-Caveat Lector- This problem was created by the UN and IMO it must be solved as aggressively by the UN. Aggression for peace? Of course. Police officers use aggression to keep the peace every day. The UN should take both sides back to the original borders and conditions which started this horror in the late 40's. Then keep a strong UN peace keeping force along the borders, including the border of Jerusalem. Terrorism against both sides of civilians will be almost eliminated. Then the UN will "beat swords into plowshares".
POC On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, William Shannon wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > <A >HREF="http://metimes.com/2K2/issue2002-27/opin/an_israeli_officers.htm";>http://metimes.com/2K2/issue2002-27/opin/an_israeli_officers.htm</A> > > > > An Israeli officer's response to Bush > By Shamai Leibowitz TEL AVIV > > I am an Orthodox Jew and a criminal defense attorney in Tel Aviv. I am also a > tank gunner in reserve duty, and part of a group of 1,000 soldiers who have > refused to serve in the occupied territories. Many of them were imprisoned in > military jails in the past few months. > > Now that President George W. Bush has enlightened us with his new 'Plan' for > the Middle East, we can only wonder how long it will take him to realize that > his plan is useless and meaningless. > > Although his speech was riddled with rosy descriptions he envisions for the > utopian Palestinian State in the far future, Bush managed to avoid any > mention of the present situation in the same parcel of land where all these > wonderful things are to materialize. > > No mention of the fact that all West Bank cities had been invaded by Israeli > military forces; that hundreds of thousands of inhabitants are imprisoned in > their homes by a strict curfew, and that civilians appearing on city streets > are being shot at like dogs by Israeli tanks and Apache helicopters. > > His failure to understand that no progress can be made while a whole nation > is being brutally occupied is the basic flaw in his policy, and serves as the > best explanation why his Middle East plans have consistently become colossal > failures. > > Bush's delusional thinking that he can change the Palestinian leadership by > delivering a speech is mind-boggling. The American president thinks he can > just do away with any leader in the world he dislikes. > > This kind of thinking is going to cost us a lot of bloodshed. It is only a > matter of time until Bush's 'new outline' will turn to ashes as the flames in > this region reach higher and higher. > > Instead of offering a glimmer of hope, his plans resemble the famous Biblical > burning bush, i.e. more of the same (see Exodus 3:2). This means more Israeli > occupation, which will result in more terror and more fatalities. > > Clearly, the terror attacks are abhorrent. They have no justification in any > sane polity. However, no amount of condemnation will stop them. Bush fails to > comprehend that the suicide bombings are a product of mass starvation and > humiliation of the Palestinian people. > > Bush's aides are doing us so much harm by refusing to acknowledge that only > an immediate end to the Israeli occupation will bring an immediate end to the > Palestinian uprising. > > We are now witnessing a situation in which 3.5 million people have no future, > no hope, no vision, other than to become terrorists and avenge the continued > harassment and shelling by the Israeli army's helicopters, tanks and > artillery. > > While Bush has no knowledge of this region, we have been living here, > watching how the Palestinians were trampled and denied basic rights on a > daily basis, besieged and occupied in every possible way. > > Our Jewish sources teach us that where there is no justice, there is no > peace. The idea behind the Oslo accords, namely that we could 'negotiate' a > peace agreement while remaining the occupying power, has proven to be > romantic nonsense. > > Can you expect a rape victim to negotiate with her attacker? Can you expect a > slave to negotiate with his master a 'contract of freedom?' > > Most Israelis know deep in their hearts that once we stop humiliating and > oppressing this nation, we will become a safe and secure democratic Israel > living next to a viable Palestinian state. > > Most intelligent people in the world understand that the Palestinians had a > right to a state of their own many years ago. And there should have been an > Israeli-Palestinian border marking the two completely separate sovereign > states. > > There is only one institution in the world that is blind to this: the Israeli > government. > > This means it is up to us, Israeli soldiers, to defend ourselves, defend > ourselves from our government. > > And this can only be done through refusal to participate in the occupation. > It is our opinion that an Israeli soldier refusing to dominate and starve > millions of Palestinians is defending his state in the best possible way. > > The reason is simple: If enough soldiers refuse, we will eventually force our > government to relinquish its death-grip on the West Bank and Gaza. 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