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Thursday, January 25, 2018 6:22:18 PM
Apartheid, Settler Colonialism and the Palestinian State 50 Years On
"Israel’s Settlements Have No Legal Validity,
Constitute Flagrant Violation of International Law,
Security Council Reaffirms"
With the Palestinians facing a belligerent occupation, an apartheid system that favors Jewish settlers and
a growing settler colonial project, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is becoming chronic, an ongoing Nakba.
by Walid Salem
Vol.22 No.2 & 3, 2017 / Time For Justice And Peace - End the Occupation
[...]
The Situation of an Ongoing Nakba
After 50 years of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, the situation on the ground cannot be described as being any less than catastrophic for the Palestinians. This is a situation that can reasonably be described as a continuation of the 1948 Nakba.
The aspects and ramifications of this ongoing Nakba can be seen everywhere:
First, the Palestinians in East Jerusalem are losing their residency rights, facing house and land confiscations and also house demolitions.
Second, the 2 million Palestinians in Gaza live under constant attacks, imprisoned in their tiny 360 km2 strip, which they cannot use at all, representing one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
Third, in the West Bank, Area Ci Bedouins and farmers are subjected to ongoing processes of evacuation, land confiscations, settlement expansion and settler attacks. They are prevented from cultivating their land and from free movement.
Fourth, the Palestinians in Hebron are subjected to daily settler attacks and the division of their city into Hebronii 1, administered by the Palestinian Authority (PA), and Hebron 2, administered by the Israeli Authority.
Fifth, the Palestinians in Area A and Biii are being subjected to Israeli Army “hot incursions,” which occur at the discretion of the Israeli army to arrest, to assassinate Palestinian political activists or to demolish their houses.
Sixth, and finally, the plight of the Palestinian refugees continues almost 70 years after 1948 and 50 years after the displacement of persons in 1967.
In brief, an Israeli one-state solution in all the historical land of Palestine is in the making, while the Palestinians are facing a growing ignorance of their right to self-determination in an independent state on the 1967 borders. The PLO has accepted this compromise in 1988, a two-state solution to live side-by-side in peace and security with Israel. However, Israel is no longer interested in the two-state solution.
Continued: http://www.pij.org/details.php?id=1786
It reads a pretty fair historical snapshot evidenced by the 'settler maps' reproduced here
again from the post this sits in reply to.
"Israel’s Settlements Have No Legal Validity,
Constitute Flagrant Violation of International Law,
Security Council Reaffirms"
With the Palestinians facing a belligerent occupation, an apartheid system that favors Jewish settlers and
a growing settler colonial project, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is becoming chronic, an ongoing Nakba.
by Walid Salem
Vol.22 No.2 & 3, 2017 / Time For Justice And Peace - End the Occupation
[...]
The Situation of an Ongoing Nakba
After 50 years of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, the situation on the ground cannot be described as being any less than catastrophic for the Palestinians. This is a situation that can reasonably be described as a continuation of the 1948 Nakba.
The aspects and ramifications of this ongoing Nakba can be seen everywhere:
First, the Palestinians in East Jerusalem are losing their residency rights, facing house and land confiscations and also house demolitions.
Second, the 2 million Palestinians in Gaza live under constant attacks, imprisoned in their tiny 360 km2 strip, which they cannot use at all, representing one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
Third, in the West Bank, Area Ci Bedouins and farmers are subjected to ongoing processes of evacuation, land confiscations, settlement expansion and settler attacks. They are prevented from cultivating their land and from free movement.
Fourth, the Palestinians in Hebron are subjected to daily settler attacks and the division of their city into Hebronii 1, administered by the Palestinian Authority (PA), and Hebron 2, administered by the Israeli Authority.
Fifth, the Palestinians in Area A and Biii are being subjected to Israeli Army “hot incursions,” which occur at the discretion of the Israeli army to arrest, to assassinate Palestinian political activists or to demolish their houses.
Sixth, and finally, the plight of the Palestinian refugees continues almost 70 years after 1948 and 50 years after the displacement of persons in 1967.
In brief, an Israeli one-state solution in all the historical land of Palestine is in the making, while the Palestinians are facing a growing ignorance of their right to self-determination in an independent state on the 1967 borders. The PLO has accepted this compromise in 1988, a two-state solution to live side-by-side in peace and security with Israel. However, Israel is no longer interested in the two-state solution.
Continued: http://www.pij.org/details.php?id=1786
It reads a pretty fair historical snapshot evidenced by the 'settler maps' reproduced here
again from the post this sits in reply to.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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