RE:
Who Are The Palestinians? Part 2
※→ Sixties Fan, et al,
Yes
(and I agree), I've seen many many such reports, seldom are they balanced, and yet → they contain some very useful information.
I just saw a report put out last month by AIDA, an umbrella organization of 70 NGOs in the territories, including Oxfam and Amnesty..
The first page of their
summary report shows how dishonest NGOs are.
(full article online)
EoZTV: How NGOs lie with statistics ~ Elder Of Ziyon - Israel News
(COMMENT)
The
Association of International Development Agencies (AIDA) through, what they call the "collective voice" of its members, is a political advocacy group
(by their own admission) in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). They are, unquestionably, a pro-Palestinian political group which has the object of creating a Mother Teresa like campaign of pressure on the Regional Communities to:
• End the Gaza Blockade and open the Gaza Ports to potential weapons suppliers.
• Open an unencumbered free route between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
The "Geneva Initiative" an unconventional
(an out-of-the-box political alternative) was basically a MacGyver'dized assembly of the various failed political problem-solving option that took (what was considered) the best of each option for consensus consideration in the Permanent Status of Negotiations. Excluding the Elephant in the Room (Jerusalem - which both sides declared as its capital) the Israelis would essentially:
- Lift the coastal Blockade,
- Giver a 100% sovereignty and autonomy to the West Bank and Gaza Strip as one nation,
- Establish an unconditional "Route of Safe Passage between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank; and between the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem,
This an attempt to meet the objectives of the Quartet
(end of the conflict), meet the Saudi Peace Plan objectives
(everyone saves face with the Israelis at a defensive disadvantage given the new advances in technology), and to give the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and the Russia Federation, a new level of credibility and influence. It simply did not work. While there were some that were convinced that the Israelis would never accept it, in the end, it was the Arab Palestinians that rejected the Geneva Initiates.
No question, that it would have been a very hard sale in Israel, Mahmoud Abbas saved the Israelis an agonizing decision making process. Abbas set the conditions for a permanent agreement:
• Pre-1967 lines (undefined but assumed to be the 4 June 67 perimeter) with its capital in East Jerusalem,
• A special resolution to the issue of the refugees (right of return).
That was pretty much the position taken in 1988 - and -
(although reworded, with the insertion of settlements) has not moved since 1988. We will never know if the Israelis would have agreed (the unknown quantity presented by the alterations made in the final negotiation phases). And maybe the Arab Palestinians negative role played an important part in the evolution of the set condition in the last two decades since there was any serious consideration.
Most Respectfully,
R
