Israeli signals positively for
Palestine state
-DR. ABDUL RUFF COLACHAL
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It
is for the first time since Gaza Strip
was granted freedom during the Ariel Sharon
era from Zionist occupation that a positive signal has
now emanated from Israel about the possible settlement
of world’s longest regional crisis in Mideast.
Israeli premier has hinted that Palestine state would come into existence
sooner than later.
UN
vote for the Palestinian demand for much delayed Palestine state and the
follow up developments have made the Israeli regime to finally
realize the crude fact that Zionist must end occupation as
the establishment of Palestine state is inevitable now and therefore Israel
should end crimes against humanity inside Palestine to enable the peace
talks to succeed.
Needless
to sate that the pressure the Obama government has kept constantly on the
Israeli leadership has indeed worked for the better” better for future
Palestine-Israeli relations for Mideast and world as a whole.
Hawkish
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is turning positively to the peace momentum
mediated by Washington, now insisting that Jewish settlers in the
West Bank have a right to remain under Palestinian rule in any peace deal.
That
is indeed encouraging for the peace supporters in Mideast and humanity at large
seeking peace in Mideast and prosperity of .Palestine.
More
than 500,000 Israeli settlers live among 2.4 million Palestinians in the West
Bank and East Jerusalem against the international legal community’s objections.
Israel
captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and the Gaza Strip in
the 1967 Middle East war. Palestinians seek to establish a state in those areas
and fear that settlements, which most countries view as illegal and an obstacle
to peacemaking, will deny them a viable country.
In
2005, Israel under PM Ariel Sharon, ignoring the firm opposition by many
Israeli leaders, pulled its troops and settlers out the Gaza Strip, only to
strangely fall sick and losing consciousness and he
was in a coma condition for many years before he was declared dead
last month.
Gaza
is now ruled by Hamas Party of Islamists as the elected body of Palestinians,
is opposed to the U.S.-brokered peace efforts as they do not in fact trust the
Israeli talks and doubt their terror intentions. .
The
apparent trial balloon of peace momentum also drew angry words from Naftali
Bennett, an extremist occupation party and a key pro-settlement partner in his
governing coalition. "The idea of Jewish settlements under Palestinian
sovereignty is very dangerous and reflects an irrationality of values,"
Bennett said..
The
Israeli report quoted an official in Netanyahu's office as saying he did not
intend to uproot Jewish settlements anywhere in the West Bank, land that
Palestinians seek for a state under U.S.-brokered peace talks showing few signs
of progress since they resumed in July after a three-year break.
Netanyahu
would "insist that settlers be given the free choice of remaining in place
and living under Palestinian rule, or relocating to areas under Israeli
sovereign rule," the official was quoted as saying.
At
the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Netanyahu said he did not
intend to uproot a single settler in a future Palestinian statehood agreement.
The Times of Israel quoted the unidentified official as saying Netanyahu's idea
of allowing settlers the option of staying in their homes under Palestinian
rule fell under that pledge.
Some
Israeli political commentators suggested the leak was aimed at heading off
settler opposition to a framework deal, or as guidelines for a final peace
agreement that U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has been trying to formulate.
Bennett, leader of the Jewish Home party and an advocate of Israeli annexation
of the West Bank, demanded that Netanyahu immediately to refute this
“dangerous” peace proposal. They oppose peace in Mideast.
There
was no immediate Palestinian reaction to the report. Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas has already balked at an Israeli demand to keep an Israeli troop
presence in the Jordan Valley, an area likely to be the eastern border of a
Palestinian state.
One
thing is clear; Jews generally do not hate Palestine people as their policy.
but only some hawkish and high selfish Israeli leaders and
military-Mossad want the Jews to hate Palestinians. This
fact can easily be ascertained by the way Arieal Sharon handled the issue,
giving the Palestinians freedom in Gaza Strip. Jews did not protest but hey
appreciated the Sharon’s intelligent politics. But the trouble
started in the Likud party, which he had founded, as some leaders opposed Ariel
Sharon’s positive approach towards the besieged Palestinians. Upset,
Sharon quit his own Likud party to float a new party, Kadima to pursue positive
diplomacy for permanent peace in the region. Kadmia party won the
parliamentary poll and he resumed power once again. But very soon he was
admitted to military hospital where, after years of intense treatment for coma,
he was declared dead by authorities.
Whether
Sharon was poisoned by military-Mossad is a speculative question, but it is
enough here to say that people of Israel, the Jews did support the Sharon
policy for Palestine and overwhelmingly voted for his new party
. .
Hopefully,
Palestine-Israel peace talk which looks now somewhat serious in
character would continue and results in permanent peace in Mideast
where Israel and Palestine coexist as not just neighbors but also
close allies to help each other..
It
is quite likely that Israel, as its former occupier, would help Palestine
develop its economy and infrastructure.
After all, then, a strong Palestine would strengthen
Israel, its security.
Of course, this is just the speculation
but, all the same, the necessary one.
Peace has been evading Mideast for a long
time.
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