Change that's real!
The UN resolution that founded the State of Israel in 1947 proposed a "two state solution." But, the Arabs rejected it and attacked the Palestinian Jews. Egypt, Transjordan and Syria confidently expected to massacre all of them, and then divide the land between them. But, surprise, surprise, the Jews won and Israel survived.
So then the Arabs continued on their path to a one state solution involving the elimination of Israel, but after three wars and thousands of lives lost they realized that this wasn't going to work, so they invented the UN mantra of "land for peace." Israel would give up land gained in the 1967 war in exchange for peace. But, after the Olso Accords were signed in 1993, and Israel withdrew from all the Palestinian Arab urban areas (containing 97% of the Arab population) in Gaza and the West Bank to form the Palestine Authority, in exchange Arafat increased terrorism, and hundreds of Israelis were murdered by suicide bombers.
Then Israel developed an effective means to prevent the terrorism, the Security fence and targeted killings of terrorists. When Arafat died in 2004, the new regime under Pres. Abbas finally agreed to negotiations with Israel under guess what, "a two state solution," that they had rejected 55 years before. Pres. Bush was the first US President to adopt this as a solution to the Palestinian conflict in his "Road Map" plan of 2002, and this was consecrated in the Annapolis Conference of 2007. And Pres. Obama mentioned this as his plan for Mid-East peace in his first speech on the subject.
But, between 2002 and 2008 things have changed. The freedom given to terrorist groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad by Arafat could not be reversed, once they were out of the bag they could not be put back in. Pres. Abbas was unable to control the PA, and once Hamas got control over Gaza as a result of the so-called "democratic election," they were never going to give it up. Then Israel tried unilateral withdrawal in the Kadima "disengagement" from Gaza in 2005, expecting some peace in exchange. But what we got instead was a continuous barrage of rockets. Israel was attacked from every region from which it withdrew, from Lebanon by Hizbollah, from the West Bank by several terrorist organizations, including the al Aksa Martyrs Brigades which is an offshoot of Fatah, and from Gaza by Hamas.
Hamas staged a coup in 2007 and with Iranian funds and training now controls Gaza. So there is now no longer a chance of a "two state solution." In Israeli eyes the "two-state solution" is dead, at least for now. In order for such a solution Hamas and Fatah must be reunified in a single State, but recently several prominent West Bank Arabs have openly criticized Hamas for taking the opportunity of the Israeli attack of killing or maiming 181 Fatah supporters in Gaza (see below). Feelings are running high between these two groups, and there is now in fact no possibility of a rapprochement between them, Hamas is a proxy of Iran and the PA-Fatah is a proxy of the Sunni Arab States, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
So the Israeli election results, representing a move to the right of the Israeli populace, is an indicator of this changed reality. Meanwhile the West lags way behind, uttering last season's mantra which no longer bears any relationship to reality. Israel will not withdraw from any more territory under the present circumstances, whatever Government is formed as a result of coalition negotiations, and Israel will not try to make peace with any Palestinain entity that rejects our right to exist. It's that simple.
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Fatah publishes names of 181 claimed killed, shot or maimed by de facto government forces in Gaza
Date: 02 / 02 / 2009 Time: 12:15
Ramallah – Ma'an – A senior leader within Fatah slammed what he called "Hamas crimes against patriotic people" in the Gaza Strip Monday.
The comments come after a string of reports of human rights violations committed by Palestinians against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the Israeli war on Gaza.
The Undersecretary of the caretaker government's Ministry of Prisoners Affairs Ziyad Abu Ein spoke out against the rights violations and accused Hamas of "terrorism," and said they were preventing media outlets in Gaza report on their crimes.
"Our people badly need a free press capable of protecting the truth," he said, noting that the truth was all that could counter the "terrorist procedures against patriotic Palestinians."
Abu Ein also published a list of names and neighborhoods of those in Gaza who were killed, maimed, beaten or tortured during the Israeli war on Gaza.
He encouraged aid organizations inside Gaza to check the list and contact those who have given testimony and prove the truth of the list of 181 names. Abu Ein also called on the Arab League to send a fact-finding mission to Gaza and uncover the reality behind the shocking information.
Abu Ein said he held the current caretaker government responsible for initiating the proper legal procedures against those responsible for the crimes and anyone who gave the directives for murder or torture. These people must be brought to justice in front of Palestinians and the Arab world, he said.
The list provided from Abu Ein is as follows:
Names and locations of those executed by Palestinians, including job or affiliations as appropriate~
1) Nasser Muhanna- Northern Gaza Strip
2) Hisham Najjar- Sheikh Radwan neighborhood (Gaza City)
3) Kifah Al-Masri- Khan Younis
4) Hasan Hijazi (National security services) - Northern Gaza Strip
5) Ahmad Shaqura- Khan Younis
6) Sahir As-Silawi- Rafah
7) Atif Abu Jazar- Rafah
8) Ibrahim 'Atif Abu Jazar- Rafah
9) Ahmad Abu Shamla- Al-Maghazi
10) Osama Atallah- Ad-Daraj neighborhood (Gaza City)
11) Younis Abu Amrah- Gaza City
There then follows the names and locations of 58 people who were shot in the feet or legs:
Then a list of 112 people whose legs were broken:
So then the Arabs continued on their path to a one state solution involving the elimination of Israel, but after three wars and thousands of lives lost they realized that this wasn't going to work, so they invented the UN mantra of "land for peace." Israel would give up land gained in the 1967 war in exchange for peace. But, after the Olso Accords were signed in 1993, and Israel withdrew from all the Palestinian Arab urban areas (containing 97% of the Arab population) in Gaza and the West Bank to form the Palestine Authority, in exchange Arafat increased terrorism, and hundreds of Israelis were murdered by suicide bombers.
Then Israel developed an effective means to prevent the terrorism, the Security fence and targeted killings of terrorists. When Arafat died in 2004, the new regime under Pres. Abbas finally agreed to negotiations with Israel under guess what, "a two state solution," that they had rejected 55 years before. Pres. Bush was the first US President to adopt this as a solution to the Palestinian conflict in his "Road Map" plan of 2002, and this was consecrated in the Annapolis Conference of 2007. And Pres. Obama mentioned this as his plan for Mid-East peace in his first speech on the subject.
But, between 2002 and 2008 things have changed. The freedom given to terrorist groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad by Arafat could not be reversed, once they were out of the bag they could not be put back in. Pres. Abbas was unable to control the PA, and once Hamas got control over Gaza as a result of the so-called "democratic election," they were never going to give it up. Then Israel tried unilateral withdrawal in the Kadima "disengagement" from Gaza in 2005, expecting some peace in exchange. But what we got instead was a continuous barrage of rockets. Israel was attacked from every region from which it withdrew, from Lebanon by Hizbollah, from the West Bank by several terrorist organizations, including the al Aksa Martyrs Brigades which is an offshoot of Fatah, and from Gaza by Hamas.
Hamas staged a coup in 2007 and with Iranian funds and training now controls Gaza. So there is now no longer a chance of a "two state solution." In Israeli eyes the "two-state solution" is dead, at least for now. In order for such a solution Hamas and Fatah must be reunified in a single State, but recently several prominent West Bank Arabs have openly criticized Hamas for taking the opportunity of the Israeli attack of killing or maiming 181 Fatah supporters in Gaza (see below). Feelings are running high between these two groups, and there is now in fact no possibility of a rapprochement between them, Hamas is a proxy of Iran and the PA-Fatah is a proxy of the Sunni Arab States, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
So the Israeli election results, representing a move to the right of the Israeli populace, is an indicator of this changed reality. Meanwhile the West lags way behind, uttering last season's mantra which no longer bears any relationship to reality. Israel will not withdraw from any more territory under the present circumstances, whatever Government is formed as a result of coalition negotiations, and Israel will not try to make peace with any Palestinain entity that rejects our right to exist. It's that simple.
__________________________________
Fatah publishes names of 181 claimed killed, shot or maimed by de facto government forces in Gaza
Date: 02 / 02 / 2009 Time: 12:15
Ramallah – Ma'an – A senior leader within Fatah slammed what he called "Hamas crimes against patriotic people" in the Gaza Strip Monday.
The comments come after a string of reports of human rights violations committed by Palestinians against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the Israeli war on Gaza.
The Undersecretary of the caretaker government's Ministry of Prisoners Affairs Ziyad Abu Ein spoke out against the rights violations and accused Hamas of "terrorism," and said they were preventing media outlets in Gaza report on their crimes.
"Our people badly need a free press capable of protecting the truth," he said, noting that the truth was all that could counter the "terrorist procedures against patriotic Palestinians."
Abu Ein also published a list of names and neighborhoods of those in Gaza who were killed, maimed, beaten or tortured during the Israeli war on Gaza.
He encouraged aid organizations inside Gaza to check the list and contact those who have given testimony and prove the truth of the list of 181 names. Abu Ein also called on the Arab League to send a fact-finding mission to Gaza and uncover the reality behind the shocking information.
Abu Ein said he held the current caretaker government responsible for initiating the proper legal procedures against those responsible for the crimes and anyone who gave the directives for murder or torture. These people must be brought to justice in front of Palestinians and the Arab world, he said.
The list provided from Abu Ein is as follows:
Names and locations of those executed by Palestinians, including job or affiliations as appropriate~
1) Nasser Muhanna- Northern Gaza Strip
2) Hisham Najjar- Sheikh Radwan neighborhood (Gaza City)
3) Kifah Al-Masri- Khan Younis
4) Hasan Hijazi (National security services) - Northern Gaza Strip
5) Ahmad Shaqura- Khan Younis
6) Sahir As-Silawi- Rafah
7) Atif Abu Jazar- Rafah
8) Ibrahim 'Atif Abu Jazar- Rafah
9) Ahmad Abu Shamla- Al-Maghazi
10) Osama Atallah- Ad-Daraj neighborhood (Gaza City)
11) Younis Abu Amrah- Gaza City
There then follows the names and locations of 58 people who were shot in the feet or legs:
Then a list of 112 people whose legs were broken:
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