As #Palestine simmers, calls for mutual restraint are both predictable and unjust For several years now the territories have been simmering with tensions provoked by the combined assaults of #Israels government, army and settlers. They have made life a living hell for Palestinians. When it has not been the theft of land, its been the bulldozing of agricultural land, house demolitions, arrests, detention, torture and ultimately extrajudicial killings. People can only take so much before a response has to be expected. One reason why some observers believe that the third intifada has started stems from the role of Jerusalem. Unlike other cities in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Authority has absolutely no presence in #Jerusalem. As such it cannot intervene there to suppress anti-Israel demonstrations as it does in the rest of the West Bank, to Israels benefit. In other words the Palestinians in Jerusalem are much freer to resist settler attacks and provocations. The events of recent weeks have shown that no military force or power can suppress a people who desire freedom. After enduring 47 years of life under Israels brutal military occupation, it appears that the Palestinians in the West Bank and Jerusalem will take charge of their destiny regardless of the direction in which the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah chooses to go. Nothing reinforces this conviction more than the inability of the PA to protect its people from the ravages of the settlers, despite President Abbass proud claim that security coordination with Israel is sacred. No political rhetoric can now conceal the fact that this so-called security coordination is, in reality, a business relationship whereby the PA provides services to the occupation and it receives in return a handsome payment from #Brussels and #Washington. It is a sacred cash cow. The groundswell of anger that has been building up after years of deception and betrayal by friends and foes alike has reached its limit. Armed with a vision and an unstoppable will, Palestinians in the occupied territories know that the prize of national liberation will never be granted; it has to be taken. https://middleeastmonitor/resources/commentary-and-analysis/12654-as-palestine-simmers-calls-for-mutual-restraint-are-both-predictable-and-unjust
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 11:44:07 +0000
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