By George S. Hishmeh – Washington, D.C.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took the right step in condemning heavy-handedly massacre last week of a five-Member isrælske family members, including two children and an infant, are living in an illegal isrælske settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. No one in his right eye would not abhor this callous event, if the perpetrators are still unknown.
"A man is not capable of something like," Abbas told Israel Radio. "Scenes such as these – murder of infants and children and woman slaughtered – cause any person with humanity to hurt and to cry."
But what has been appalling was the official isrælske response. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that his Government would build 500 new homes in retaliation for three other isrælsk-occupied settlements in the West Bank without having to find out whether the Assailants were Palestinians. This step was condemned by Palestinians, it is recalled that, since the Isræls existence in 1948, many Palestinians have been massacred by the isrælerne-the most infamous was on Deir Yassin, a small town close to Jerusalem, in 1948 and the Lebanese refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila massacre in 1982. No isrælske official had ever expressed regret at these bloody events. But meeting that Netanyahu's calls for Abbas reiterated its earlier condemnation for isrælske audiences.
In addition, Awarta, the closest Palestinian village to the isrælske settlements, Triton, is placed under curfew by the isrælske military — in four days at the time of writing, and was declared a closed military zone. The situation in the village has been described as "deteriorating" and some Palestinian landsbybebørne have complained that some of their household possessions have been damaged during the aggressive isrælske searches. Tritons Thai workers have been rounded up, while some European members of the International solidarity movement, which is fine with Palestinian village to accord was not permitted to leave.
The isrælske prime minister and his right-wing supporters was reported doing everything they can to take advantage of this terrible event. Nehemia Shtraster, writing in Haaretz, the isrælske newspaper, said that Netanyahu "rushed to move it to the political arena," promising "' we must build our land ' thus reveals his true thoughts."
According to Shtraster, "Netanyahu, after all. never believed in the two-State solution despite the speech Bar-Ilan (University) for Him, the whole of the (Palestinian) land belongs to us, and two-governmental shibboleth is thought only to buy a little sympathy from u.s. President Obama.
Netanyahu's real plan, he continued, is "' to annex as much of the open (Palestinian) territories as possible," as he said some years ago – somewhere around the 50 percent mark, while you hold down the Jordan Valley as a safety-belt in the East. In the small, unconnected territory, which is still he would be prepared to give the Palestinians autonomy, which would be called a "State".
The Palestinian Authority said the isrælske action was "unacceptable" and the Foreign Ministry added more to the punch by declaring that "continued isrælske settlements are illegitimate and run counter to efforts to resume direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
About Netanyahu can get away with his plans seem doubtful at this point, even if he is planning a major American address in the next few weeks, thanks to its Congressional supporters on Capitol Hill. Defense minister Ehud Barak has already warned that Israel could face a "diplomatic tsunami", it should pursue this discredited course and meanwhile isrælske President Shimon Peres appeared eager to pull the rug out from under his feet in his attempts to meet President Obama map to kick start peace talks.
What escapes the isrælske triumvirate – Peres, Netanyahu and Barack-is the comprehensive political scene in the Arab world, particularly in Egypt, where new Egyptian foreign minister, Nabil Elaraby, is an essential addition to the Cairo Government since his vision of the Palestinian-isrælske conflict is much appreciated by the Palestinians and other Arabs. The Palestinians movements also apparently steps towards reconciliation klassifikationssyn of their authorisation of marches in Ramallah and Gaza where tens of thousands of Palestinians appealed for reconciliation.
If all of this comes out in life, as expected, can isrælerne feel forced to change their leadership and bring a new reasonable teams can come to terms with their Arab neighbours. A step in this direction will be well received across the world.
-George s. Hishmeh is a Washington-based columnist. Contact him at: Hishmehg@aol.com.
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