Judaism - Israel - Palestine - Part VIII
Link to Part VII - This is Part VIII
https://www.georgemarx.org/2024/02/judaism-israel-palestine-part-vii.html
On September 13, 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Palestine Liberation
Organization (PLO) Negotiator Mahmoud Abbas signed
a Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, commonly
referred to as the “Oslo Accord,” at the White House. Israel accepted the PLO
as the representative of the Palestinians, and the PLO renounced terrorism and
recognized Israel’s right to exist in peace. Both sides agreed that a
Palestinian Authority (PA) would be established and assume governing
responsibilities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over a five-year period. Then,
permanent status talks on the issues of borders, refugees, and Jerusalem would
be held. ….
In November 1995, Rabin was assassinated by Yigal Amir, an Israeli who opposed the Oslo Accords
on religious grounds. Rabin’s murder was followed by a string of terrorist
attacks by Hamas, which undermined support for the Labor Party in Israel’s May
1996 elections. ….
((1999))
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In Israel’s May 1999 elections, the Labor Party’s Ehud Barak decisively defeated Netanyahu. Barak
predicted that he could reach agreements with both Syria and the Palestinians
in 12 to 15 months, and pledged to withdraw Israeli troops from southern
Lebanon. In September, Barak signed the Sharm al-Shaykh Memorandum with Arafat,
which committed both sides to begin permanent status negotiations. An initial
round of meetings, however, achieved nothing, and by December the Palestinians
suspended talks over settlement-building in the occupied territories. ….
Thus, by the end of 2000, the prospect of ending the
Arab-Israeli conflict looked more distant than it had eight years earlier.
https://history.state.gov/milestones/1993-2000/oslo
During
these secret negotiations in 1993, Israel capitalised on Arafat's weakness in
the wake of the Gulf War. …. Arafat entered the negotiations with Israel with
few options and even less clout. …. Among Palestinians, supporters of the Oslo
Accords reasoned it was a compromise that could lead to peace. …. As the US,
European and Arab nations continued to invest their hopes in the talks as a
means of producing a final agreement, settlement building in the occupied West
Bank tripled, growing at unprecedented rates. …. The Palestinian
leadership has accused Israel of not offering them a viable state, but rather a
non-contiguous entity devoid of the natural resources necessary for a
functioning economy.
Meanwhile, Israeli
leaders have called for the annexation of the entire West Bank, ignoring the
rights of its 2.5 million Palestinians living under occupation, along with
nearly 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip living under Israeli siege.
https://remix.aljazeera.com/aje/PalestineRemix/the-price-of-oslo.html#/14
Yasir Arafat and his successor Mahmood
Abbas – have “lead” the Palestinian People in the West Bank since the
agreements were concluded in 1993 and 1995 and moved “forward” beyond then.
It appears
obvious to me that there is NO Jewish Israel intent to create a just Palestinian
State. For me a “state” includes where at
least most of the land mass is not surrounded by other states.
Look at The West Bank on the map
below. An explanation of its situation follows:
The table below shows the three
areas: “A” (grey) (“Palestinian
Control”), “B”(Black) (similar except that there is “shared Israeli / Palestinian
Authority Security Control” , and “C” – under Israeli Control.
https://www.anera.org/what-are-area-a-area-b-and-area-c-in-the-west-bank/
A clearly “Palestinian Friendly” summary
of things is shown at:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/27/palestine-and-israel-brief-history-maps-and-charts
It provides a lot of maps, numbers and
clear conclusions! One needn’t accept
it as 100% “correct”! I hope that most
readers won’t find it tokenly correct, or totally incorrect!
The West Bank includes what I think we
might agree are primarily “radical, Orthodox Jewish Settlers”. Other Jews live in what has become “suburban
Jerusalem”. There are “Israeli
Expressways” – that “safely” connect it to “historic Jerusalem”. These roads are not roads that Palestinians
who are not Israeli Citizens can travel on.
I think those of us reading and
thinking can now safely be split into fairly distinct groups:
1. 1. (Radical) Anti-Zionists – who see a “Settler-Colonialist”
State. We see major systemic issues
that have continued over the past 75 to 100+ years, or
2. 2. Those who are curious – and intend to learn
more,
3. 3. Others – who see things as being – 50/50 –
both sides at fault,
4. 4. Those who are apathetic,
5. 5. Those who believe that Netanyahu and his
government are The Problem – and things will be resolvable when they are no
longer in charge,
6. 6. Those who remain proudly Zionist. Israel is 99+% correct.
AA. I’m interested in 1. and 2!
BB. I hope that some in 3. and 5. – have or will
move to 2.
CC. 4 and 6. – I doubt that this writing has been worth reading.
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