Yet again Israel hangs it’s violent, racist, fanatical and inflexible pedigree out in public.
On the one hand they are not prepared to slow down their illegal settlement activities while they negotiate for peace with Palestine. And on the other they continue to destroy all areas of Palestinian life.
They plan to build almost 1500 new houses in one of the West Bank settlements, using the relocation of 50 families from elsewhere as justification, taking control of more Palestinian land in the process. This almost sounds the same as what Mugabe did by taking possession of white farmers’ land in Zimbabwe – at least as violent and illegal. So why doesn’t Israel get the same attention and condemnation that Mugabe’s regime did? I’ve said it before (http://goodtalking.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/axes-of-evil/), and I say it again here.
Israel are obviously not prepared to let the peace negotiations proceed without substantially shifting the goalposts in their own favour using every means possible.
Meanwhile the borders to Palestine are kept closed, even to medical supplies and basic childcare requirements. These are not the actions of a country striving for peace. Clearly Israel has no humanitarian outlook, and takes no care to avoid unnecessary harm to innocent civilians. It has prejudged all Palestinians as terrorists, treating them as such, when all the Palestinians are trying to do is survive from day to day. This is exactly what the Jewish people endured prior to the creation of Israel as a country. And now the Jewish state takes revenge by brutalizing someone smaller than themselves.
All it would take to calm the situation down, to end the violence, the persecution of civilians is one thing: for Israel to stop what they are doing. I am not advocating a permanent cessation of all activities vis-à-vis the Palestinians and their land, just stop. Now. And start talking.
The basic fact about violence is that it needs two sides in order for it drag on unchecked. If one side is not fighting, the conflict will cease almost immediately. However it must be the dominant side that takes the first step. If it is Palestine that stops first, the last Israeli strike could cause considerable damage to what’s left of Gaza. Whereas if it is Israel that stops first, the last suicide bomb or missile will probably only knock a hole in a wall or two in Israel.
It is about time that the USA woke up to the extremist country they are supporting. Israel could not afford to survive without the huge cash donations it gets from the USA, but America is washing its hands of the actions Israel takes with American money to destroy Palestine. For how much longer must this go one?
The US says that the building must stop to enable a viable Palestinian state to emerge alongside Israel through negotiations. But what are the USA doing to add teeth to this political wet sop? Nothing. No restrictions on support to Israel, no sanctions, just talk. All hot air and nothing else.
Wake up USA, Israel only wants you for your money. They don’t care about anything else. The only way to get Israel’s attention is to stop the money. Forget the talk, the speeches of outrage, the media posturing – stop the cash!
Only when Israel runs out of American cash with which to raze Palestinian life will the region be able to make any progress towards creating a lasting peace for all peoples. Then they might be able to tear down the walls instead of building them higher.
Tags: Gaza, illegal land occupation, Israel, middle east peace, Occupied West Bank, Palestine, Ramallah, settlement, terrorist
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Middle East Peace? Not if Israel Has Their Way!
By goodtalkingYet again Israel hangs it’s violent, racist, fanatical and inflexible pedigree out in public.
On the one hand they are not prepared to slow down their illegal settlement activities while they negotiate for peace with Palestine. And on the other they continue to destroy all areas of Palestinian life.
They plan to build almost 1500 new houses in one of the West Bank settlements, using the relocation of 50 families from elsewhere as justification, taking control of more Palestinian land in the process. This almost sounds the same as what Mugabe did by taking possession of white farmers’ land in Zimbabwe – at least as violent and illegal. So why doesn’t Israel get the same attention and condemnation that Mugabe’s regime did? I’ve said it before (http://goodtalking.wordpress.com/2008/08/19/axes-of-evil/), and I say it again here.
Israel are obviously not prepared to let the peace negotiations proceed without substantially shifting the goalposts in their own favour using every means possible.
Meanwhile the borders to Palestine are kept closed, even to medical supplies and basic childcare requirements. These are not the actions of a country striving for peace. Clearly Israel has no humanitarian outlook, and takes no care to avoid unnecessary harm to innocent civilians. It has prejudged all Palestinians as terrorists, treating them as such, when all the Palestinians are trying to do is survive from day to day. This is exactly what the Jewish people endured prior to the creation of Israel as a country. And now the Jewish state takes revenge by brutalizing someone smaller than themselves.
All it would take to calm the situation down, to end the violence, the persecution of civilians is one thing: for Israel to stop what they are doing. I am not advocating a permanent cessation of all activities vis-à-vis the Palestinians and their land, just stop. Now. And start talking.
The basic fact about violence is that it needs two sides in order for it drag on unchecked. If one side is not fighting, the conflict will cease almost immediately. However it must be the dominant side that takes the first step. If it is Palestine that stops first, the last Israeli strike could cause considerable damage to what’s left of Gaza. Whereas if it is Israel that stops first, the last suicide bomb or missile will probably only knock a hole in a wall or two in Israel.
It is about time that the USA woke up to the extremist country they are supporting. Israel could not afford to survive without the huge cash donations it gets from the USA, but America is washing its hands of the actions Israel takes with American money to destroy Palestine. For how much longer must this go one?
The US says that the building must stop to enable a viable Palestinian state to emerge alongside Israel through negotiations. But what are the USA doing to add teeth to this political wet sop? Nothing. No restrictions on support to Israel, no sanctions, just talk. All hot air and nothing else.
Wake up USA, Israel only wants you for your money. They don’t care about anything else. The only way to get Israel’s attention is to stop the money. Forget the talk, the speeches of outrage, the media posturing – stop the cash!
Only when Israel runs out of American cash with which to raze Palestinian life will the region be able to make any progress towards creating a lasting peace for all peoples. Then they might be able to tear down the walls instead of building them higher.
Tags: Gaza, illegal land occupation, Israel, middle east peace, Occupied West Bank, Palestine, Ramallah, settlement, terrorist
This entry was posted on July 2, 2009 at 7:56 am and is filed under Political Commentary. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.