Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has told the UN that any Middle East settlement could take decades and that Iran is at the heart of the conflict. (BBC News)
This statement bears witness to the ill-will of successive Israeli governments towards the finding of a solution to the conflict that has nearly obliterated the whole Palestinian nation. Negotiations and arbitration seem to me a extraordinarily ‘civilised’ way of killing and destroying a people, little by little, as the so called consolidation process take place.
Israeli governments, be they orientated to the right, left and or centre, all seem to have the same policies with only mildly different tones and priorities. On the Palestine conflict here appears to be little difference in the policies of Benyamin Netanyahu to those of Ehud Barak.
The on-going negotiations to find a solution and resolution to the conflict in Palestine between Palestinians and the Israelis are almost certainly going to result in complete failure. For Israelis, arriving at a solution at this stage would mean giving up to their nation’s objectives too early. The time is not yet right for them.
For Palestinians, the misery of their nation must apparently go on. They must remain ready for compromise and sacrifice, even though most of them have already lost everything, and the viability of any form of statehood of which they may have dreamt of has practically disappeared.
No Nation seems able or willing to offer any practical help in finding any solution except that of succumbing to the present plot. The whole affair resembles a black hole - pulling everything and everyone in with no end in sight.
However, my fear is that it will be not be only those who are directly involved, or those who are already victims of this conflict, who will succumb, but others who are not party to the conflict as well.
Iran is not at the heart of this conflict, as Mr. Avigdor Lieberman claimed. The conflict started when the Iranian government was friendlier towards Israel. No, the heart of the conflict is the illegal occupation of the land and the tyranny and oppression that are being perpetrated on its people.
One thing is for sure. A proper, equitable and workable solution has to be found for the sake of Palestinian people, in the first place, and for any hope of peace in the rest of the world.
It is not a religious conflict or a problem between Islam and Judaism. Neither is it a problem between two peoples; Jews and Arabs. Fair-minded people from the Jewish community are against the continuance of this illegal occupation. This has been demonstrated in New York and London by Jewish people in the past, and more recently by those who attempted to break the blockade of Gaza this week.
World leaders must find a solution to the continuing illegal occupation of this land, and implement it in a most sincere and just way. Otherwise, the weaker nations will completely lose their faith in the existing world institutions (many appear to have already done so), and find and impose a solution in their own way. Should we continue to hope for a solution? I, for one, will not be holding my breath!
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