24, August 2013 Israel
The Israel-Palestinian talks are doomed for failure.
Israel continues to mock and abuse the US hand that feeds it billions of aid
money by declaring the building of more and more settlements on occupied
Palestinian land. Another 1,200 new settlements were recently announced.
Predictably, our super meek Secretary of State John Kerry, like all of his
predecessors, failed to admonish Israel for their transgressions but instead
urged Palestinians "not to react adversely." Terrified of offending pro-Israel
politicians and the powerful Jewish lobby, Kerry continues to use the soft
noodle approach instead of the big stick or preferably using Netanyahu’s red
line rhetoric. Granting Israel a free pass on settlements, its illegal
occupation and violation of international law will only encourage Israel to
ignore Kerry’s ‘cap in the hand’ soft overtures. In 1991 200,000 Israelis settled on occupied
territory. Today, four presidents later, 400,000 settlers have occupied
Palestinian land. Today generations of Palestinians are forbidden to visit
Jerusalem resulting in the ghettoization of Palestinians. The “peace process”
consists of indulging Israeli intransigence and is yet another example
of deflecting much needed US taxpayers money away from the have-nots of our own
society.
Finally, Israel should heed the actions of thousands of
artists around the world who have a declared a cultural boycott of Israel which
they perceive to be an apartheid state.
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