Det er positivt at Netanyahu i prinsippet støtter en palestinsk stat. Slik situasjonen er på Vestbredden og i Gaza, må alle slike små bevegelser hylles. Dessverre greier ikke Netanyahu å legge bort helt håpløse krav i samme åndedrag. Det blir ikke fred i Midtøsten så lenge israelerne forlanger å få håndtere palestinerne som et annenrangs folk. Ydmykelse fører aldri noen steds hen. Det skaper hat. Det skaper fortvilelse og det gir grobunn for voldsradikale grupper, godt støttet av andre hatefulle militær-regimer som feks Iran.
Det er trist at Israel fortsetter å klamre seg til de brutale bruddene på folkeretten som de ulovlige bosetningene inne på et annet folks land er, selv om det er positivt at Netanyahu åpner for å også legge dette inn som en del av forhandlingene framover.
Her er tidligere bloggposter om Palestina: Tore O. om Palestina
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Hvor har du det fra at "israelerne forlanger å få håndtere palestinerne som et annenrangs folk"? Israel har aldri hatt noe ønske om å styre araberne, men dersom de fortsatt ønsker og planlegger å ødelegge Israel, vil naturlig nok Israel foretrekke det foran å gjøre selvmord.
Er det så vanskelig å forstå?
Hva er så brutalt med at det bor jøder blant arabere på Vestbredden? Det har bodd jøder der i tusener av år. Skal Vestbredden være etnisk renset for jøder slik det var fra 1948 til 1967 og fortsatt er i f.eks. Jordan og Saudi-Arabia?
Inne i selve Israel er 20% arabere. Med din logikk betyr jo det at de ikke kan bo blant jøder.
Hva vet så du om folkeretten? Fakta er at Vestbredden er et omstridt område som ikke har en avklart status. Ganske mange i Israel mener at gjeldende folkerett med hensyn til Vestbredden, er det som ble vedtatt i fredsslutningen etter 1. verdenskrig i San Remo-konferansen i 1920. Etter deres oppfatning legger det hele Palestina åpent for jødisk innvandring, særlig på statsjord.
Når du nevner hva som skaper hat vil jeg anbefale å lese om den intense hatpropagandaen i arabiske medier og i skolebøker her:
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www.pmw.org.il
Mer lesestoff her:
www.miff.no/x-Bosetningene.htm
Arabere for Israel:
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Jimmy Carter:
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"If we receive this guarantee regarding demilitarization and Israel’s security needs, and if the Palestinians recognize Israel as the State of the Jewish people, then we will be ready in a future peace agreement to reach a solution where a demilitarized Palestinian state exists alongside the Jewish state," he said.
Vowing to speak in plain terms about the complicated issues at hand, Netanyahu spoke firmly on the demand that Israel make more territorial concessions.
"Many good people have told us that withdrawal from territories is the key to peace with the Palestinians. Well, we withdrew. But the fact is that every withdrawal was met with massive waves of terror, by suicide bombers and thousands of missiles... The claim that territorial withdrawals will bring peace with the Palestinians, or at least advance peace, has up till now not stood the test of reality.
"Those who think that the continued enmity toward Israel is a product of our presence in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, is confusing cause and consequence. The attacks against us began in the 1920s, escalated into a comprehensive attack in 1948 with the declaration of Israel’s independence, continued with the fedayeen attacks in the 1950s, and climaxed in 1967. All this occurred during the fifty years before a single Israeli soldier ever set foot in Judea and Samaria."
'I will go to Damascus, to Beirut'
On the issue of settlements and outposts in the West Bank the prime minister touched on only briefly, saying that Israel has no intention of expropriating land to build new settlements but that there is a need to allow settlers to live "normal lives" - alluding to the demand of 'natural growth' within the existing settlements.
Answering US President Obama's statement in Cairo that Israel was built as a result of the Holocaust, Netanyahu said - "The right of the Jewish people to a state in the land of Israel does not derive from the catastrophes that have plagued our people. There are those who say that if the Holocaust had not occurred, the state of Israel would never have been established. But I say that if the state of Israel would have been established earlier, the Holocaust would not have occurred.
"This tragic history of powerlessness explains why the Jewish people need a sovereign power of self-defense. But our right to build our sovereign state here, in the land of Israel, arises from one simple fact: this is the homeland of the Jewish people, this is where our identity was forged.
However, Netanyahu also said that Israel must recognize that millions of Palestinians live in the heart of the West Bank, and continued control over these people is undesirable. "In my vision, there are two free peoples living side by side each with each other, each with its own flag and national anthem," he said.
The prime minister declared that the solution of the Palestinian refugee problem must be "outside Israel," and drew a parallel to the expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Jews from their native Arab nations with the creation of Israel and their subsequent absorption in Israel. "The Palestinian refugee problem must be resolved outside the borders of the state of Israel. On this, there is a broad international consensus," Netanyahu said, adding that with international investment this "humanitarian problem" can be solved.
Netanyahu also called for Arab leaders to meet him and contribute to Palestinian economic development. "I support the idea of regional peace that is being led by (US President) Obama," Netanyahu said. "I appeal, from here this evening, to the leaders of the Arab states and say: Let's meet. Let's talk peace. Let's make peace. I am willing to meet with you any time, any place - in Damascus, in Riyadh, in Beirut."
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