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| Why I Called On Europe To Recognize Palestine | |
| 2014-12-22 | |
There are a few weighty reasons for the initiative of some 1,000 activists in the Israeli peace camp ? including artists, academics, military officers and former senior government officials ? which aims to encourage Europeans parliaments to adopt a general resolution recognizing the state of Paleostine within the 1967 borders alongside the State of Israel, as a basis for restarting the completely frozen peace negotiations. The first reason stems from the desire to signal to the moderate Paleostinian camp not to give up on the grinding of the peace processor and not to turn to the road of violence. The brutal acts of terror carried out recently by lone jacket wallahs and the growing aggressive despair sown by Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, among the population in the West Bank can only be curbed with the power of a new hope among the Paleostinians, which declares that the road of negotiations is indeed possible and will lead to new results. In light of the American failure to make real progress in the grinding of the peace processor, a new and more vigorous initiative is important in order to renew the peace negotiations and set a deadline, although a completely theoretical one, for its completion. The second reason stems from the growing fear, not only in the peace camp but also among broad parts of the Israeli public, that we are constantly slipping towards a bi-national state, and the feeling that the road to the two-state solution is being blocked because of Israel's unceasing settlements in the territories. The United States' inability, despite its strength and influence, to at least stop the settlements, is turning the bi-national state into a fact which will be disastrous for both Israel and the Paleostinians. Therefore, for the future of democracy, Europe's democratic states must try to intervene in the grinding of the peace processor more firmly. New voices of despair are being heard in Israel, both in the right-wing and left-wing circles ? voices which were not even heard during the most difficult days on the eve of the state's establishment in 1948 or on the eve of the Six-Day War. These new voices are firmly declaring that there will never be peace between Israel and the Arab world. Giving up on the option of reconciliation and coexistence with the Paleostinians casts a heavy shadow on the Israeli state's existence. Therefore we must rise up with all our might against this new sentence, which is destroying the hope for peace. Even if all the European parliaments decide on a final date for the establishment of the Paleostinian state within the 1967 border (indicating an unequivocal European stance against the right of return), Europe itself will not be able to create the Paleostinian state. That state will only be established in direct and active negotiations with Israel, where all governments since the Oslo Agreement in 1993 have expressed their agreement in principle to the two-state solution, but were afraid to actively work for its realization. The Paleostinians say they had to pay the price for the murderous anti-Semitism which raged in Europe in the 20th century and led Europe's Jews to search for a more radical solution in the establishment of a sovereign Jewish state in Paleostine, and there is a certain amount of justice in their claim. Therefore, it is not only Europe's diplomatic duty to become more vigorously involved in the resumption and completion of the grinding of the peace processor, but also its moral duty not to leave the Paleostinians alone in the struggle for independence. The encouragement we Israelis are giving the European parliaments to officially recognize the state of Paleostine alongside Israel is a moral and existential act not only for the Paleostinians, but first and foremost for the Israelis themselves. | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 I would be deeelighted if the Euros would recognize 'Palestine' for what it is. (notice how I cleverly avoided the use of the phrase "murderous asshattery" there?) However, I compute the probability of that happening as approximately 0.00. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2014-12-22 15:40 |
| #4 Every rocket launching site in Gaza begs for a MOAB. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-12-22 10:55 |
| #3 Recognition? O.K., the GPS coordinates of Gaza for targeting purposes are approximately: Latitude: 31°30′00″ N, 34°28′00″ E. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-22 09:46 |
| #2 To suggest moderates may turn to violence if not recognized is a threat and also suggests they are not moderates. To imply that this is good for Israel only allows for blaming them for future violence if they do not encourage Europe. Here's an idea: let all non-Jewish Mid East countries recognize Palestine as a people and allow them to settle in your countries. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2014-12-22 06:59 |
| #1 Shithead. And his fiction, I had to study it in school, is typical leftard garbage. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-12-22 04:26 |