A Radical Proposal to Resolve the Israeli/Palestinian Conflict?
Israeli Attack in Gaza Strip Kills 4 Militants and a Child
By GREG MYRE
An Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip killed six
people and wounded about a dozen, Palestinian security
officials and medical workers said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/world/middleeast/08mideast.html?th&emc=th
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U.S. and Europe Halt Aid to Palestinian Government
BY STEVEN R. WEISMAN and CRAIG S. SMITH
However, the U.S. and the European Union said that aid
would flow to Palestinians through the United Nations and
other independent organizations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/world/middleeast/08hamas.html?th&emc=th
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05 Apr. 06
B'Tselem to the IDF: Make open-fire regulations public
B'Tselem today urged the IDF to publicize immediately the open-fire
regulations given to soldiers in the Occupied Territories. The request
comes after an IDF report that confirms the on-going critique of human
rights organizations that the regulations are unclear to soldiers. Since
the beginning of the intifada, the IDF has refused to publish the
open-fire regulations, which are provided to soldiers orally, and not in
writing. The ambiguity surrounding the regulations enables the military
high command to evade its responsibility for civilian deaths. >From
September 2000, IDF soldiers have killed at least 1,816 Palestinians who
were not participating in the fighting, 593 of whom were minors.
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Lest we forget -- during the Carter years peace was achieved between Israel and Egypt with the sweetener of generous U.S. subsidies each year to both of them -- now having resulted in effect in our subsidizing the IDF and the settlement extensions across the Green Line.
Rather than cutting back funding for the elected (Hamas) government of the Palestinians, here is a ripe opportunity to use comparable subsidies to achieve a truce between these long warring peoples. Continuance of such subsidies would depend on the ending off of tit for tat. Needless to say the Bush administration is most likely too distracted otherwise in defending its messes created here and abroad to launch such an effort. But perhaps those of us in positions to do so should push such a move.
Responses?
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"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort
to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy)
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Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceEfforts
http://BlogByEdKent.blogspot.com/
http://www.bloggernews.net
By GREG MYRE
An Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip killed six
people and wounded about a dozen, Palestinian security
officials and medical workers said.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/world/middleeast/08mideast.html?th&emc=th
..................
U.S. and Europe Halt Aid to Palestinian Government
BY STEVEN R. WEISMAN and CRAIG S. SMITH
However, the U.S. and the European Union said that aid
would flow to Palestinians through the United Nations and
other independent organizations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/08/world/middleeast/08hamas.html?th&emc=th
..................
05 Apr. 06
B'Tselem to the IDF: Make open-fire regulations public
B'Tselem today urged the IDF to publicize immediately the open-fire
regulations given to soldiers in the Occupied Territories. The request
comes after an IDF report that confirms the on-going critique of human
rights organizations that the regulations are unclear to soldiers. Since
the beginning of the intifada, the IDF has refused to publish the
open-fire regulations, which are provided to soldiers orally, and not in
writing. The ambiguity surrounding the regulations enables the military
high command to evade its responsibility for civilian deaths. >From
September 2000, IDF soldiers have killed at least 1,816 Palestinians who
were not participating in the fighting, 593 of whom were minors.
.........................
Lest we forget -- during the Carter years peace was achieved between Israel and Egypt with the sweetener of generous U.S. subsidies each year to both of them -- now having resulted in effect in our subsidizing the IDF and the settlement extensions across the Green Line.
Rather than cutting back funding for the elected (Hamas) government of the Palestinians, here is a ripe opportunity to use comparable subsidies to achieve a truce between these long warring peoples. Continuance of such subsidies would depend on the ending off of tit for tat. Needless to say the Bush administration is most likely too distracted otherwise in defending its messes created here and abroad to launch such an effort. But perhaps those of us in positions to do so should push such a move.
Responses?
--
"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort
to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy)
--
Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies]
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceEfforts
http://BlogByEdKent.blogspot.com/
http://www.bloggernews.net
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