Posted on 12/02/2001 3:16:22 PM PST by Diogenesis
The Attacks (killing perhaps 100 Jews in Haifa, Jerusalem, and elsewhere)
were "upon the Palestinian authority. They were attacks against (Yassir) Arafat"
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NEED FREEPER HELP:
Can ANYONE see any PA or Arafat in these pictures?
Does Colin Powell need new eyeglasses, or a CAT scan, or a Lie Detector Test, or what?
The Palestinians shook the hand that offered peace -- and blew it up [literally, see below the number 7 (*below)).
MM
[The following article will be printed in the "Jerusalem Post" this Friday, December 7, 2001.]
Beware of Powell's Machinations!
Eugene W. Rostow, U. S. Undersecretary of State for political affairs between 1966 and 1969, and former dean of the Yale Law School, played a leading role in producing the much talked about UN Security Council Resolution 242. He has emphatically stated that 242 "calls on the parties to make peace", and allows Israel to administer the territories it took over in 1967 until "a just and lasting peace in the Middle East" is achieved. Resolution 242 called for secure and recognized boundaries agreed to by the parties. When such a lasting peace has been "achieved", Israel is required to withdraw from SOME, but not ALL of the territories it acquired during the Six Day War, in accordance with the agreement reached by the parties to the present dispute. Resolution 338, passed after the Yom Kippur War in 1973, makes Resolution 242 legally binding.
Professor Rostow pointed out that President Reagan always asserted and maintained that Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria and in the Gaza Strip were "perfectly legal." Moreover, the British Mandate fully recognized the right of the Jewish People to settlement in the entire Mandated territory. In 1922, Britain withheld Jewish settlement in what is now Jordan, but Rostow asserts that the Jewish right of settlement in Judea and Samaria, that is west of the Jordan river, is incontestable. Rostow states that right cannot be terminated and is buttressed by Article 80 of the UN Charter which provides that nothing shall be construed to alter in any manner the rights of peoples or the terms of existing international instruments." The Mandate given to Britain by the League of Nations was such an "international instrument." The Mandate recognized the historical connection of the Jewish People with their Biblical homeland, and the grounds for reconstituting their national home in that country. Former Undersecretary Rostow pointed out that, therefore, the Jews have the same right to settle in any part of Judea and Samaria and the Gaza Strip as they have to settle in Haifa, Tel Aviv or Jerusalem.
The State Department, until Powell's Louisville speech, has never denied that under the British Mandate the Jewish People have the right to settle in all parts of Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip. In their desire to keep the oil flowing at a reasonable price, however, they are understandably acting in what they believe to be America's self-interest. General Zinni has been sent for the purpose of bringing Arab violence in the area under control. It should be borne in mind by Prime Minister Sharon and Foreign Minister Peres that Zinni is not here to enforce the legal rights of the Jews to settle in their Jewish homeland. The end result surely will be an appeasement of the Arabs, no matter what the deleterious consequences to Israel which eventually will result from such a pressured arrangement.
Professor Rostow pointed out that the controversy about Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria is, therefore, not about the established legal rights of the Jews. It is Powell's political decision to override these legal rights. Secretary Powell has already indicated this in his recent speech where he talks about Israel's "occupation." There are similar indications in his recent "foreign policy" address that he is about to level heavy pressure on Israel.
Our leaders must recognize that, surrounded by mortal enemies, it cannot rely on anyone but itself. Moreover, as with all other nations, its own self-interest must be the ultimate and decisive criterion. Israel must instinctively know that it cannot accept Powell's intended scenario, if it is to survive.
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Hmm, maybe it gives us some "deniability" for after GW tells Israel to go ahead and kick palestinian ass?
Think three jumps ahead.
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