RoccoR
Gold Member
RE: Israel is a Settler Colonialism Enterprise - Prove it
SUBTOPIC: Hard and Fast Rules
⁜→ surada, et al,
BLUF: Again, this is an unnecessary entanglement.
Israel was established under the concept of self-determination and at the recommendation of the UN General Assembly adopted in 1947.
The historical trend of colonialism and the administration of the Mandates are separate things entirely. And while the pHoAP consistently pout and claim that they are the victim in this adventure, in "practice it proved impossible even to initiate this policy of gradual constitutional development. From 1922 until the present day, the High Commissioner has governed Palestine with the aid of Councils consisting exclusively of British officials." Why, because the pHoAP made up excuse after excuse to disengage from the process of establishing self-governing institutions for the benefit of their development. In fact by 1923, the pHoAP dismissed "a third attempt" by the Mandate Authority to "establish an institution through which the Arab population of Palestine could be brought into cooperation with the government." (A/AC.14/8 UK History of Administration 2 October 1947)
Now, excuses or not, the continued lack of cooperation, or any significant effort, to help establish a self-governing institution, contributed to the outbreak of hostilities and set the conditions that have brought the region to the political and terrorist posture it has today.
And finally, as far as the Third World Magazine (www.trtworld.com) is concerned, it is simply a mouthpiece for the likes of Richard Falk (now 90 y/o), who thinks he is still living in the days of Princeton, who a decade ago, was asked to resign, is one of just the many retread personalities brought forward an attempt to influence the world stage. Don't be fooled by the likes of him. I think he is even older than Mahmoud Abbas.
Ask yourself: What can the Arab Palestinian do to bring peace? If you say nothing, then it's the wrong answer.
Most Respectfully,
R
SUBTOPIC: Hard and Fast Rules
⁜→ surada, et al,
BLUF: Again, this is an unnecessary entanglement.
(COMMENT)Contrary to the self-determination and contrary to the historical trend against colonialism, Israel was established as a settler-colonial state at the very top when colonialism in the world context was collapsing and losing war after war. It is a kind of paradox that Israel was established at a moment when colonialism was collapsing.
Israel: The making of a colonial state in a postcolonial world
Richard Falk, a prominent international law expert, perceives Israel as an entity that embodies colonial statecraft despite the end of colonialism following World War I.www.trtworld.com
Israel was established under the concept of self-determination and at the recommendation of the UN General Assembly adopted in 1947.
The historical trend of colonialism and the administration of the Mandates are separate things entirely. And while the pHoAP consistently pout and claim that they are the victim in this adventure, in "practice it proved impossible even to initiate this policy of gradual constitutional development. From 1922 until the present day, the High Commissioner has governed Palestine with the aid of Councils consisting exclusively of British officials." Why, because the pHoAP made up excuse after excuse to disengage from the process of establishing self-governing institutions for the benefit of their development. In fact by 1923, the pHoAP dismissed "a third attempt" by the Mandate Authority to "establish an institution through which the Arab population of Palestine could be brought into cooperation with the government." (A/AC.14/8 UK History of Administration 2 October 1947)
Now, excuses or not, the continued lack of cooperation, or any significant effort, to help establish a self-governing institution, contributed to the outbreak of hostilities and set the conditions that have brought the region to the political and terrorist posture it has today.
And finally, as far as the Third World Magazine (www.trtworld.com) is concerned, it is simply a mouthpiece for the likes of Richard Falk (now 90 y/o), who thinks he is still living in the days of Princeton, who a decade ago, was asked to resign, is one of just the many retread personalities brought forward an attempt to influence the world stage. Don't be fooled by the likes of him. I think he is even older than Mahmoud Abbas.
Ask yourself: What can the Arab Palestinian do to bring peace? If you say nothing, then it's the wrong answer.
Most Respectfully,
R