The only available way forward is a 'settlement process' between Israel and Palestine. The past 'processes' have failed because they were a strategy against a Palestinian Homeland. The strategy was to place Israeli settlements so there could never be a sovereign Palestinian Homeland.
All of the people of Palestine have a right to be represented in their government, including it's diaspora. Israel has no right to dictate the government of Palestine as Palestine is a sovereign authority.
It is a foregone conclusion Hebrews want a Palestinian Homeland and the end of violence. Currently, there is in place a Palestinian government which includes representatives from Gaza. All of the current Palestinian leadership wants to end the longest Middle East war of modern history and resolve the borders of Palestine. They have been duly elected by the Palestinian people. Not only that but these elected leaders have been the leaders of the Palestinian people since the death of the Late Chairman Yassar Arafat.
1 June 2014 Last updated at 10:01 ET'
...Mr Abbas (click here) said earlier that Israel had warned him it would "boycott the government the moment it was announced".
"Israel wants to punish us for agreeing with Hamas on this government," he said, adding: "Each Israeli step will have a proper Palestinian response."
Mr Abbas said the new interim cabinet would recognise Israel and reject violence.
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, a British-educated, politically independent academic, has been put in charge of forming the technocratic government.
The US said last month it was "disappointed" by the deal and warned it could seriously complicate peace efforts with Israel.
Fatah has historically been the dominant faction in the Palestinian nationalist movement, but Hamas won parliamentary elections in January 2006.
In early 2007, Fatah and Hamas agreed to form a coalition to end growing factional violence, but in June of that year Hamas seized Gaza by force and set up a rival government....
All of the people of Palestine have a right to be represented in their government, including it's diaspora. Israel has no right to dictate the government of Palestine as Palestine is a sovereign authority.
Palestine Media Watch
13 March 2006
...Anti-occupation Israelis: Even Israelis (click here) who challenge the narrow mainstream discourse on Israel/Palestine that is accepted in the US are rarely published, despite the general propensity to publish Israelis. In my personal experience in submitting more than 45 op-eds by Israeli and Palestinian writers to these same five US newspapers over the last two and half years, they published only a single op-ed that I was involved with by an Israeli who wrote outside that narrow discourse....It is a foregone conclusion Hebrews want a Palestinian Homeland and the end of violence. Currently, there is in place a Palestinian government which includes representatives from Gaza. All of the current Palestinian leadership wants to end the longest Middle East war of modern history and resolve the borders of Palestine. They have been duly elected by the Palestinian people. Not only that but these elected leaders have been the leaders of the Palestinian people since the death of the Late Chairman Yassar Arafat.
1 June 2014 Last updated at 10:01 ET'
...Mr Abbas (click here) said earlier that Israel had warned him it would "boycott the government the moment it was announced".
"Israel wants to punish us for agreeing with Hamas on this government," he said, adding: "Each Israeli step will have a proper Palestinian response."
Mr Abbas said the new interim cabinet would recognise Israel and reject violence.
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, a British-educated, politically independent academic, has been put in charge of forming the technocratic government.
The US said last month it was "disappointed" by the deal and warned it could seriously complicate peace efforts with Israel.
Fatah has historically been the dominant faction in the Palestinian nationalist movement, but Hamas won parliamentary elections in January 2006.
In early 2007, Fatah and Hamas agreed to form a coalition to end growing factional violence, but in June of that year Hamas seized Gaza by force and set up a rival government....
No one is more disappointed in this continual hatred by Israel of Palestine than the American people. As an ally we care deeply about the people of Israel and it's diaspora, but, it has become increasingly obvious Israel is not trustworthy to carry through a process that defines borders. Israel makes all kinds of demands on the Palestinians and the latest is "But Hamas has rockets." Yep, they do. Hamas has always had rockets and to their credit Israel has not been able to take back Gaza. Gaza is the one province of Palestine that has held it's borders in the past decade. Amazing considering the tanks and bulldozers and chronically meandering border between Israel and Palestine.
A while ago it was pointed out how Hamas throws candy in the street to their children and promoting violence. Okay, so was Israel going to stop the throwing of candy and free speech with tanks and bulldozers that results in meandering borders?
Enough, Israel is causing it's own problems. And the right wing of the American political 'theater' is inflicting hatred on Palestine for it's own purposes. Israel expects me to believe with consistent and KNOWN Palestinian leadership that COMPLIES with international recognition of Israel, all of a sudden it is all going to change because the borders between the two nations are now signed in a treaty? Is that what Israel expects of me? Ain't going to happen. The Palestinian leadership is well known to the USA, it's diplomatic corp, the United Nations and it's diplomats and they are damnably consistent.
PALESTINE HAS A RIGHT TO EXIST. When is Israel going to recognize that?
By Jefferson Morley
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 10, 2005; 10:36 AM
A brief explanation of Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip: (click here)
A while ago it was pointed out how Hamas throws candy in the street to their children and promoting violence. Okay, so was Israel going to stop the throwing of candy and free speech with tanks and bulldozers that results in meandering borders?
Enough, Israel is causing it's own problems. And the right wing of the American political 'theater' is inflicting hatred on Palestine for it's own purposes. Israel expects me to believe with consistent and KNOWN Palestinian leadership that COMPLIES with international recognition of Israel, all of a sudden it is all going to change because the borders between the two nations are now signed in a treaty? Is that what Israel expects of me? Ain't going to happen. The Palestinian leadership is well known to the USA, it's diplomatic corp, the United Nations and it's diplomats and they are damnably consistent.
PALESTINE HAS A RIGHT TO EXIST. When is Israel going to recognize that?
By Jefferson Morley
washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 10, 2005; 10:36 AM
A brief explanation of Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip: (click here)
...How will the withdrawal affect the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
The Israeli government expects the withdrawal will reduce Palestinian attacks on Jewish citizens. The Israeli Foreign Ministry says that the withdrawal shows that Israel is willing to make significant concessions for peace. The PNA, while welcoming the dismantling of the settlements, says that the withdrawal is a unilateral move designed to consolidate Israeli control over the West Bank where the majority of Palestinians live....
Conal Urquart in Ramallah; Ian Black and Mark TranFriday 15 June 2007
Palestinian militants from Hamas (click here) stand at the desk of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, inside Abbas's personal office after it was taken over by Hamas infighting in Gaza City. Photograph: Hatem Moussa/AP.
Hamas fighters today basked in triumph after taking complete control in Gaza as the west scrambled for a response to the arrival of Islamist power on Israel's doorstep.
In a stark demonstration of the new facts on the ground, a masked Hamas fighter sat down at the desk of the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, and declared an end to the western-backed authority in the Gaza strip.
In an imaginary telephone call to the US, a fighter from the Islamist movement's armed wing, Izz el-Deen al-Qassam, joked: "Hello Condoleezza Rice. You have to deal with me now, there is no Abu Mazen anymore."...
The Process to return Gaza to Palestine started in 2003. It didn't occur until 2005. Even after Gaza was returned to Palestine there still was no agreement on anything else from Israel. Sooooo, in 2007, Hamas said, "ENOUGH, out with Abbas. " Surprise, surprise, surprise.
Yep. "You have to deal with me now." That ended up including rockets. Why? Because Israel would not COMMIT to borders with Palestinians in the West Bank AND the borders kept moving, the olive trees kept being destroyed, Palestinians continued to be homeless and dead if in the way of the IDF, their tanks and bulldozers.
Remember Rachel? She wanted so deeply to end the conflict between the nation of Israel and Palestine she put herself in front of an Israeli tank.
That girl is a dead American due to the actions of Israel and still today they continue to run over her.
Photostory: Israeli bulldozer driver murders American peace activist (click here)
The Process to return Gaza to Palestine started in 2003. It didn't occur until 2005. Even after Gaza was returned to Palestine there still was no agreement on anything else from Israel. Sooooo, in 2007, Hamas said, "ENOUGH, out with Abbas. " Surprise, surprise, surprise.
Yep. "You have to deal with me now." That ended up including rockets. Why? Because Israel would not COMMIT to borders with Palestinians in the West Bank AND the borders kept moving, the olive trees kept being destroyed, Palestinians continued to be homeless and dead if in the way of the IDF, their tanks and bulldozers.
That girl is a dead American due to the actions of Israel and still today they continue to run over her.
Photostory: Israeli bulldozer driver murders American peace activist (click here)
The Electronic Intifada
16 March 2003
On 16 March 2003 in Rafah, occupied Gaza, 23-year-old American peace
activist Rachel Corrie from Olympia, Washington, was murdered by an
Israeli bulldozer driver. Rachel was in Gaza opposing the bulldozing of a
Palestinian home as a volunteer with the International Solidarity Movement.
Rachel and seven other ISM activists were in the Hi Es Salam area of Rafah, Gaza, trying to prevent the razing of Palestinian land and property. Present were two Israeli occupation army bulldozers and a tank. For a period of two hours, the activists played ‘cat and mouse’, attempting to prevent the illegal demolitions by physically blocking the passage of the two bulldozers....
With cold and indifferent views of an American attempting to change the course of the lives in Gaza, Israel killed her. It was absolutely no accident. There were cameras and witnesses. It was no accident. That was 2003. But, by 2005, Rachel had liberated Gaza.
If Israel expects to continue to be the global bully and get away with it, it is sadly mistaken. The Palestinian province of The West Bank MUST have clear and defined borders and Israel needs to evacuate it's citizens as they are breaking international law.
Rachel and seven other ISM activists were in the Hi Es Salam area of Rafah, Gaza, trying to prevent the razing of Palestinian land and property. Present were two Israeli occupation army bulldozers and a tank. For a period of two hours, the activists played ‘cat and mouse’, attempting to prevent the illegal demolitions by physically blocking the passage of the two bulldozers....
With cold and indifferent views of an American attempting to change the course of the lives in Gaza, Israel killed her. It was absolutely no accident. There were cameras and witnesses. It was no accident. That was 2003. But, by 2005, Rachel had liberated Gaza.
If Israel expects to continue to be the global bully and get away with it, it is sadly mistaken. The Palestinian province of The West Bank MUST have clear and defined borders and Israel needs to evacuate it's citizens as they are breaking international law.
