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Friday, September 16, 2011

Abbas going to the Security Council

09/16/2011
Google translation WAFA

President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) during a speech before going to the United Nations (lens: Thaer Ghanayem)

Ramallah, 09/16/2011 (WAFA) - President Abdel Mahmoud Abbas, on Friday evening, the Palestinian head of the United Nations Security Council would, for the recognition of the full membership of Palestine.

The sovereignty, we're going to the Security Council, just to say a word I will give medicine to the Secretary-General of the Nations, which would convey the request to the President of the Security Council '.

The President added, 'The other options did not take the decision, an option back then to decide'.
He said that the tireless and sincere efforts to reach a negotiated solution to end the occupation and lead to an independent Palestinian state has come to a dead end, because of the intransigent Israeli government policies and commitment to reject the terms of reference of the negotiations.

He stressed that the growing recognition of Palestinian state a clear indication of the breadth of sympathy and support for the aspirations of our people to freedom and independence and the right project in the independent and sovereign State.

He said: We seek to gain membership in the United Nations on the 1967 borders, then to be able to return to negotiations on the basis of a clear reference approved by the world, through which we negotiate the permanent status issues.

He added that going to the United Nations is not a strategy, but the Palestinian part of this strategy, which aims to re-Palestine with its capital Jerusalem and the borders of June 1967, to map the geography of the negotiations with the international reference set.

The President stressed that all moves to go in support of the United Nations must be peaceful, and that any departure from that hurt us and harm us and destroy our endeavors.

He stressed that the Palestinian interest is not more than our national unity and end the division, and will continue to make every possible effort to achieve national reconciliation, we see a patriotic duty and strategic interest.

The following is the text of the speech:

In the name of God the Merciful

Sisters and brothers,

O sons of our Palestinian people, steadfast in the homeland and the diaspora,

I extend to you my sincere and heartfelt greetings on the eve of our going to the United Nations, conveying to this international forum reiterated the concerns and suffering of our people, the injustice over and sixty-three years, she lived through generations to successor generations under occupation and in refugee camps and displaced, disadvantaged at home, or deprived of her homeland , violate their rights every day in full view of the world that created the United Nations and its institutions, to protect the rights of peoples to self-determination and to prevent the occupation of territory by force.

The tragedy of our people was born with the birth of the United Nations, which has taken tens or even hundreds of decisions and recommendations of the General Assembly or the Security Council, but did not find its way to implementation.

We go to the United Nations to demand the right project for us is to obtain full membership of the State of Palestine in this organization, we carry with us as a delegation Palestinians all the pain and hopes of our people, to achieve this and to end prejudice the historic right to enjoy, like other peoples of the earth freedom and independence in a Palestinian state on the borders of June 1967, and its capital in East Jerusalem. Our efforts tireless and sincere in order to reach a negotiated solution to end the occupation and lead to an independent Palestinian state has come to a dead end, because of Israeli government policies obstinate and refusing to comply with terms of reference of the negotiations on the basis of the resolutions of international legitimacy and agreements signed with the Palestine Liberation Organization and its continued settlement and Judaizing Jerusalem through change demographic reality in the city, which prevents two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.

Go to the United Nations, our great hope for membership of our objectives, which does not affect in any way the PLO as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, which remains and remains its role in order to achieve full independence and the expeditious and implemented to resolve all final status issues, especially issues concerning refugees.

As you know, the PLO is the supreme authority of the Palestinian people and Palestinian Authority are here emerged from them and about them, sponsors, and anyone who speaks about the organization and loss of speech is misplaced release, will remain the organization not only until we reach a solution, but even implemented this solution and, among other issues that are waiting for implementation and not only be resolved is the issue of refugees.

Sisters and brothers,

Over the past year, we have expressed our willingness to engage in serious and meaningful negotiations, and responded to the will and the international efforts, but we did not let the Israeli government, only ignorance and procrastination and the policy of imposing facts on the ground, and the transfer of negotiations to negotiations only.

We have in the past two years great efforts to complete the building of our State institutions and infrastructure, and has seen the world and its international jurisdiction the success of our efforts, and Ohlitna of independence, and in this framework, praised the World Bank report issued earlier this month to perform the Palestinian National Authority and its institutions in all areas and particularly in the area of security and justice, economic development and revenue and expenditure management and service delivery to the Palestinians, the report considered the superior achievements of substantial progress from which Palestinian public institutions to their counterparts in other countries in the Middle East and North Africa. This was the most important reasons that made us say, September and maturity of September, we said to the causes of three, the first Obama said we want to see a Palestinian state in September as a full member, and the second reason that the Quartet said to be the start of negotiations in September to be completed in September, and it III we said we pledge that there will be Palestinian institutions full Nadzh able to call itself an independent state in September, and the report came from the World Bank and not from a charity here, and not from an Arab institution of the World Bank to say we are better than others. Just do not want to enumerate.

And the growing recognition of a Palestinian state this year, where the number of countries that recognized today more than 126 countries, only a clear indication of the extent of sympathy and support for the aspirations of our people to freedom and independence and the right project in the independent and sovereign State. Means the majority of the world, two thirds of the world recognizes us, and the last third do not acknowledge us but gives us the embassy, however, we do not have a state. We are the only ones, the only people in the world under the occupation, there is no island or an isolated area in the world, raised the flag and have a seat at the United Nations, except the Palestinian people to ask why? Why today? Democratic state guarantees of individual freedoms and collective commitment to human rights and women's rights, the principles of openness and accountability and the rule of law.

Everything is there for our democracy, openness and freedom of opinion and other opinion, so do not believe that anyone would go to the yard to say 'the people want ..'.

Strive for membership in the United Nations on the 1967 borders, so that we can then return to negotiations on the basis of a clear reference approved by the world, negotiating through the permanent status issues of Jerusalem, refugees, borders, water, security, settlements, and the issue of our prisoners remain steadfast patient, because in that time will be the prisoners of war .. And are not terrorists or criminals, and even if this were not put them on top of the priorities of our demands, but these are issues that will come back and discuss it, many of the brothers say the jump in the air, single-issue, single-step? Address the 193 countries and is called single-step, or jump in the air! This is not true, and also we have to understand we are not going to come to independence, does not grow nor Nsgr, we will come back to negotiate on other issues, but we want to get the full membership of the Security Council, but I would not raise our expectations that we will come back independence, this is not true, put things the record straight and talk realistically and act realistically.

Turn to the United Nations to put the world in front of his responsibilities, carrying in our hands an olive branch carried by the late leader Yasser Arafat 36 years ago, and not, as some claim to isolate Israel and delegitimize them, we are not going to isolate Israel and to delegitimize Israel has no one can remove the legitimacy , is a recognized state, we want to isolate the policy of the State of Israel and we tend to legitimize the occupation and not the State of Israel, and not to clash with any international destination. What we want is to end the occupation and tend legitimacy for, occupation and practices is the nightmare that is holding our hearts, as reflected these practices continued raids and arrests and the building of walls and demolition of houses, and the intensification of settlement activities, and attacks the settlers of Bakla trees and burning of mosques and the latest training dogs to attack us and send the wild pigs to wreak land corrupt, three things which the settlers will confront us: When any person Siatdon find it, well its streets and dogs, and pigs for the uprooting of trees, in addition of course to the tanks. And threats to attack Palestinian civilians on the eve of our going to the United Nations, this occupation is the cause of the suffering of our people be deprived of their legitimate national rights and an essential factor for the lack of security and stability in the region as a whole.

These attacks remind us of today's massacre of Sabra and Shatila, Deir Yassin and accepted Qibya, etc., etc., but today we all remember the 1982 massacre of Sabra and Shatila massacres, which claimed the lives of thousands of our people, we Mndhuron to be of the massacres. 63 years and we slaughter, we want to rest and the whole world will be comfortable.

Go to the United Nations Mtokhlin on God, and armed with the will of the people who gave much to his homeland and in order to live free and dignified life, the peoples of the world as a whole. We also go Mstmedin force of the sacrifices of our martyrs and the righteous brave our prisoners, and Arab and Islamic nation and all nations and peoples of the world's peace-loving. There are many people really should be saluted for standing with us in Africa, America and Asia, and countries come to us have not heard it, says we recognize an independent Palestinian state, in the Caribbean, for example.

Let me candidly that we face the task difficult and historic, it may not underestimate the obstacles that lie ahead, we resolve to achieve our goal of hand, and realism on the other hand, if we succeed and that's what we're working for, we must also know that in the next day for the recognition of the state will not end the occupation , the next task will not be easy, but we have obtained the recognition of the world that our occupying and occupied our land, not the land in dispute is also promoting the Israeli government to do so. Now they ask, say, 67 borders we do not recognize this truce, so they build and where they reached positions of their feet this our country, and they say in 48 where they reached the feet of our soldiers and 'Hikna' the borders of our state, For now they say that's where the feet and check, because this is the land occupied since 67. Settlement is illegal since its inception, so the negotiations after that and no matter how difficult, between the state and the state, one occupied and the other under occupation, which should be completed in the end.

I address you in all candor, I promise all of you that the results will, however, will be in front of our institutions to take appropriate decisions. Going to the United Nations is not a strategy, but the Palestinian part of this strategy, which aims to re-Palestine with its capital Jerusalem and the borders of June 1967, to map the geography of the negotiations with the international reference set.

I assure our people in the homeland and the Diaspora, in the camps and exile our adherence to our national principles, calling on everyone to unite and show our traditions, national and struggle and not give one any pretext affect our credibility or affect the fairness of our struggle the project and sought to extract a decision of an international recognized member of our Palestinian state with its capital in East Jerusalem.

These days we are in front of maturity and an important station, historic, and will prove to our people, as demonstrated in the past, that he was able to pass this test, united in the popular movement in support of the movement and political emphasis on Slmath at home and abroad, all moves must be peaceful, in the Israeli intelligence They say we have not heard Abu Mazen say the word peace, although I do not only say the word peace, then action should be peaceful and to avoid all we can from strength to drag us to their sites to where they want, do not give them the chance do not give them an excuse, I hope every Palestinian that notice. Do not give them an opportunity or excuse want a state, we want a seat at the United Nations, we want more, any deviation from peaceful hurt us, Saavena, will destroy our endeavors, Saisalt lights for the negatives and positives away from.

I would like to assure you that no more than a Palestinian interest and our national unity and an end to the division since 2007, and will continue to make every possible effort to achieve national reconciliation, which we see as a duty and a national and strategic interest. Unity is essential and our endeavors and agreements on national reconciliation will continue, even if we disagree on some issues, we must continue to unity and unity of the people and the earth is the most powerful weapon in our hands should not Nvute must miss the world who wants to argue division. Whenever asked, they said: the Palestinians are divided, then we want to miss them this excuse.

I can not fail at the end of words to express my thanks and appreciation to all States and parties, which supported us and support us in our quest to gain recognition for our state and its acceptance as a full member of the United Nations.

We're going to the Security Council decision, which informed of everyone that we were going to the Security Council, just to take the floor in the General Assembly I will give medicine to the Secretary-General of the Nations, which would convey the request to the President of the Security Council, then our choice is the Security Council, while the other options did not take by a decision, any options back then to decide.

Comment: Just watched part of his speech on tv-nothing new nor unexpected. He received standing O's for the speech-again, all for show-the cameras from the West were running. Stay tuned!

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The IDF’s Minorities in Numbers and Pictures

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MUSLIMS:

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Bedouins:

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Religious bias

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On March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview

with PLO executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism.

For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

In March 1977, Zahir Muhsein, a PLO executive, said:

"The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct Palestinian people to oppose Zionism."

"For tactical reasons, Jordan, which is a sovereign state with defined borders, cannot raise claims to Haifa and Jaffa, while as a Palestinian, I can undoubtedly demand Haifa, Jaffa, Beer-Sheva and Jerusalem. However, the moment we reclaim our right to all of Palestine, we will not wait even a minute to unite Palestine and Jordan."

The Arab Apartheid

Ben-Dror Yemini
In 1948, the Arab countries refused to accept the UN partition proposal and they launched a war of annihilation against the State of Israel which had barely been established. All precedents in this matter showed that the party that starts the war - and with a declaration of annihilation, yet - pays a price for it. Between 550,000 and 710,000 Arabs fled because of the war and a larger number of 850,000 Jews were expelled or fled from Arab countries (the "Jewish nakba").
Population exchanges and expulsions were the norm at that time, occurring in dozens of other conflict points and affecting about 52 million people. In all the population exchange precedents that occurred during or at the end of an armed conflict, there was no return of refugees to the previous region, which had turned into a new national state.
Only the Arab states acted completely differently from the rest of the world. Instead of assimilating the refugees, they crushed them despite the fact that they were their coreligionists and members of the Arab nation - instituting a regime of apartheid. So the "nakba" was not caused by the actual dispossession, which had also been experienced by tens of millions of others. The "nakba" is the story of the apartheid, oppression, abuse and denial of rights suffered by the Arab refugees at the hands of the Arab countries. (Maariv)

International Law and Military Operations in Practice - Col. Richard Kemp

"Islamist fighting groups study the international laws of armed conflict carefully and they understand it well. They know that a British or Israeli commander and his men are bound by international law and the rules of engagement that flow from it. They then do their utmost to exploit what they view as one of their enemy's main weaknesses. Their very modus operandi is built on the correct assumption that Western armies will normally abide by the rules, while these insurgents employ a deliberate policy of operating consistently outside international law. "

Lost Historical Moments

What Rabin’s last Knesset speech really said:repudiation of a Palestinian state

Rabin ruled out a fully sovereign Palestinian state :

“We view the permanent solution in the framework of State of Israel which will include most of the area of the Land of Israel as it was under the rule of the British Mandate, and alongside it a Palestinian entity which will be a home to most of the Palestinian residents living in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. We would like this to be an entity which is less than a state, and which will independently run the lives of the Palestinians under its authority.”

Rabin ruled out a total withdrawal from Judea and Samaria and thus a return to the pre-June 1967 borders :

“The borders of the State of Israel, during the permanent solution, will be beyond the lines which existed before the Six Day War. We will not return to the 4 June 1967 lines.”

Rabin ruled out withdrawing form the Jordan Valley:

“The security border of the State of Israel will be located in the Jordan Valley, in the broadest meaning of that term.”

Rabin ruled out uprooting settlement blocs, like the Gush Katif bloc in Gaza (which was subsequently uprooted by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon):

“The establishment of blocs of settlements in Judea and Samaria, like the one in Gush Katif.

AND

Rabin ruled out removing any settlement before coming to a full peace agreement with the Palestinians:

“I want to remind you: we committed ourselves, that is, we came to an agreement, and committed ourselves before the Knesset, not to uproot a single settlement in the framework of the interim agreement, and not to hinder building for natural growth.”

Rabin insisted on Israel retaining full security control of the borders with Egypt and Jordan, contrary to Israel’s relinquishment of the Philadelphia Corridor on the border with Egypt:

“The responsibility for external security along the borders with Egypt and Jordan, as well as control over the airspace above all of the territories and Gaza Strip maritime zone, remains in our hands.”

Correcting Oslo Myths-Part 2

3) Kuttab laments that the post-1993 Oslo process resulted in a Palestinian Authority "whose ministers and legislators are not guaranteed passage between Gaza and the West Bank ...."

Before free passage or other perquisites, PA leaders were obligated, among other things, to eliminate the terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, end anti-Israeli, antisemitic incitement in schools, mosques, and communications media, and resolve all outstanding issues through peaceful negotiations. They met none of these commitments, sometimes bolstering terrorism and greatly increasing incitement.

4) Kuttab complains that under Oslo the PA got "lightly armed police ---- but no real sovereignty over the land or contiguity between our communities in Gaza and the West Bank."

Oslo agreements repeatedly were revised, regardless of Palestinian non-compliance, until the authorized number of police grew from 8,000 to 40,000. Though they were to be the only armed forces in the territories, Israeli estimates early in the second intifada put the number of gunmen - police, "security services," terrorists, and armed gangs - at 85,000. Their armament reportedly included not only heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, but also anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles.

Sovereignty was to be negotiated in the envisioned 1998 "final status" talks - after a five-year period of confidence-building. Palestinian leadership chronically undermined the process. Palestinian terrorism made the 1993 - 1998 Oslo period more deadly for Israelis than the 15 years preceding it.

The United States doesn't have contiguity between the lower 48 states and Alaska and Hawaii; territorial contiguity between the West Bank and Gaza Strip - that is, through the 20 miles of Israeli territory between them - was never promised and would destroy Israeli contiguity.

5) "Palestinians have been made to endure hundreds of checkpoints in the West Bank, an eight-foot wall deep in our territories, and tight Israeli control over borders."

The security barrier is not "deep in Palestinian territories," but rather encompasses less than 8 percent of Judea and Samaria, and is mostly a fence, rarely a wall; the land in question is not "our [Palestinian] territories" but disputed territory to which, according to the authors of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, Jews as well as Arabs have claims; and there are no international borders, only the 1949 armistice lines with Jordan. Under 242, borders remain to be negotiated. As for checkpoints - like the security barrier and "tight Israeli control" - Palestinian Arabs precipitated these measures themselves. No terrorism and there would be no fence or tight Israeli control and few checkpoints - like before the first intifada.

Correcting Some Oslo Myths

1) In Oslo "Israeli, Palestinian and other world leaders promised that ... Palestinian sovereignty would be solidified."

No, they didn't. The 1993 Declaration of Principles and subsequent Oslo agreements outlined a process by which final status negotiations about the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be reached. The process required an end to anti-Israel terrorism and incitement and a commitment to peaceful negotiations. The PA, Fatah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and other terrorist groups, sabotaged the process from the start.

2) "The reality is that, in defiance of U.N. Security Council Resolution 242, which states that it is inadmissible to occupy land by force, Palestinian territories are still under foreign military occupation."
Wrong again. Resolution 242 (1967) does note "the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by war." It also affirms the right of every state in the area "to live in peace with secure and recognized boundaries free from threats or acts of force." There were no "Palestinian territories." Jordan occupied the West Bank, Egypt controlled Gaza. Israel did not have "secure and recognized boundaries," so retention of some of those territories was possible under 242. Israel is not a "foreign" military occupier in the West Bank but, pending final negotiations, the lawful military administrator as a result of a successful war of self-defense.

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