Israel: Rogue State or at the Height of Brinkmanship?
28. Dec, 2011
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Palestinian civilians ran for cover during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in January. Israel’s use of enormous force in the war generated heavy international criticism (Mohammed Abed/Agence France-Presse)
by Amjad Yamein / Intifada-Palestine.com
Amman, Jordon – Last night, Israel conducted two air strikes within hours and opened fire at Palestinians, killing three and injuring ten, in the second aerial attack against Gaza in the last Month.
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz categorically stated that preparations for another offensive on Gaza is underway, calling Cast Lead, Israel’s 2008 war on Gaza that killed 1,417 Palestinians, including 926 civilians, an ‘excellent’ operation.
Gantz said that another offensive must be initiated by Israel and must be “swift and painful,” and explained “[IDF] will attack when the conditions are right.”
The statement comes to top Last week’s events, which witnessed an escalation in EU criticism of Israel’s policies towards its Arab population, West Bank military occupation, settler’s violence, and protests against segregation/discrimination. On the other hand, Israel relations with the rest of the world is not getting any better, with increasing speculations about a war with China-backed Iran and a spike in tension with Turkey.
Yesterday, The Independent revealed that a confidential 27-page paper prepared by European diplomats charted a wide range of indicators showing that Israeli Arabs suffer “economic disparities … unequal access to land and housing … discriminatory draft legislation and a political climate in which discriminatory rhetoric and practice go unsanctioned.”
The draft warned that Israel’s treatment of its Arab community “will reinforce those who seek to ‘delegitimize’ Israel and damage [its] international standing.”
Donald McIntyre of the Independent wrote, “A detailed list of recommendations for the EU itself – including active lobbying against discriminatory laws, allocating more European scholarships to Arab students, encouraging European high-tech companies to invest in Arab areas, and fostering the teaching of Arabic and co-existence projects in schools – are understood to have been dropped from the paper after objections mainly from the Netherlands. The draft affirms that Israel’s treatment of its minorities within its borders should be seen by the international community as a “core issue, not second tier to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
On Monday, the Israeli parliamentary committee held a discussion on recognizing genocide in Armenia, in a move likely to further strain already tense relations with Turkey. Haaretz’s editorial called on the government not to politicize the Armenian genocide, and claimed that the reason they did not was because of “fear over the loss of the concept of “Holocaust” as an exclusive Jewish “property.” The editorial further stated that “Morality or identification with the Armenian holocaust were secondary issues that occasionally made their way into the public debate.”
Last week, European members of Security Council condemn Israeli settlements and settler violence. Britain, France, Germany, and Portugal, all UN Security Council current members from the European Union, released a statement deeming the settlements in West Bank and East Jerusalem illegal.
The statement said that they were “dismayed” by Israel’s persistent construction of settlements, and called on the Israeli government to reverse actions, which they said had jeopardized peace negotiations.
They said that, “The viability of the Palestinian state that we want to see and the two-state solution that is essential for Israel’s long-term security are threatened by the systematic and deliberate expansion of settlements.”
The statement was put forward after closed-door discussion by the 15-country Security Council on the situation in the Middle East. It condemned Israeli settlers’ violence against the Palestinians, including the burning of the Nebi Akasha mosque in Jerusalem and the Burqa mosque in the West Bank.
The statement came as a response to the unveiled tenders for the construction of 1,028 new illegal settler units in the East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Tel Aviv occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank in 1967, and later annexed them in a move not recognized by the international community.
Back in February, USA veto thwarted UN resolution condemning settlements. The draft was brought forth by Palestinian Authority leadership against Israeli settlements to the UNSC, despite pressure from the U.S. to withdraw it.
Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni said that the government is “starting a war with its biggest friends in Europe.”
Israel has angered even Tanzania who slammed Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, saying that he “chose to belittle Tanzania and even compare it to a country that does not exist.”
With what seems to be the verge of a war with Iran, Israel openly calling for actions against the Persian country, an increasing tension between Israel and Turkey, and fallout even with its biggest allies in Europe, the USA seems to be the only major country Israel did not anger. (Who, also, allegedly opposes the settlements but rather the issue is tackled by negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians).
The question remains of whether Israel is excreting the height of its brinkmanship for political gain, or is a rogue state counting on the world’s good side not to do anything against its actions?
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Amjad Yamein is an independent writer and journalist based in Amman, Jordan. He can be reached at amie15197@gmail.com.
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The one thing that i remember the most clearly over the past 39-40 years of my school days at Brandeis University in1970′s are my student adviser’s words that when he was growing up that his grand parents and parents used the term “‘goyishe kup,’” meaning that the “Non-Jews are Stupid”
Later in life I learned that the exact translation of “GOYISHE KUP” means that the “Cattle are STUPID”..
I remember him recalling whatt his father told him when he was growing up in Eastern Europe. One of them being that when his father was in high school he and a group of friends would skip school early on Fridays and go over to his friend’s father’s butcher shop. That they would buy at cost any cows , that had not been butchered by the end of the day on Friday before the begining of shabat . They would take the cow home and wash it and then the boys would procede to “beat the udders of the cows so that they would swell up and turn pink” so as to sell them to the “GOYISHE KUP” as milk producing cows.
The part that I remember him asking me if the East Europeans are so naive, so gullible and so stupid to buy old “non milk producing cows” from a bunch of young Jewish Boys.
So thinking of it now I agree with the Jewish saying that the “GOYISHE KUP” are indeed” Stupid” as they believe that a Bunch of Arab Muslim Kids who were not able to Fly a Cessna Airplane took it upon themselves to FLY a Boing Jumbo Jet outwitting the US Military and Civilian authorities. The “Jewish Lightning Insurance Scam” of the 1960′s is still alive and well has been put to good use by Larry Silverstein with the help of his sayanim jews made a financial killing in imploding wtc by putting 15 million down and comming out with 7 billion dollars for buidings that no one wanted to buy because it would have cost a billion dollars to remove the asbestos from. Then on top of that the people in America actually believe that they actually decide who is elected President or for that that actual VOTE is really counted and makes a difference in deciding who represents them in the White House and congress. http://www.bollyn.com/index.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVTXbARGXso http://www.911missinglinks.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxnpujfanUM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeggPSL3gQs
Yeh I agree that the AmericanNon-Jews are indeed American “GOYISHE KUP” or “STUPID CATTLE”!
The Israeli Defense Firm That Tallies The Iowa Caucus
By Christopher Bollyn
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The Iowa caucus is only a few days away and the nation’s attention will be directed to the results, which signify the beginning of the U.S. presidential race. But does anyone watch who tallies the results of the Iowa caucus?
The Iowa caucus results were tallied in 2004 by a company that is headed by a man whose company was bought by Elron Electronics, the Israeli defense firm. I suspect that it will be the same this year. Don’t expect to see any grassroots political activists doing the tally in Iowa. The Israeli defense establishment takes care of that part of the American “democratic” election process.
VOXEO
In the summer of 2004, I first learned that a foreign and out-of-state company using Interactive Voice Response (IVR) technology tallied the Iowa caucus results.
The system used to tally the 2004 Iowa caucus results was provided by a company called Voxeo, which was apparently based in Orlando, Florida. (Yellow flag goes up in the mind of those familiar with Orlando and electronic vote fraud history
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The America is no more with the Americans.It has already gone to Zionist hand.
It would not be surprising, if the US Govt.declares America as Jews State,elect
Zionist Jew as President,change the name to JEWRICA or ISRICA.
There are many more waiting to see in this century.
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