pbel, montelatici,
et al,
I'm not so sure that the implications being made here are actually all that much in favor of the ultimate objective. Remember, that HAMAS, as well as several other factions, believe that: (
Published a major position paper for Hamas - 2013)
1. Palestine from the river to the sea, and from north to south, is a land of the Palestinian people and its homeland and its legitimate right, we may not a waiver an inch or any part thereof, no matter what the reasons and circumstances and pressures.
2. Palestine - all of Palestine - is a land of Islamic and Arab affiliation, a blessed sacred land, that has a major portion in the heart of every Arab and Muslim
Sweden understands that for Israel to survive there has to be a separate sovereign Palestinian state. Unfortunately it will never happen.
It will happen...The West must decide for War with a billion people or cede Israeli support...The West will cut bait...Israel is too costly and even America will withdraw from the ME as Iran rises to fill the power vacuum...
Changes are coming, the US is now energy independent!
(COMMENT)
First: Sweden recognizes the State of Palestine as acknowledged by UN --- within the "territory occupied since 1967;"
This is an acknowledgment of a Two-State Solution; but understanding that the territory of the West Bank is yet, undefined --- subject to negotiation. This is in contrast with the HAMAS Position which wants all the former Mandate Territory.
Second: Sweden understands that the it cannot perform a protective mission of the scope and nature required for either the West Bank or Gaza. The entanglements
(political, militarily, and economically) are just too overwhelming.
Third: The "War with a billion people or cede Israeli support" is merely a typical attempt at frightening little children with the monster underneath the bed.
America is done with being coerced by terrorist thugs, Islamic fundamentalist, jihadist/fedayeen and the underground their extraterritorial operations of Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC-QF). America is not likely to succumb to such intimidation and yield to such radical influence its policy of a government. We simply don't respond well to intimidation or coercion.
And while the US has failed to see a positive outcome from Arab Nations in which it was instrumental in liberating from oppressive and tyrannical Islamic Regimes, there is no question that it has seen a positive response from counties like Israel.
Diana Buttu is a Palestinian-Canadian lawyer and a former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization. said:
“It’s remarkable,” Diana Buttu, a Palestinian attorney and analyst, told the Times. “In all the other invasions and assaults on Gaza, there was at least some government that would come out and talk about how what Israel was doing was illegal and show some support. This time around, there’s been nothing. The silence is deafening.”
Palestinians expressed anger at the apparent shift in attitude in Egypt, which has mediated past conflicts between Palestinians and Israelis. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has kept Egypt’s border crossing with Gaza closed, and he publicly blamed Hamas for the bloodshed last week.
SOURCE: Palestinians Angered Over Lack Of Support From Arab Governments By
Marcy Kreiter@marcykreiterm.kreiter@ibtimes.com on July 19 2014
Prince Turki of Saudi Arabia should speak to the Knesset said:
At the UN on September 29, 2014, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked that a broader rapprochement between Israel and the Arab world may help facilitate a peace arrangement between Israel and Palestinians. One might now expect an active involvement of Arab countries to this end. It was a hopeful sign that Prince Turki met in Brussels on May 26, 2014 with Amos Yadlin, former Israeli director of military intelligence. The objective is to normalize relations between Israel and all the Arab states and the members of the Organization of Islamic Conference. To this end the prince should fly to Tel Aviv airport and then go, as Anwar Sadat did, to Jerusalem to speak to the Knesset. The result would be friendship, if not alliance, between two states facing a common enemy.
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You are right, that things are changing. But whether they are changing in favor of the radical and hostile Arab Palestinian remains to be seen.
Most Respectfully,
R