Olmert's Latest Excuse for Rejecting Peace
Annapolis a Charade | 22.11.2007 02:12 | Anti-racism | World
Israeli Prime Minister says no peace with Hamas in control of Gaza
(Ignoring, of course, that Hamas was democratically-elected, and a failed US-israeli sponsored Coup attempt caused Hamas to takeover the Strip. Does this mean the Palestinians don't have to abandon their Resistance until Zionist Extremists no longer control Israel - and the Occupied Territories?)
Wednesday November 21, 2007 09:47 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agency saed at imemc dot org
The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Tuesday that Israel would not have peace with the Palestinian Authority as long as the democratically-elected Hamas government holds power in the Gaza Strip.
(But they had no peace before Hamas was elected, so what's the difference? Olmert seems to come up with a new excuse every day to justify his Government's outright rejection of peace.)
The Israeli government, along with the U.S. government, supports the other, unelected government of the Palestinians, led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. That unelected government is currently in power in the second of the two Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, the West Bank.
(So what? This only highlights the hypocrisy of everything the US and Israel say.)
Olmert made the declaration after meeting with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday, in preparation for a "peace summit" with Mahmoud Abbas next week.
(This is not a peace summit. It's PR.)
Mubarak verified that Egypt would not support a separation between the two Palestinian territories. "Hamas and Fatah have some problems," Mubarak said. "We can't say how there can be a Palestinian state with a separate Gaza. It has to be one state and this will take time."
(This old Colonial Trick is referred to as "Divide & Rule" ...)
The Israeli Prime Minister called on the Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas to implement its obligations under the Roadmap plan for peace, including both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Authority, as well as British observers, have accused Israel of preventing Abbas' security forces from deploying in the northern West Bank, and undermining the security forces' effectiveness by regularly invading and attacking Palestinian towns and cities that are supposed to be under the Palestinian Authority's control.
http://imemc.org/article/51646
Occupation Breeds Terror
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8193S
Be Good Victims.
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8194S
Israel Admits Attacks Will Follow Annapolis
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8184S
Open Letter to UN Regarding Gaza
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8185S
Israel's Demands Threaten Annapolis
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8127S
ISRAEL ~~ PEACE OR ZIONISM
http://desertpeace.blogspot.com/2007/11/israel-peace-or-zionism.html
ALERT: Annapolis a Charade: Israel Plots Massive Aggression
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8076S
(Ignoring, of course, that Hamas was democratically-elected, and a failed US-israeli sponsored Coup attempt caused Hamas to takeover the Strip. Does this mean the Palestinians don't have to abandon their Resistance until Zionist Extremists no longer control Israel - and the Occupied Territories?)
Wednesday November 21, 2007 09:47 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agency saed at imemc dot org
The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Tuesday that Israel would not have peace with the Palestinian Authority as long as the democratically-elected Hamas government holds power in the Gaza Strip.
(But they had no peace before Hamas was elected, so what's the difference? Olmert seems to come up with a new excuse every day to justify his Government's outright rejection of peace.)
The Israeli government, along with the U.S. government, supports the other, unelected government of the Palestinians, led by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. That unelected government is currently in power in the second of the two Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, the West Bank.
(So what? This only highlights the hypocrisy of everything the US and Israel say.)
Olmert made the declaration after meeting with the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Tuesday, in preparation for a "peace summit" with Mahmoud Abbas next week.
(This is not a peace summit. It's PR.)
Mubarak verified that Egypt would not support a separation between the two Palestinian territories. "Hamas and Fatah have some problems," Mubarak said. "We can't say how there can be a Palestinian state with a separate Gaza. It has to be one state and this will take time."
(This old Colonial Trick is referred to as "Divide & Rule" ...)
The Israeli Prime Minister called on the Palestinian Authority under Mahmoud Abbas to implement its obligations under the Roadmap plan for peace, including both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Authority, as well as British observers, have accused Israel of preventing Abbas' security forces from deploying in the northern West Bank, and undermining the security forces' effectiveness by regularly invading and attacking Palestinian towns and cities that are supposed to be under the Palestinian Authority's control.
http://imemc.org/article/51646 Occupation Breeds Terror
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8193S Be Good Victims.
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8194S Israel Admits Attacks Will Follow Annapolis
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8184S Open Letter to UN Regarding Gaza
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8185S Israel's Demands Threaten Annapolis
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8127S ISRAEL ~~ PEACE OR ZIONISM
http://desertpeace.blogspot.com/2007/11/israel-peace-or-zionism.html ALERT: Annapolis a Charade: Israel Plots Massive Aggression
http://winnipeg.indymedia.org/item.php?8076S
Annapolis a Charade
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Wrong demand/expectation?
22.11.2007 12:03
We can demand that the Israelis cease their occupation of the Palestinians, cease attacking the Palestinians for no reason (if that is supposed to be taking place).
That might or might not lead to PEACE (and Olmert might be simply stating that belief)
Quite possibly the liberated from Israeli control Palestinians, now "blessed" (or cursed) with the responsibilities of being a "state", would be unable to restain themselves from launching attacks across the border. Nor with any agreements, can we make any demand that this border be open to transit or shipment of goods (Israel would NOT be surrounding either portion -- just because across Israel and transhipment of goods via Israel is the only economic route possible means nothing).
Understand? An occupier we can demand "respond proportionally". A neighboring state attacked is "war" and no such obligaton.
Are you saying that YOU believe that a full Israeli withdrawal would lead to peace? That there wouldn't be attacks across the border which in the absence of an agreement between states to treat these as "bandits" consititutes "war"?
The Israelis don't owe the Plaestinians "peace". They owe not oppressing them by occupation. The choice peace or war isn't made unilaterally.
Mike Novack
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