By Ira A Feinberg
December 22,
2012
If Israel turns to the right,
it’s wrong. If Israel turns to the left, it’s wrong. If Israel
stands still, it’s wrong. So now, it’s a piece of land 4.6 square miles,
that gives the Israel bashers and their friends a chance to accuse Israel of
stealing, robbing their Palestinian land, and destroying a chance for a real
peace settlement. (As if there was even a chance of peace with the present
leadership of the Palestinians). E1, the area in contention is public land that was acquired as a result
of the six day war of 1967, and has been under Israel control since then. It
will not cut the northern part of the west bank from the southern part in a
projected Palestinian state since there are plans to have transit facilities to
connect the two parts unhindered when and if a Palestinian state is established.
Israel sees it as a way of connecting Ma’ale Adumim (a developed community) with
the city of Jerusalem.
Let’s take a look at reality,
the truth. Peace talks with whom?. The Hamas who make no bones about what they
seek. They want not a piece of Israel, but all of it. What does that mean? It
means all the Jewish inhabitants must go, or be killed. Nice partners for peace. Then there is
is the so called Fatah with their diplomatic suits and ties, telling the world
that they are in favor of a two state solution while at the same time collecting
hundreds of millions of dollars they receive as protection money from Arab
kings, to The European Union, and the generous United States of America a
lot of that money never reaching the people who need it. Millions that went over
the years into a lot of large pockets of so called patriots who ride around in
Mercedes and live in lovely villas, and fly about the world declaring their
intentions of making peace, if only the Israeli’s would behave themselves by
rolling over and dropping dead; and to
stop building and enhancing the land left fallow for thousands of years until
Jews came there and found the milk and honey, and turned the deserts into
farmlands and forests. This Fatah that authorizes the teaching of youngsters
under their control that killing of the Jews is good.Those leaders of Fatah that
have never done anything to stop their educational system from teaching their
children in their schools that all the land Israelis live on is stolen land.
Their authorized text books espouse this vitriol, that the more the Jews build,
the more land they are stealing from Palestinians.
The so called peace talks
usually referred to as crucial to a settlement are simply a perpetuation of a
grand farce; that if only everyone would sit down at a table and talk, there
would be peace. Reality check. Look at the
Middle-east today, and you see nothing but hate of one nation against another,
one sect against another, one economic class of the poor against the powerful
hegemony of wealth and pure greed only
to be found in the imagination of a novel about ruthless kings, one tribe
against another, Male against Female, and woman’s subjugation to live as inferiors
to any man. Many times with their chant, ‘that it is the will of God that these
conditions are proper and can be
perpetuated . Is this the environment than can accept negotiations for peace?
Without real good will on both sides peace will never be possible.
So the farce continues at the
United Nations where the cover motive of the Palestinians is for recognition as
an independent state for goals of liberty and the pursuit of happiness. For
experiencing the pride of having a
nation of their own? Not a
chance! What their real reason for
seeking recognition was to join committees at the United Nations that will allow
them to further promote Israel as the demon; to describe Israel as the
occupier. Israel as”The Thief” in the stealing of their lands.
The media explained in numerous
news articles and reports that Israel’s
stated plan to build homes in the E1
area would eliminate any chance of peace. This action supposedly would make it
impossible for the Palestinians to have one free flowing territory that would
consist of their state, and allow them to connect freely with all of their towns
and cities unhindered. Lies, more lies and distortions that were totally untrue.
Building in E1 would not separate two areas of the Palestinian state. There were
roads and tunnels planned to allow for the free movement from north to south in
any future Palestinian state.
As long as there is no sincere
effort and intention to really talk peace Israel should be free to build where
it wishes to continue to secure its presence in an ever ending bad neighborhood;
to prepare to defend themselves against all those who swear to destroy her. E1
is an attempt to unify Jerusalem and strengthen its foundation. The land belongs
to those who inhabit it. Those who nurture it! Who grow things on it!
So at this time the truth is E1
is no one’s land. It does not belong to either Jews or Arabs. It does belong to
those who will use it in a manner that would benefit all the society in it s
environs. Israel should build on it now, and not trust that others will
guarantee their sovereignty and existence. When the day of peace comes, all the
land will be justly shared. Until then and until that day arrives, when the
preaching and promoting of hate and death by Arabs and Jihadists has
ceased, and when terrorism is exchanged for love, and
freedom, and respect for the human rights of women, and for those different than
one selves, it is most correct for
Israel to build today for her survival and defense. To continue to build and
lead the world in paths of righteousness and peace.
