montelatici, et al,
Well, this is not exactly accurate and some what exaggerated.
Wow, that's a leap. Let me get this straight. The Zionists did not intend to colonize Palestine because they only colonized a large part of it. Setting aside that they control all of Palestine and the Israeli PM has stated that there will be no Palestinian state, most of Palestine was, in fact colonized. Your dog won't hunt.
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Some salient points under Mandate:
- Not all Jewish Immigrants were Zionist.
- Jewish immigration was encourage.
- Immigration included all Jews who were willing to assist in the establishment of the Jewish national home.
- In co-operation with the Jewish Agency, close settlement by Jews on the land, west of the Jordan River.
Some salient points after Mandate:
- The Jewish Agency completed the UN Steps Preparatory to Independence.
- In 1949 the Gaza Strip came under the administration of the All Palestine Government (dissolved in 1959) controlled by the Egyptian Military Governorship.
- In 1950, the West Bank (Unification of the Two Banks) became sovereign Jordanian Territory.
- On 5 June 1967, hostilities broke out between Israel and Egypt, Jordan and Syria. By the time a ceasefire called for by the Security Council was accepted by the parties, Israeli military forces had occupied the Egyptian Sinai, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank including East Jerusalem, and part of the Syrian Golan Heights.
- 1997 Oslo II - Area C under full Israeli civil and security control. Settlements are subject to permanent status negotiations:
- By Agreement with the PLO, "the Settlements" means,
- In the West Bank - the settlements in Area C;
- and in the Gaza Strip -
- the Gush Katif and Erez settlement areas
The Israelis never occupied Palestinian Territory; they did occupied Egyptian Governed Territory and Jordanian Sovereign Territory. The Arab Palestinian rejected the opportunity to establish a State
(more than once) until 1988, when they finally declared Independence while the territory was already under military occupation; but four months after the Jordanians cut all ties with the West Bank. During the tenure of the Mandate and the and the time since independence, the Jewish Immigrants never never represented a colonial power; no relationships between a colonial power and any Jewish Settlement was established while the territory was under under the Mandate. In fact the Jewish Immigrants were not all from the same country, or even the same continent; and could not represent a single power.
The purpose of the occupation is to extend the protections to the sovereignty and integrity of Israel against an opponent that does not recognize the State of Israel; and holds the political position that the Arab Palestinian is the only legitimate sovereign to the territory that covers the land west of the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. This is the same opponent that has declared Jihad (Holy War), and considers any means necessary to take in the eviction of the State of Israel as legal and legitimate. This threat was made in February 1948, and has appeared in the Islamic Resistance Movement Covenant, the Palestinian Nation Charter, and most recently, the the 2013 Official Position Paper published by the Khaled Mashaal, Political Leader, Islamic Resistance Movement and Unity Government Partner. Given the previous history of past behaviors, and actual response to the 2005 Disengagement from the Gaza Strip, the Occupation of Palestinian territory there is no reason to believe that an agreement to suspend combat
(or any formal Peace Agreement) will be honored by the Palestinian Regime; and that the Palestinians have every intention of attacking by surprise the enemy relying on Peace Agreement they conclude. Based on the current position of the Arab Palestinians there is essentially little prospect for a peace agreement that will have any success.
Most Respectfully,
R
