to advance Middle East peace went nowhere. Thus, the Abraham Accords, that brought about normalization agreements between Israel and four Arab states, represented a sharp break from the failures of the recent past. David Friedman provides an insider account of that gripping story in Sledgehammer.” 

—Dore Gold

“In his book, Sledgehammer, David Friedman, the former US ambassador to Israel, provides his intriguing firsthand, behind-the-scenes account of the extraordinary peace initiatives President Trump and his team, in close coordination with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, launched, leading to the historic Abraham Accords. Friedman was at the center of the most diplomatically successful, pro-Israel administration since that nation's founding. I encourage you to get a copy. Sledgehammer is a must-read.” 

—Mark Levin

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