Doc's Talk: Palestinian Authority non-recognition of Israel

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Palestinian Authority non-recognition of Israel

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Foreign Affairs Committee, Parliament Copenhagen, Denmark, Nov. 8, 2011

by Nan Jacques Zilberdik and Itamar Marcus Palestinian Media Watch

The Palestinian Authority’s messages in Arabic deny Israel’s existence by portraying a world in which all of Israel is said to be “Palestine.” The rejection of Israel’s existence is reinforced by the PA’s teaching that the conflict with Israel is a Ribat or a Jihad, a religious conflict “until Resurrection.”
These actions demonstrate that in messages to its own people, the PA has not complied with the fundamental, preliminary requirement of the peace process, which is to have recognized Israel.
The following are some examples from September – November, 2011 of PA non-recognition and presenting the conflict with Israel as an eternal religious conflict during the peace talks in 2010: 1. Non-recognition of Israel
This educational documentary, depicting all parts of Israel as “Palestine," has been broadcast repeatedly on PA TV (Fatah) since 2007. Most recent broadcast was on Nov. 1, 2011:
“The West Bank and Gaza have another section in Palestine which is the Palestinian coast that spreads along the [Mediterranean] sea, from􏰀 Ashkelon in the south up to Haifa, in the Carmel Mountains. Haifa is a well-known Palestinian port. [Haifa] enjoyed a respected status among Arabs and Palestinians especially before it fell to the ‘occupation’ [Israel] in 1948. To its north, we find Acre. East of Acre, we reach a city with history and importance, the city of Tiberias, near a famous lake, the Sea of Galilee. Jaffa, an ancient coastal city, is the bride of the sea, and Palestine’s gateway to the world.”
[PA TV (Fatah) since 2007. Most recent broadcast was on Nov. 1, 2011]
Following PA statehood bid at the UN:
PA maps still show “Palestine” – the requested state – to include all of Israel
The day after PA Chairman Abbas delivered the Palestinian Authority’s request for statehood to the UN, PA TV, which is controlled directly by Abbas’ office, broadcast a map that does not recognize Israel’s right to exist, but completely denies it.
Phone: 972-2-625-4140 • pmw@palwatch.org • www.palwatch.org • Jerusalem, Israel
The map depicts Israel under Palestinian rule and was part of a public service clip promoting Palestinian statehood. It shows both all of Israel (excluding the Golan Heights) and the PA areas wrapped in the Palestinian flag, symbolizing sole Palestinian sovereignty, and a
key representing Palestinian claims of ownership of the land and “right of return.”
Arabic texts on map: Right: “Expelled”
Left: “Resolve”
Bottom: “Right of return”
Abbas claims to recognize Israel and its right to exist, and to be requesting a Palestinian state based on 1967 ceasefire lines, living side by side with Israel.
The maps of “Palestine” publicized in Abbas’ official Pa media do not corroborate Abbas’ statements.
The following are other examples of maps of “Palestine” that include Israel in the official PA media that were published in the days after the PA statehood bid at the UN.
PA TV filler showing map of “Palestine” including PA areas as well as all of Israel. The following Israeli cities are presented as Palestinian: Acre, Haifa, Beit Shean, Be’er Sheva, Ramle, Safed, Tiberias, Nazareth, Jaffa and Lod. [PA TV, Sept. 24, 2011]
Map of PA areas and all of Israel that forms the word “HERE.” It completes the text on the side and bottom, reading:
“HERE [we] stand, stay, permanent, eternal, and we have one goal, one, one – to be, and we will be.”
The word “here” specifically refers to all of Israel. Abbas quoted this statement by the poet Mahmoud Darwish in his speech requesting PA statehood at the UN.
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 26, 2011]
[PA TV, Sept. 24, 2011]
Phone: 972-2-625-4140 • pmw@palwatch.org • www.palwatch.org • Jerusalem, Israel
Opening ceremony of basketball tournament featured huge a map of “Palestine” that includes all of Israel. Both PA TV and the official Pa daily reported on the opening, showing the map. [PA TV, Sept. 26, 2011 and
Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 29, 2011]
Lock in the shape of map including PA areas as well as all of Israel.
Text on top lock: “[the Arab] Weakness”.
Text on bottom lock: “Occupation”
[Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Sept. 20, 2011]
The Palestinian Authority is telling its people that peace with Israel is not a goal. Instead, the PA says that all of Israel is "Palestine," and that no compromise is acceptable because this principle is "the only red line."
This message was expressed by the regular cartoonist,
Muhammad Sabaaneh, in the official PA daily. His cartoon displayed a map of all of Israel (excluding the Golan Heights) and the PA areas, with the following text written across the map: "The only red line. “ [Al-Hayat Al-Jadida, Aug. 21, 2011]
The cartoon is a clear example of the PA's lack of
recognition of Israel's right to exist, and sends a
message that the PA's real goal is a complete
dismantling of Israel and its replacement by a
Palestinian state. This sentiment is implicit in PA
ideology but only occasionally is it expressed so explicitly in its controlled media.
Phone: 972-2-625-4140 • pmw@palwatch.org • www.palwatch.org • Jerusalem, Israel
At a Fatah event in the presence of Mahmoud Abbas and many other senior PA officials, a Palestinian singer defined Palestinian land that "I am returning to" as spanning from Rosh Hanikra, in Israel's north, to Rafah in the Gaza Strip in the South, and from Haifa, on Israel's Western coast to Beit Shean Israel's Eastern border.
This song and video has been broadcast on PA TV 20 times during 2011, most recently on Nov. 1, 2011.
"We commit and promise to stand behind you, oh Mahmoud Abbas, until Judgment Day. I am returning to you, the purest land, oh land of the free. No matter how long the nights of exile, I am returning to you, oh land. From Rafah to Rosh Hanikra (northern Israel) our coast, and Beit Shean (Israeli city). Above your soil, oh my land, is a picture of Garden of Eden. From Rafah to Rosh Hanikra our coast, and Beit Shean. Above your soil, oh my land, is a picture of Garden of Eden. From Rafah to Rosh Hanikra, north and south, are the picture's borders. From Haifa (Israeli city) and Tantura to the [Jordan] valley (i.e., all of Israel). I am returning to you, the purest land, oh land of the free."
[PA TV (Fatah), Feb. 27, 2011 and May 12, 2011]
Note: The following PA officials are shown sitting in the audience: Mahmoud Abbas, PA Chairman, Sultan Abu Al-Einein, Fatah Central Committee, Hanan Ashrawi, PLO Executive Committee, Abbas Zaki, Fatah Central Committee, Al-Tayeb Abd Al-Rahim, President's office Sec. Gen., Yasser Abd Rabbo, PLO Sec. Gen., Ahmad Tibi, Israeli Arab Member of Knesset.
This video orginally aired on Feb. 27, 2011 and has been rebroadcast another 19 times in 2011.
2. Conflict with Israel is eternal and religious
During the peace talks of 2010, in his Friday sermons on PA TV, the PA Minister of Religious Affairs, Mahmoud Al-Habbash, repeatedly preached that the conflict with Israel is not territorial but religious, and therefore mandated by Islamic law. He explained early in 2010:
"Allah has preordained for us the Ribat (religious conflict/war) on this blessed land. We are committed to it by Allah’s command. Let no one be mistaken or under the illusion that Ribat is a choice and nothing more. It is a commandment that necessitates hardship and requires the person to rush to fulfill this command. If Allah has chosen you for Ribat on the land of Ribat, you, the choicest of God’s servants, then this is an honor. The enemy is patient, it is waiting for the nation to collapse. The struggle over this land is not merely a struggle over a piece of land here or there. Not at all. The struggle has the symbolism of holiness, or blessing. It is a struggle between those whom Allah has chosen for Ribat and those who are trying to mutilate the land of Ribat."
[PA TV (Fatah), Feb. 12, 2010]
Al-Habbash later added that the religious conflict/ war with Israel is so intrinsic to Islam that it appeared in the Quran:
"Since that date [1917, Balfour Declaration], resolute people, fighters and Ribat (religious war) fighters have not ceased upon our blessed land􏰀 This conflict is explicit in the Quran and our obligation with regard to it is clarified by the Quran􏰀 We do not oppose peace. On the contrary, we aspire to peace, but not at the expense of our rights; not at the expense of our cause, and not at the expense of our religion."
[PA TV (Fatah), May. 14, 2010]
Phone: 972-2-625-4140 • pmw@palwatch.org • www.palwatch.org • Jerusalem, Israel
Minister of Religious Affairs, Mahmoud Habbash, Friday sermon:
“Look at Palestinian women. Have they lagged behind men in anything? Have they lagged behind in the struggle, in Jihad? Have they lagged behind in Ribat? Have they lagged behind in [violent] resistance? The existence of female prisoners is proof that my words are correct. Our Shahidas (Martyrs), from among our daughters and mothers and the women of Palestine, are proof of what I am saying. The women have not lagged behind, and in our society no door is closed to them. All doors are open, so that women may participate together with men in all spheres of life: in action, in Jihad, in resistance, in politics, in the legal system􏰀
Women’s liberation will happen [when they are] shoulder-to-shoulder with men in building society, in liberating Palestine, in building identity, in consolidating values, in educating the younger generation, in creating men. That is the woman’s role.’”
[PA TV (Fatah), March 11, 2011]

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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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Are you aware that in 2013, Middle class taxes go up-significantly?

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"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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