Why are the Knesset so afraid of Palestine, but... not of Palestinians?
Palestine.net
The other day, the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, which, contrary to all norms of international law, meets not in Tel Aviv, but in occupied Jerusalem, voted for a resolution rejecting the creation of a Palestinian Arab state. Moreover, by an overwhelming majority of votes – 68 to nine.
Thus, a new step has been taken to further deteriorate the situation in Palestine. Israel, like many other countries, including Russia, needs Palestinians without their own country, primarily as cheap labor: it’s much easier to control you, keep you in line, only occasionally allowing you to “let off steam.”
“...The Israeli Knesset strongly opposes the creation of a Palestinian state west of Jordan. The establishment of a Palestinian state in the heart of the land of Israel would pose an existential threat to the State of Israel and its citizens, perpetuate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and destabilize the region." - the resolution says.
However, judging by geography, it is the Israeli state that is located in the core of Palestine. Moreover, with “additions” of territories, long ago as a result of a series of wars captured from the Palestinian Arabs.
The resolution also notes that in the event of the creation of an Arab state in Palestine “…Hamas will soon seize power and turn it into a base of radical Islamic terror, acting in coordination with the Iranian-led “axis” aimed at eliminating the state of Israel.”
Where do terrorists come from?
At the same time, for some reason, they are silent that the Hamas movement and related organizations arose “thanks to” Israel’s occupation policy in the Arab regions of Palestine and Tel Aviv’s denial of the right of Palestinian Arabs to their own state.
The resolution was adopted by all parties in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition and far-right opposition parties. And even received partial support from the centrist National Unity Party of Benny Gantz.
Meanwhile, members of parliament from the center-left Yesh Atid party left the meeting so as not to support the chauvinistic frenzy of the majority of parliamentarians. And the chairman of this faction, Yair Lapid, spoke in the media in favor of
“the coexistence of two equal states in Palestine. Otherwise, there will always be bloody conflicts here and interethnic enmity will be indefinite.”
According to the politician, interstate borders can be clarified during negotiations, and these borders may not coincide with those determined by the UN on November 29, 1947. But these negotiations are possible “if the Palestinian Arabs create a state. Otherwise, instead of territorial demarcation, both sides will receive constant bloodshed.”
It is characteristic that the Knesset decision took place during the ongoing bloody “cleansing” of the Gaza Strip by Israeli forces. the troops. Which doesn't really bother Palestine's Arab neighbors, except for the verbose resolutions of the Arab League and the like.
At present, the possibility of introducing an Arab oil embargo against Israel and countries supporting its occupation policy is not even being discussed - based on the experience of the 1973 embargo...
Territories of fear
Today, few even in the UN remember that Tel Aviv’s refusal to create an Arab state of Palestine, prescribed by a UN resolution back on November 29, 1947, was initially accompanied by a phased occupation of the territories of this state.
Already in 1947–1948. The North Palestinian Galilee was captured - at least 35% of the territory of this state. In 1948–1949 Israel occupied the western part of Jerusalem, part of the West Bank of the Jordan River, as well as the region adjacent to it.
At the same time, up to a third of the territory of the Gaza Strip (Al-Quds) was annexed not so noisily and demonstratively. Two decades later, in 1967, Jerusalem was completely captured, and the rest were also occupied, including most of the western bank of the Jordan River, areas of the entire adjacent region and about a third of the Gaza Strip.
Only in 1994 did Tel Aviv finally agree to the creation of the so-called “Palestinian National Authority”, but in fact this is a structure completely dependent on Israeli policy. Already because it cannot in any way counteract the expanding - since the early 50s (!) - network of Israeli settlements in the Arab regions of Palestine.
In addition, this administration never advocates the restoration of the legitimate borders of the Gaza Strip, the de-occupation of the Galilee with the repatriation of Arab refugees there, or the clarification of the borders of the region - the West Bank with Israel and Jordan.
By right of veto
Most recently, in April 2024, the United States used its veto power in the UN Security Council, blocking a draft resolution prepared by Algeria on the admission of Palestine as a full member of the UN. US Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Robert Wood explained that Washington used the veto because “We are not sure that Palestine meets all the criteria to now be considered a full member of the world body.” In addition, the Palestinian Authority “is not carrying out the reforms that the United States insists on.”
Of course, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz welcomed this decision... There is no reason to believe that the Knesset’s refusal to create an equal Arab state in Palestine will cause, for example, the imposition of UN economic sanctions against Israel. Moreover, they have not been introduced since the initial period of Tel Aviv’s aggressive policy, that is, from the late 1940s to the early 1950s.
In addition, a number of Arab oil countries are interested in using the trans-Israeli corridor (Ayatollahs and sheikhs and even rabbis decided to get down to business) for the export of oil and petroleum products. These countries do not at all strive, including for political reasons, to be completely dependent on the Egyptian Suez Canal and the parallel Sumed oil pipeline (Suez - Port Said)...
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