Showing posts with label Fatah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fatah. Show all posts

Monday, June 25, 2007

No Two State Solution

There is no two state solution to Israel's occupation of Palestine.

It's been forty years, and yet Israel has become married to the settlements and to an ideology that sees a Jewish state with inherent rights over its non-Jewish citizens, but more critically it as an expansionist state that believes in the right to permanent domination of the lands it controls. The only way to break down a racist and exclusivist structure is to chip away at its base and force an alternative reality. This would require not only ending the occupation, but looking internally at the Israeli state, a Jewish state, a state which doesn't and can't function as democracy for all its people. Many Palestinians leaders and supporters within Israel have come to realize this and have been ostracized for bringing this notion to light, namely Azmi Bishara, while many more will be undermined and attacked in the future. Yet, divestment, boycott, and sanctions coupled with a movement forward for both Israelis and Palestinians to live as equals in a shared society is the only hope for true peace.


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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Democracy Israeli Style

Not satisfied with the government elected by the Palestinian people, well simply refuse to fund it and allow for internecine conflicts until your side wins or declares itself a winner.

Which is just what Israel has done, in recognizing the Fatah/Abbas Government in the West Bank. Thus signaling the U.S., Canada and Europe that it is the government they want funded.

In fact it was the only government they ever wanted, and the Palestinians and democracy can be ignored.

Bush and Olmert seek to prop up Abbas

Analysis: Gaza sanctions may increase tension

Gazans Adjust to Power Shift as New Rulers Revel in Their Victory

Analysis: Limits of Democracy Talk

“Israel, Hamaza, and the Fatah Bank: A Three State Solution?




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