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When it comes to Palestine and our Politicians:
Just listen to the shower we all suffer from as politicians – it doesn’t seem as if there is a single one who should or even could lead, in the matter of the War against Palestine.
It seems none of them have a clue regarding the history of the Region. Yet without consideration of the history our Politicians hold forth with their ill-informed pronouncements.
Yes of course we all want to see an immediate cease fire, not just in the short term but a long term solution for the dispute – Yes every idiot in Politics and there is a huge raft of them – ALL want to see this solution so what are they blathering about? There are two problems none of these simpletons seem to be considering – the first is how they would achieve the settlement when both sides have absolutely different values and totally different values they wish to have as an outcome.
The history has made the childish comments of politician Fistly: impossible to achieve and Secondly: unlikely to last!
So let us look at the early history of the region. Here I have relied upon the brief history of Palestine, formerly Canaan – I have incorporated the work of Daniel Schwartz as published openly on the internet by Quora.
“Why do people say there is no Palestine while Moses brought his tribe to Palestine and the Region from Jordan to the Mediteranean was Palestine under the Romans?”
It’s not quite true that “there is no Palestine”. The Romans conquered Judaea in 70, and again in 135, and renamed it Syria Palaestina to erase the memory of Judaea. There is evidence that, even earlier, the name Palaestina was used (as a reference to Philistia, the land of the Philistines, a Greek sea-people who vanished from history in the 6th century BC).
There was no Palestine, nor even Philistia, at the time of Moses. Moses brought the Children of Israel to the land of Canaan.
So the name “Palestine” has existed for well over 2000 years a long time, and it referred to a region of land. The locals rarely, if ever, called it that, but it was a name used by foreigners. And when the British captured the entire region from the Ottomans in 1917, that’s what they called it.
On the other hand, there has never been a country of Palestine, it would seem to have been a region encapsulating various Countries including Syria and Philistia in the way that there had been a country of Judaea … and, until very recently, there had not been a Palestinian people (the way there was a Jewish people from Judaea).
We know who the ancient Kings of Israel were. They are referenced in the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Quran, and we have archaeological evidence for them. But there was never a King of Palestine, or a Sultan of Palestine, or an Emir of Palestine.
We have ancient Judaean coins — from Masada, from Judaea under the Romans before that, and from the Greek period before that. But we have no ancient coins that say Palestine. You will not find such currency earlier than 1927 — issued by the British — and even those will say Eretz Yisrael (or the initials thereof, א”י) on them, in Hebrew.
It is certainly true that today there is a Palestinian people, with hopes and dreams and aspirations. But let’s not claim that these are the people of a proud nation that was stolen from them. They are not.
3 to 3,500 murdered.
The Sergeants affair which took place in British Mandate Palestine in July 1947, whilst the British were mandated by the UN/League of Nations to try to keep the peace in Palestine. The Jewish terrorist group Irgun kidnapped two British Army NCOs, Sergeant Clifford Martin and Sergeant Mervyn Paice, and threatened to hang them if the death sentences passed on three Irgun militants were carried out.
There is no possible way to claim the Zionist reprisals against women and children can be passed off as an acceptable way in which they are justified to defend themselves – Particularly as they are so heavily armed and have such sophisticated defence in ‘The Iron Dome’ – I gather for all Hamas’s rockets only a handful have reached targets and very few people have been killed or injured!
However, Iron Dome will run out of defensive rockets long before Hamas runs out of rockets and The Zionists will run out of soldiers long before Palestine runs out of people to die for them fulfilling the dream of Palestine and return of their land and homes.
The dream of Israel is over, it is just a matter of time and the Zionists must decide howmany of their children MUST die in an attempt to keep Netanyahu and his cronies out of prison. 350,000 Israeli reservists can not win there are 2.5 Million Palestinians who lived in Gaza at least 80% will be willing to die to win – they have proved this over ther last 75 years by staying in Palestine – what will the Zionists do if Hamas calls on the help of Hisbola and what would the Zionists use as an army to defend themselves and if that was inadequate and Hamas were forced to call on the 80,000,000 Muslims to help I can promise there will be a force larger than the world population of 16M Jews, willing to contribute – Consider the fact that there are 2 Billion Muslims or 13% of the world population.
Clearly, the Zionist position, if they fail to make an accommodation that appeases Islam is akin to a flea climbing an elephant’s leg with intent to rape – Nemesis!
If the Zionists fail to find an excuse to claim a victory within 12 hours I regret to say Israel is finished and will not even have a seat at the table in setting up Palestine and if Israel is VERY lucky they might be able to return to the 1967 borders but it is likely it will be largely disarmed, as I doubt Hamas will permit a heavily armed Zionist force.
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Did Britain have any intention of establishing an independent Palestinian state under its mandate? …
Britain was far from happy with the Balfour Declaration but having fought & largely funded the War to maintain the liberty of Europe since 1914 we were in no position to confront Canada & The USA over the Declaration, which was merely and predictably the foundations for the catastrophe we see now!
Consider the poison chalice Britain was ensnared with with ‘The British Mandate’ from 1917 and the signing of The Balfour Declaration, which was an act of total folly with an inevitable outcome – which we are experiencing today.
Look at the history of the period from 1917 to 1948:
Britain in Palestine 1917-1948 investigates the contradictory promises and actions which defined British Mandatory rule in Palestine and laid the groundwork for the Nakba (the catastrophe) and the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The roots of the contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental landscape of Palestine and Israel can be traced back to this period, making it essential viewing for understanding Britain’s legacy in the region and the situation on the ground today. To access English, Arabic and Hebrew subtitles click on the CC link on the video. For further analysis of the events outlined in the film see the Companion Guide to Britain in Palestine 1917-1948. Reviews “A very useful explanation of how we got to where we are today. Fascinating photos I had not seen before. A great resource to show in any classroom or forum to people who want to learn more about this region, and specifically, Britain’s involvement. Afif Safieh, Former Palestinian Ambassador “…This film brilliantly puts into perspective the role the United Kingdom played in Mandate Palestine from 1917-1948.” Rabbi Howard Finkelstein, Ontario, Canada “This is an excellent short 18-min video from @BalfourProject explaining briefly but super-clearly how British colonialism has caused a century of war in Palestine.” Matthew Teller, Journalist and author of Nine Quarters of Jerusalem: A New Biography of the Old City (2022) “Britain in Palestine 1917 – 1948 is a clear, precise and factual explanation of the historical origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict. For anyone who wants to develop a real understanding of the issue but is intimidated by it’s complexity, this film is the place to start.” Judah Passow, Photojournalist
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which was incrementally exacerbated in 1948 with Independence the collusion in control of 1964 and the Oslo Agreement of 2014 – at every stage the Zionists failed to honour their undertakings and ratcheted up control with steady Ethnic Cleansing and progressively ignoring the liberty and rights of the indigenous peoples of Palestine.
Now we see the Zionists taking a leaf out of Germany’s playbook which dehumanised the Jews to make the Holocaust acceptable, in Palestine the Palestinians are being dehumanised to make their Genocide acceptable.
It is VERY wrong to conflate the atrocities of Hamas with the beliefs and values of Palestinians, whom they have terrorised.
The atrocities of Hamas do not for one second justify atrocities in reprisal – The ratcheting up of horror will ensure that never again will a Jew have any opportunity to feel safe anywhere – just look how widespread the support for Palestine is worldwide, a support that is made up of dispossessed Palestinians and some, having been brutalised even go as far as to horrifically support Hamas, seeing them as the only leaders who have represented the peoples of Palestine.
It is all too easy to forget 96% of the population of Palestine were Palestinians now Gaza, which is a mere 26miles by 6miles, has 2.5 Million Palestinians captured & controlled – so many that huge numbers have been forced to live in foreign countries having lost their homes and their Country.
If we for a moment condone and seek to justify Zionist Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide as their concept of ‘Self-Defence’, they have lost the moral right to castigate the atrocities of Hamas.
A situation exacerbated by the fact that the Zionists hold Nuclear Weapons, in complete contravention of Worldwide Laws, have cut the supply of food, water, electricity, treatment and medicine to 2.5M civilians in direct contravention of any decency, morality and rules of war. They are also using modern arial bombardment with weapons they nor Hamas could ever afford!
Little wonder that Britain was not happy about the Balfour Declaration of 1917.
Let us not forget it was Britain that brought an end to the Holocaust in 1945 aided by our allies, not some mythical Country called Israel nor a global army of Jews!
Beyond all doubt I support Judaism as a religion, but I totally repudiate the atrocities of Hamas and their fellow travelers in slaughter, the Zionist occupiers of Palestine.
I also condemn Hamas as terrorists for slaughter of civilians for political aims – exactly why I also condemn the actions of the Zionists in sinking to that same level of terrorism.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR7nVYz9rJo?si=HtuSXNnAii2Ho7wG
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More Military/Political Facts:
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Clearly, the Zionists have walked into every trap put before them and Benjamin Netanyahu has brought the State The Zionists led by the cowardly terrorists of Irgun & Hagana, after The British Mandate ended in 1948. called Israel closer to it’s end, in its present form and possibly at all!
Netanyahu has destroyed any chance any Jew on this planet can ever again feel safe – Never before has any Jew done such damage to the future of Jews and Judaism, the ONLY hope Jews have is to leave Palestine for ever more. The War Crimes of the Zionists have sealed their own demise.
Just listen to Scott Ritter it is a series of Military & Political facts that are undeniable and confirm every word in my Polemic – I regret to tell you.
Zionism has lost and it is just a matter of time and it is totally self-inflicted.
I am well aware that there is a great deal of opinion and propaganda that supports the Zionist, and here are some unrelated examples of Bias & propaganda from the BBC, showing just how opinions & bias can be used as propaganda:
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has been involved in several controversial interviews over the years. Here are some of the most notable ones:
Andrew Tate BBC interview: In 2014, the BBC conducted an interview with Andrew Tate, a controversial influencer who was being investigated by Romanian prosecutors for rape, human trafficking, and exploiting women. Tate denied all allegations and dismissed the testimonies of individual women involved in the investigation. He also described another woman interviewed anonymously by the BBC as “imaginary” 1.
- Martin Bashir’s interview with Princess Diana: In 1995, Martin Bashir conducted an interview with Princess Diana, which ignited criticism and changed the course of royal history. The BBC is currently investigating whether it acted improperly to land the interview 2.
- Real Lives interview with Martin McGuinness: In 1985, the BBC aired a controversial interview with Martin McGuinness, a former IRA member, which led to accusations of bias and censorship 3.
- Nationwide general election special with Thatcher: In 1983, the BBC aired a general election special with Margaret Thatcher, which led to accusations of bias and censorship 3.
- Panorama documentary called Maggie’s Militant Tendency: In 1984, the BBC aired a Panorama documentary called Maggie’s Militant Tendency, which led to accusations of bias and censorship 3.
- BBC’s coverage of the US 1986 Bombing of Libya: In 1986, the BBC’s coverage of the US bombing of Libya led to accusations of bias and censorship 3.
- Zircon affair: In 1986, the BBC’s coverage of the Zircon affair, a British intelligence leak, led to accusations of bias and censorship 3
So we can only agree that Bias, Propaganda & financial interest indubitably gives rise to opposed points of view – I have clearly stated my horror and disgust at the massacre by Hamas, but having seen much of the propaganda surrounding the Iraq Wars when again and again we saw the same actors with the same children presented as casualties in entirely different situations and the endless corrupt photographs of photo models in White helmets in Lebanon and Syria!
The photographers in commerce working for advertising agents have much the same skill set as Propaganda photographers and Paparatzi.
All too often we see fact-check films on TV, where the same scenes materialise in a multitude of different situations.
Having read 4 or 5 of Douglas Murray’s books (I think he has written 7 or 8), I’ve also read a number of Peterson’s books and follow both on Twitter and You Tube where I have listened to many of their interviews and output, similarly I follow Tom Sowell, Ben Shapiro and a number of others. I agree with most that both Murray, Sowell and Peterson have to say though I find Ben Shapiro a very good source of Zionist propaganda well able to put an interesting spin on facts.
Let us consider a very simple guideline as to who and what tends to be plausible – take for instance the evidence from the attack of the 7th. October – yes, after years of oppression and having lost their homes and homeland by serial dispossession I am unsurprised that the vile terrorist attack took place – I do question the numbers and note the ease with which casualties can be exaggerated.
Perhaps you might wish to stop and consider my scepticism – I have a lifetime of experience of exposure to military data and have exposed numerous outright lies about casualties, causes and corrupt political reports.
Consider the utterly dishonest representation of the Civil War in Kenya between the Kikuyu and The Mau Mau, where the Mau Mau were crippling entire herds of cattle by cutting the tendons on their back legs – the mass rapes and slaughter between the main protagonist tribes – I well remember the reports from friends who lived there and yes there was atrocious behaviour from a tiny percentage of British other ranks amongst whom were several people I know well.
Then of course was the fraud of Arab Spring orchestrated to defend the US$ as a reserve currency and the subsequent murder of Murmar Gaddafi to prevent The Gold Dinar and the greening of Mali, Niger, Libya and Tunisia!
This is not to overlook the outright lies of John Scarlett, that earned him a Knighthood and the utter corruption and dishonesty of Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair, Jack Straw and their cronies and the lies they orchestrated in the Chamber of the UN with Colin Powell.
No I do NOT automatically accept the propaganda of governments and their agents – anymore than I accept the propaganda of terrorists or other protagonists!
We hear from Zionists that The Palestinians were not the indigenous people of Palestine! Then, minded that they were sequentially stripped of their homes and homeland – does this sound as if they have been fairly treated? When, because they were exceedingly well able by force of arms, the Zionists drove 2,500,000 people off their land and from their homes forcing them to live in an area 26 miles by 6 miles, where the totality of the area is urbanised to provide flats to live in, where 40% of those thus inprisonned are under 20 with limited access to education, no open spaces for leisure, and trapped behind a 50foot concrete wall, dependent on around 150 artic lorries of aid a day for lack of ANY agricultural land, zero ability to be industrial and denied access to any kind of job, future or hope!
Please don’t be so easily duped as to believe the Zionist propaganda – just ask yourself where the 100s of 1,000s of Palestinians in Britain have come from!
I freely accept Ben Shapiro’s presentation to The Oxford Union was well presented but when studied it was shot full of holes – however parading his Judaism will always raise the level of guilt in Western audiences but as with Douglas Murray and others I not a total paucity of remotely viable solution that is balanced and not giving the Palestinians yet another oppressive kicking.
The solution just isn’t that simple, as progress to the attack Hamas made, which sadly was absolutely predictable from The Balfour Treaty of 1917 as the oppression of the dispossessed was incrementally increased.
Let us never forget Palestine was handed to Jews to govern as an open and an equal democracy but Zionism seized control and the future was founded on naked terrorism and the gratuitous slaughter of civilians by the Zionist Terrorists of Irgun and Haganah.
Regardless of all I have said I ask you to study the facts but, as I have, considering all the data you can accrue and then using your intelligence and seeking a solution not a way of scoring points – blindly accepting either side of the propaganda is to overlook the honest beliefs of both sides – It is not for us to perpetuate the violence, oppression and lives ruined on all sides.
We must do all we can to seek solutions but sadly with a stroke of a pen in 1917 there is every possibility that the death warrant of civilisation, even possibly mankind, was signed!
There will be additional material added as it comes to hand or becomes relevant.
However when it comes to immediate Peace perhaps the Zionists should have planned for peace through history just consider the number of times – even through extensive terrorism with Irgun, Stern Gang, Hagana and countless other Zionist terrorists , how again and again they have pushed the indigenous Palestinians deeper and deeper into the arms of extremists.
As a Government, however imposed, it is certain they have not made ANY step towards peace, it was inevitable that terrorism by the Zionists would not gain any friends for Zionism, because as a Government terrorism is no solution, when the entire Government mobilises slaughtering the elderly, women and children there can be no chance of peace in the longterm:
Do be aware that all, even vaguely contentious, material, is founded on a mixture of facts, where sourced, and opinions – with bias and propaganda potentially in every situation.
Some facts are hard to refute!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RYBV1X7_CM?si=CI3jNO7w5t12qIHF
In the context of the Region:
Why does Jordan support Palestine when Palestine attempted to overthrow the king?
It doesn’t, really. Strategically, Jordan’s government is as afraid (more afraid?) of Palestinian nationalism and the PLO as Israel is. But unlike Israel (<20% Palestinian, not counting the West Bank), Jordan (>70% Palestinian, by unofficial estimate) must tread lightly around the issue.
Quick history lesson: in the 1920s, when the combined population of Palestine and “Transjordan” on the map above was less than a million people (650,000 west of the river Jordan, about 200,000 east of the river, most of the latter being nomadic), the river Jordan—which forms the physical border between Palestine (“West Bank”) and the modern kingdom of Jordan (“East Bank”)—was the notional divide between the nomadic Arabs and the sedentary, Arabic-speaking farmers (fellaheen), who were subject to direct rule and taxation by the Ottomans.
When the British took over after WWI, they handed a still unformed “emirate” east of the river to one of the Mohammadan sharifs of Mecca, the modern Hashemite dynasty of Jordan. Both the king and the population were (then) predominantly “Bedu.” But it should not be curious why the newly minted rulers of Trans-Jordan would have wanted to expand their rule over the (comparatively) wealthy towns west of the river, and become “kings of Jordan” over the West Bank as well. This is, historically, what happened from the Arab-Israeli War of 1948 until the Six Day War of 1967.
If the problem isn’t already obvious: “Jordan” managed to swallow a much larger, and in practice more active, politically conscious, and radicalised population, whose revolutionary organisations proved themselves a threat to the dynasty: after being expelled from Jordan following the 1971 “Black September” uprising, the PLO leadership fled to Lebanon, leading to the Lebanese civil war of 1975–1990, Christian militancy, Israeli occupation, Syrian occupation (until 2005), and ultimately takeover by the radical Shi’i group Hezbollah.
For obvious reasons, the Jordanian monarchy is terrified of something similar happening to them.
In modern Jordan, the “indigenous” East Banker minority runs the military, security services, and important public sector jobs: the several million Palestinian “immigrants”, about a million of whom are “off the books”, have to fend for themselves. This means they, as the most educated group in the Arab world (a cynic might call them the “Arab Jews”) run the moderately lucrative private sector, but also have many people unemployed and in poverty. They are the pit of potential unrest the dynasty knows will, inevitably, turn against them. Supporting Palestinian nationalism is one way to blunt the edge.
The reality is, ever since the Jordanian kings made their acquisitions in the 1948 war, their goals have more or less been in line with Israel: keep the status quo and stamp down on popular Arab movements. Israel prefers having an aristocratic East Banker minority ruling Jordan, rather than the country being taken over by an expansionist Fatah or Hamas: Jordan prefers having its Palestinian majority think of someplace else as a homeland they’ll return to, so as to justify leaving power to the East Banker elite. This is also why Israel has generally supported Jordan’s claims to stewardship of Jerusalem and the West Bank over big foreign powers’—KSA, Turkey, & Iran all seem too willing to throw the locality into the fire for international prestige, although after the recent thaw with Saudi Arabia, this may be changing.
In practice, the Jordanian dynasty’s “opposition” is calculated, for the same reason all the Arabian dynastic rulers (Sauds, Gulfies, Omanis, etc.) have never really cared about what some far-off peasants have been doing; “the Palestinians know their own valleys better”, as Ibn Sa’ud said. Eventual Saudi support for Palestine was also a way to take the edge off of pan-Arabism: populist, Soviet-leaning leaders threatened to turn their Palestinian immigrants and their native co-workers against them. This is why they have since switched to Indian labour and religious sinecures for the natives, which the West saw as fighting off the “Revolution”.
If the Hashemites seriously reconciled with their Jewish neighbour, more than half their population would get very angry—and seek to assuage their lost national rights with revolution. Nobody wants that: not Jordan, not Israel, and when we get down to it, not the Palestinians themselves.
However it is hard not to note that back in the 1960s a British Gas/Oil exploration established there were extensive reserves of Gas in Palestine in the waters and on land dedicated as Gaza – Consider:
Gaza Gas Reserves Israel’s Real Agenda In Hamas War? EU, US Join Energy Race Post Russia Ukraine War
SEE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFwORpILJJY
74,494 views Nov 19, 2023 GAZA
Israel has long been pounding Gaza, calling its ground invasion an operation to eliminate Palestinian terror group Hamas. However, some experts say Israel’s ultimate objective is to confiscate Gaza’s multi-billion-dollar gas resources. Gaza Marine is a natural gas field located 36 km off the coast of the Gaza Strip at a depth of 610 metres.
It is estimated to hold 32 billion cubic metres of natural gas and a smaller field containing roughly 3 billion cubic metres of gas.
Many experts believe not just the destruction of Hamas, but the issue of sovereignty over Gaza’s gas fields is also vital for Israel.
Offshore gas reserves behind Israel’s “end game” for gaza?
#israel #hamas #gaza #palestine #gazaunderattack
Video: AP/AFP/Reuters 0:00 – Introduction
1:04 – Occupied Palestinian Land Sits on Huge Oil Reserves
2:50 – Do Palestinians Have Rightful Claim Over Oil Reserves?
3:45 – Israel Eyeing Gaza’s Oil and Gas Riches?
4:40 – Israel Strategising to Become Major Oil & Gas Exporter?
6:03 – Why Gaza’s Oils Riches May Not Have Triggered Israel-Hamas War
& now consider:
U.S. to Push Israel on Allowing Gaza Offshore Gas Reserves to Revitalize Palestinian Economy
Israel gave preliminary approval for the development of a gas field off Gaza’s coast in June. ‘We shouldn’t exaggerate its potential, but it can absolutely be a revenue stream for a Palestinian government,’ says Amos Hochstein, President Biden’s energy security advisor, who is currently visiting Israel
WASHINGTON – Amos Hochstein, U.S. President Joe Biden’s energy security advisor, is currently visiting Israel to discuss preventing a second front from opening between Israel and Lebanon amid ongoing clashes with Hezbollah, as well as potential economic revitalization plans for Gaza centered around undeveloped offshore natural gas fields.
“While in Israel, Hochstein will emphasize that restoring calm along Israel’s northern border is of utmost importance to the United States and it should be a top priority for both Israel and Lebanon,” a U.S. official told Reuters.
He has been “backbriefing” Israeli officials on his meetings in Lebanon, according to U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. “We don’t want to see this war escalate or widen, we certainly don’t believe it’s in anybody’s interest – certainly not the Israeli people,” Kirby said.
Hochstein was most recently in Bahrain, where he discussed the opportunity to develop offshore gas fields on behalf of the Palestinians as part of plans for post-war Gaza.
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Israel gave preliminary approval for the development of a gas field off Gaza’s coast in June, stressing it would require security coordination with both the PA and Egypt. The Gaza Marine field, nearly 20 miles off Gaza’s coast, has remained undeveloped despite holding an estimated 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. This total is hypothetically much more than needed to power the Palestinian territories, and some of it could be potentially exported.
“There is an opportunity here to develop the gas fields in offshore Gaza, on behalf of the Palestinians,” Hochstein told The National, adding “as soon as we get to the day after and this horrible war ends, there are companies willing to develop those fields”.
“We shouldn’t exaggerate its potential, but it can absolutely be a revenue stream for a Palestinian government, and to ensure there is an independent energy system for Palestine,” he continued, adding that there is “clear mechanism that we have developed, that would pose no threat and would maximize the effectiveness for the Palestinian people”.
Hochstein noted that he is “100 percent” sure Israel would allow this, adding that “I am very confident, there is no reason for them not to, it is not theirs [the Israelis], the gas belongs to the Palestinian people.”
His visit, which was first reported by Axios, further reflects growing concern in Washington that Israel is deliberately escalating tensions along the northern border, potentially leading to a broader regional war that would draw in the United States. While Israel denied this is the case, Biden has already dramatically increased U.S. force posture off the coast of Lebanon as an attempted deterrent
Beyond immediate considerations on preventing the war from escalating throughout the Middle East, Hochstein will also discuss how offshore gas reserves off the Gaza coast can help revitalize the Palestinian Authority.
Hochstein, who served as point person on the Israel-Lebanon maritime deal which sought to enable agreed-upon offshore energy exploration from both countries, visited Lebanon on an unannounced trip as part of U.S. efforts aimed at deterring further escalation on Israel’s northern border.
“The United States does not want to see conflict in Gaza escalating and expanding into Lebanon,” said Hochstein, who has more recently spearheaded efforts at achieving Israel-Saudi normalization, after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati
“Restoring calm along the southern border is of utmost importance to the United States, and it should be the highest priority for both Lebanon and Israel,” he added.
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It seems clear that the Arthur Balfore’s Declaration of 1917 was a guaranteed recipe for the wars of today – Made inevitable by the Zionist Terrorism of Irgun and their fellow travelers killing and torturing to seize control of Palestine and break all the plans put in place for a democratic secular state – then over subsequent years they stole the land of the Palestinian indigenous peoples and denied them any democratic rights yet instituting a Zionist ‘return’ policy for Jews AND Zionists to invade the Country and immediately have voting rights, and have homes and land allocated whilst the Palestinian peoples were held and controlled in ever smaller areas.
The Palestinians have been pushed into having ever more extreme governance by endless Zionist defaults on agreements and murderous abuse of Palestinian peoples, as with Shattila and Shebrenitsa.
Finally meaning the Zionist usurpers were and are confronted by Hamas, Hezbolla and the enmity of ALL their neighbours in the region.
Clearly the degree of brutality & indifference perceived regarding the industrial slaughter of civilians, including women, children, the elderly and those already dispossesed of their land & homes and now bombed out of their homes in Gaza had steadily lost the Zionists the support of some of their previously staunchest allies.
Now today they have faced The International Courts of Justice in The Hague & seemingly been ordered to cease their brutal Genocide:
20-Feb-2024 UPDATE:
I would hazard a guess that few would deny the Jews a right of self-defence, however, I do question just how tiny the population percentage is when they consider all the available FACTS, some of which I have published, just how many ethical individuals can justify how the Zionists have behaved, especially since the withdrawal of The British Mandate.
Dispossessing indigenous peoples, be they simple agrarians or sophisticated citizens of Palestine, utilising force and terrorism, as indubitably and undeniably occurred prior to 1948 can not possibly be considered self-defence by any stretch of the imagination!
The actions of the Zionists have befouled the reputation of Jews worldwide and merely pushed the Palestinians into the arms of ever more militant leadership.
The Balfour Declaration was an inevitable stepping stone to the massacres and murders since, be they Palestinian or Zionist. It is hard to defend the undeniable Apartheir of the Zionist Control and even the World Courts in the Hague could not fudge the current slaughter of unarmed, men, women, and children starvation tactics, and destruction of water supply utilising highly trained killers with modern armament as a revolting act approaching genocide NOT a reasonable act of self-defence, by a civilized people.
Pretending the obscene and brutal behaviour of the IDF is an act of self-defense is delusional when responding to the actions of terrorists.
For a moment consider what the world would have said if, because a rag-tag of criminals passing themselves off as Nationalist Terrorists, in the IRA, had met with the British Army, on the instructions of our duly constituted democratic Government had slaughtered 30,000 Irish Civilians.
Yes of course EVERYONE is clamouring for a Ceasefire, of course, no one wants Genocide, but they didn’t want the slaughter of Palestinians in Shatila & Shabra either!
16 & 18 Sept 1982
3 to 3,500 murdered.
Sadly I believe the obscene behaviour of the Zionists in command of the IDF is, unlike the terrorist raids of a few extremists defending their homeland, is undeniably a State act constituting a War Crime.
We have around 273,000 Jews in Britain and Anti Semitism has be a very rare situation, however, the acts, not of The Jews but of The Zionists, have bestirred Anti Semitism to a level where a demonstration by 300,000 Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists, Hindus and Islamists can be found almost weekly on the streets of Britain.
I don’t give one Iota what someone’s faith or superstition is but ALL Civilised people are disgusted by the War Crimes of the Zionists in Palestine! The Zionists who have brought hatred onto the streets of Britain with their War Crimes.
Sadly I would hazard a guess that at least 100,000 British citizens of Jewish faith are as frightened of the escalation of the hatred brought on them by the shameful behaviour of the Zionists hidden behind the lie of self-defence.
I regret the behaviour of the Zionists since 1946 leads me to believe they have guaranteed that sooner or later they will be driven out of Palestine but far worse – Jews will take much of the blame and the areas they can live in peace will be much diminished and even where they are Nationally welcome they will forever be looking over their shoulders and will NEVER again know peace and security.
Yes of course we want to see a fair peace in Palestine but I would contend after this present round of War Crimes it will NEVER happen. We have the extremism of a few terrorists on the side of Palestine and the brute force of the IDF, its supporters, and the Zionists to thank for that.
Just search through the internet and you will find fact after fact denouncing the massacres and murders by the IDF under Zionist control eg.:
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THUMBS UP-on this. For a fuller-Zionist exposed history-have a watch of Alison Weir’s GREAT work on ‘The Hidden History’ of how the U.S.A. created Israel-starting at the 12:52 minute mark-on the ‘Sweepsfoxes’ BLOG. Here’s a LINK you won’t want to miss-Below-Copy & Paste in your Browser-Thanks https://rumble.com/v4c2c0q-a-wake-up-call-the-zionist-israeli-lobbys-unholy-influence-on-america-true-.html
The people of the Village of Emmaus were forcibly removed from their homes during 1967, and then the bulldozers came in and leveled the village. There is a church in Gaza City that is over 800 years old. A few months ago, the Christians of that congregation celebrated Palm Sunday. Some of the members were killed at their church when an Israeli bomb hit beside of their church a few weeks ago. Where will the members of this congregation celebrate the birth of Christ this year? Why are the Christians of Gaza, that had nothing to do with the horrendous attack on Oct. 7th, being ignored by many Christians in the rest of the world? Why were three unarmed men carrying a white flag shot by the IDF in Gaza? Why were two unarmed women shot by Israeli snipers while going to the toilet at their church in Gaza? Why was Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu-Akieh shot by the IDF last year? How many other unarmed people are being shot in Gaza? During the last few days Michelle Bachman said the people of Gaza should be removed, and Gaza should be turned into a “park”. “Canada Park” is now located where the Village of Emmaus once stood. Watch the YouTube film “The Stones Cry Out”, which reveals the thousands of Christians removed from their homes in Palestine at gunpoint during 1948.
Mr Blinken, How many Israelis did the IDF kill on 10/7? How many did Hamas kill? How many hostages has the IDF killed since? Including shooting dead three who wrote a message in Hebrew on a wall, stripped to their underwear, waved a white flag and were shouting in Hebrew. Why did the IDF execute them? Was it because most of the hostages that had been released embarrassed the Israeli regime by exposing its lies? If you or the other ruling psychopaths had an ounce of decency, you would call out the Zionist genocide and stop aiding and abetting them. Justice for Palestine, give it back to the Palestinians.