TWO STATE CONCEPT AN ILLUSION

"Photo of Jewish West Bank settlement. One poll holds that many Israelis would refuse a state order to evacuate their settlements and fight back if forced to do so".

44. Endless peace talks about the creation of a Palestinian state have been going on for decades. However it becomes increasingly clear that this may just be a mere ploy used by U.S. and Israel meant to torpedo any such prospect. The chances of this happening are getting slimmer by the day. The Zionists have never had the slightest intention to allow Palestinians to have their own state. Ben Gurian already wrote in his memoirs "The Revolt" (1948) that all of Palestine should become part of the Zionist State of "Greater Israel". The continued building of new settlements, the so called "security wall", house demolitions and withholding and refusing to issue building and residence permits to Palestinians, all illegal under international law, are nothing more than land grabs and a protracted ethnic cleansing. All this as well as numerous road check points making life as difficult as possible for the indigenous population signify a slow gradual strangulation and future annexation of the West Bank. How ridiculous the very thought of a "two state" concept is, one should wonder what is going to happen to the Jewish settlers in such a Palestine state. Are they going to adopt the Palestinian nationality ? Are they going to abandon and pull down or hand over their settlements and return to Israel ? Of course not. The Palestinian population will eventually end up in reservations (separated from each other by the "security wall"), same as once the blacks in South Africa, providing cheap labour and the American Indians. If Palestinians were to be given full democratic voting rights and equal opportunities regardless of gender,race or creed, than Israel would cease to be a one religion state and become a truly democratic state. Zionism and democracy are per definition totally incompatible with each other.

ZIONIST ILLEGAL LAND GRABS

42. The following contribution is from a letter writer whose letter was rejected by the Press
"Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the AIPAC conference that East Jerusalem is not a settlement but part of the Jewish capital (or words to that effect). But it is taking away land from Palestinians that was always theirs for generations and does not reflect justice or legitimacy. Following Netanyahu's logic, Mexicans could reclaim California, Colorado etc. and Amerindians all of America. And they did not loose 2000 years ago, just 300 - 400. It seems obvious that compromise would go a long way towards peace and give the U.S. a better chance at calming the Arab world. If only AIPAC could loosen its grip on all these American politician, the US could reduce funding to Israel ($3 billions/year) and bring it back to reason instead of looking powerless. A concession, leaving East Jerusalem to Arabs, would be the start of a turning point towards peace in the Middle East"
Contributed by FF 24/03/10

PALESTINIAN REFUGEE STATISTICS

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Summary of Palestinian refugee population in 2000. Click on image to obtain better view.

U.N. PARTITION PLAN Res. 181

41. United Nation Resolution 181 signed 29 November 1947 divided Palestine in three parts: a Jewish part, a Palestinian part with Jerusalem declared an international zone Corpus Separatum, to be administered by the United Nations. After ten years a referendum was to be held to seek the views of the city's residents. To-day that referendum is dead history. It has been replaced by continued expulsions of the indigenous Palestinian people of Jerusalem. The Palestinian and Arab countries had all rejected the U.N. plan outright. The Zionists however, accepted the plan as a means, stepping stone to further their planned conquest of the entire territory of Palestine. Ben Gurion (as quoted by the pro-Israel historian Benny Morris) stated: As to declaring statehood, Ben Gurion was adamant about not defining the new state's borders, arguing that "if our strength proves sufficient, the Yishuv will conquer Western Gallilee and the length of the Tel Aviv - Jerusalem road - and it was implied, coopt West Jerusalem - and all will be part of the state.....So why commit ourselves to a smaller state? "
Zionist underground terrorist groups, such as the Haganah, Stern and Irgun gangs began to attack Palestinian villages and towns after the 1947 UN Partition declaration in order to secure more land than allocated to them by the United Nations. Zionists exerted all terrorists efforts to achieve maximum land gains (which is still going on to this very day) while the British prepared to end their Mandate in Palestine. In March 1948 the Zionists had achieved military superiority and set in motion all political lobbying machinery to declare their Zionist State. Realising the extremely volatile situation that had emerged as a result of the partition plan, the U.S. admitted that partitioning could not be carried out in a peaceful manner and proposed a temporary UN Trusteeship. This plan and calls for a ceasefire also fell on dead Zionist and Palestinian ears.

Link to Post 26 "Creation of Israel"

GUILT BY ASSOCIATION

40. I like to remind Ken Orr, Spokesman Right to Life NZ (Press 22/03) that the demonstration at the Waihopai base was "pro life". When George W. Bush and cronies in March 2003 for the "greater good" illegally invaded Iraq and killed, maimed and displaced over a million innocent people, causing trillions of dollars of damage to that country, they went scot-free, even though after his illusory "greater good" proved to be a deception as we all know to-day. However when on the other hand peace activists fro the "greater good of humanity" cause damage to a technology that's being designed and used to destroy life and property, then all of a sudden the verdict according to Ken Orr, becomes "questionable". Would Ken Orr be against activists who destroy instruments used in abortions ? To allow such bases in New Zealand makes us guilty by association.

P.S. The Waihopai base is an U.S. spy base, used for military purposes for its wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the world.
Letter as could be expected rejected again by he editor.

BOMBS FOR IRAN

39. Scotland's Sunday Herald reported that the U.S. government had contracted a Florida shipping co. to move massive amounts of weaponry, including hundreds of bunker buster bombs, to its military base in Diego Garcia, a small island in the Indian Ocean. The island's proximity to Iran suggests it may be used as a staging ground for U.S. air strikes against Iran. This move has not gone unnoticed by Iran's state media as a threat to attack Iran's civilian nuclear program. The Sunday Herald also cited numerous experts as saying that the lack of publicity for the move, just one of several examples of the Obama Administration adding major amounts of weaponry to the area around Iran, suggests they believe confrontation is more likely. The Pentagon has thus far refused to comment.

WINDOW DRESSING

38. The recent Iraqi elections are not much more than mere window dressing to tidy up the image of corrupt authoritarian leaders eager for greater legitimacy. These elections can by no means be seen as a step towards democracy. That perception, combined with concurrent violence,American occupation and Iranian influence cannot by any stretch of the imagination be considered as a success and a country on the road to stability. Iraq is still a big, big mess and will remain divided for years to come. After seven yeas of occupation, millions killed, maimed, displaced and Abu Ghraib still fresh in mind, public opinion in Iraq and the Arab world at large will remain very much, if not even more anti American. They still see Iraq being manipulated by outside western forces. Free elections are the very last step in a democracy, because before that you have to have a democratic society that has accepted the values of democracy. What we see in Iraq to-day are religious and sectarian conflicts which renders these elections without democratic value.
Letter rejected.
Link to Post 10.