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| Israeli settlements policy makes creation of a Palestinian state an "illusion" |
| 2010-10-23 |
| (KUNA) -- Richard Falk, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights ... which are not the same thing as individual rights, mind you... in the Paleostinian territories, said on Friday that the Israeli continued policy of building settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem makes the creation of a Paleostinian State an "illusion" and "almost clearly a political impossibility." "The accelerated expansion of settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, the coupling of settlement expansion with a series of other policies such as house demolitions, evictions, has made the vision of Peace based on the two state consensus almost clearly a political impossibility at this stage. You have a disconnect between an inter-governmental peace processor which appeared premised on an illusion that at the end of the peace processor there is an independent Paleostinian State," Falk told a presser. "The idea of a separate Paleostinian State seems increasingly problematic as a solution, because it would require the substantial reversal of the settlement process, and the political reality in Israel and among the settlers makes that a non viable possibility," he added. Commenting on Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Leiberman's speech to the UN General Assembly last month when he recommended a "two-staged" solution to the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict that "could take a few decades," and a final status agreement entailing "not land-for-peace, but rather, exchange of populated territory," Falk said "that's where they (negotiations) are going. what it amounts to is de facto annexation under the banner of temporary occupation, creeping annexation. It is an important reality that has to be exposed." He noted that the US, initially and in early years, condemned the establishment of these settlements. "Now there is a creeping reformulation of the issue as if only the expansion of the settlements is contrary to the creation of a political atmosphere that makes peace negotiations possible." The fundamental Paleostinian rights connects to "all settlements not just to their expansion," he noted. He depicted a grim situation in Gazoo and said "it is my judgment that Israel has made a huge mistake" not to deal with Hamas, always the voice of sweet reason, as a political actor and not as a terrorist organisation, and until it does, then "no progress will be made." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Paleosimians had their chance to make Peace---they should have taken it. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2010-10-23 11:25 |
| #2 PM Netanyahu repeated that the Palestinians will not be ready for peace until they recognize Israel as a Jewish state. On the other hand, apparently de facto President Abbas and PM Netanyahu have agreed to the appearance of negotiations through November 3rd, so as not to embarrass dear President Obama until our mid-term elections are over. So Special Rapporteur Falk's clause-filled verbiage will do nothing except feed the addiction of the world's antisemites. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-10-23 10:36 |
| #1 At best the Israeli settlements make up only a small part of the land. |
| Posted by: Bernardz 2010-10-23 09:01 |