One of the many shocks to those who start researching the Israeli Palestinian Conflict is coming to the realization that there never has been a middle east peace process only a series of attempts by Israel to avoid peace.

December 24, 2007

Uri Avnery - Help! A cease fire!

The chief of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, has approached an Israeli newspaper and proposed a cease-fire. No more Qassams, no more mortars, no suicide bombings, no Israeli military incursions into the Strip, no "targeted liquidations" of leaders. A total cease-fire. And not only in the Gaza Strip, but in the West Bank, too.

The military leadership exploded in anger. Who does he think he is, that bastard? That he can stop us with such dirty tricks?

THIS IS the second time within a few days that an attempt has been made to thwart our war plans.

 

December 21, 2007

YNet - Catholic leader rejects Israel's Jewish identity

''This land cannot be exclusive for anyone,'' he said, adding that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had unleashed "forces of evil" across the Middle East and that it was Israel's obligation, as to end the warring. "The one who will decide is Israel. If Israel decides for peace, there will be peace… Until now, there has been no peace, simply because there has been no willingness to make it."

Sabbah denounced Israel's demand to be recognized as a Jewish state by the Palestinians and said "God made this land for all three of us, so a suitable state is one who can adapt itself to the vocation of this land.

Independent UK - Angry start to Palestinian talks

The first formal Israeli Palestinian negotiating process for seven years made an acrimonious start yesterday in the shadow of plans for new Jewish housing in Arab East Jerusalem and the threat of military escalation in Gaza.

Palestinian negotiators used the first session since the international Middle East conference in Annapolis to express their outrage over plans for an expansion of the settlement of Har Homa - already criticised by the US, EU and UK government.

 

November, 2007

Resolution 242 After 40 Years

Modern international law has emphatically prohibited the acquisition of territory by force since the end of the Second World War. The 1945 United Nations Charter is built upon this principle, it enjoys virtual universal acceptance, and it has been endorsed by the International Court of Justice and by all leading international law scholars. Over the past forty years, both the Security and Council and the General Assembly have repeatedly endorsed the dictum of “no title by conquest”, with direct reference to the territories occupied by Israel. This prohibition applies whether the conflict is characterized as a war of aggression or one of self-defence.

Zmag - Israel's strategy for permanent occupation and apartheid

Jeff Halper argues that, for the Israeli government and the majority
of Israelis, the overriding question is not how to reach peace with
the Palestinians but how to transform the occupation from a
temporary situation to a permanent political fact, de facto or
through apartheid.

September 22, 2007

Jerusalem Post - Israel rejects Hamas's offer for cease-fire in Gaza Strip

Israel has rejected an offer by Hamas to renew a cease-fire in the Gaza
Strip, Israel Radio reported Friday.

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh's office reportedly contacted a senior
diplomatic source in Jerusalem through a third party before the cabinet
decided on Wednesday to declare Gaza a "hostile territory."

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