RE: Palestinian Talks, lectures, & interviews.
SUBTOPIC: Intensity, Level, and Duration of Violence
⁜→ P F Tinmore, et al,
BLUF: If anything, this is not born out by the facts. The aftermath of the Israeli unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip demonstrates that any attempt by the Israelis to set the conditions for a peaceful solution will not be reciprocated by the Hostile Arab Palestinians (HoAP).
(COMMENT)
Since the inception of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)ª (and the various developing factions) → the Intensity, Level, and Duration of Violent activities on the part of the HoAP has, if anything, expanded in the level of effort or extended the duration of the conflict.
No matter how you interpret the History of the conflict, the various factions of the post-PLO HoAP have NOT supported a peaceful period ("In the case of occupied territory, the application of the present Convention shall cease one year after the general close of military operations"). There has not been a one-year period of peace supported by the HoAP. In fact, NO Palestinian FACTION has a policy that contradicts the PLO position that "Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine." In fact, the current policy of the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS) openly adopts the political position that: "There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals, and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors."
The Israelis have taken extraordinary steps to prevent the unnecessary loss of uninvolved civilian casualties when responding to actual threats or use of force against the defense of the Israeli citizenry, Israeli territorial integrity, Israeli sovereignty, and the protection against HoAP activity which is solely intended to harm the Israeli Civil Administration of territory on the west side of the international boundary between Jordan and Israel. Having said that, the HoAP is operating at the opposite end of the spectrum. The HoAP has taken unprecedented measures to locate anti-Israeli strike activities and indirect fire launch sites within or close proximity of densely populated areas.
There is a large segment of the Arab Palestinian population that operates as if they are being denied some perceived notion relative to the "Right of Return" (RoR). While they may think there is some
binding law or
convention that has the power of international law, when asked to provide the citation for the same,
they CAN NOT produce it.
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The Basic Law of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) was issued in the first Palestinian conference which was held in Jerusalem between 28 May → June 1964.
Most Respectfully,
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