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 Posted: Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:53 am Post subject: A Prescription for Mideast Peace: Get Tough With Israel |
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A Prescription for Mideast Peace: Get Tough With Israel
by James J. David
A just solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict can only be achieved if U.S.
policy is based upon American moral principles and a strict adherence to
international law, which run counter to the continued Israeli occupation of
Arab territory and the denial of basic rights and freedoms to Palestinians
under Israeli military rule.
No peace initiative will ever succeed if it denies the Palestinians the
liberty to which all people are entitled. Unfortunately, the U.S. has always
been silent in the face of Israel's continuing occupation, obediently
providing military, political and financial support which only strengthens
Israel's belligerent posture towards its neighbors.
The confiscation of Arab land in order to build more Jewish settlements, the
expulsion of Palestinians, their arrest and imprisonment, the systematic
torture in the prisons, the assassination of political leaders, the total
absence of due process, the demolition of homes, the uprooting of thousands
of olive trees, the diversion to Israel of scarce water resources and the
often indiscriminant killing of men, women, and especially children are
violations of international law and moral standards. Americans have a
special responsibility to put a stop to these abuses because these abuses
are unjust and because they are being carried out with our resources and
with the military and political support of our government.
The United States has a responsibility to intervene in order to prevent
hostilities from occurring anywhere around the world or whenever human
rights are being violated. But, it must do what is right based upon moral
principles and not upon influences from special interest groups, political
action committees or influential lobbyists. No rational dialogue is possible
when those who dare to speak out are subjected to such intimidation that
they fear for their political or professional lives.
A major obstacle to the establishment of such an American policy is the
political influence wielded by the Israeli lobby. Supplementing the lobby's
efficient pressure, pro-Israeli political action committees give more money
to the campaigns of senators, congressmen and presidential candidates than
any other single-issue lobby. Aggregate contributions by pro-Israeli
individuals are even greater.
U.S. policy in the Middle East has been a failure. Its lopsided support of
Israel is the main reason. It is not good for Israel to live beyond its
means and be immune from criticism because of American protection. This
unquestionable protection of Israel and our refusal to condemn this Jewish
State no matter what violations of international law and human rights it
commits only breeds terrorism. We Americans now see this terrorism on our
own soil.
* Israel receives over $5 billion dollars annually in both military
and economic aid from the American taxpayer. Israel is one of the richest
countries in the world, with a per-capita income of $21,000, yet receives
$1,200 per person from the United States with no strings attached. America
needs the money for its own people and for the starving people of less
fortunate Third World countries. The $5 billion in annual foreign aid to
Israel has got to stop.
* Israel continues to occupy lands that were seized from its neighbors
in 1967. Continuing the occupation with all its inhumanity and exacerbating
it by expelling the original inhabitants and creating new settlements is
immoral and illegal and in no one's interest. This is particularly galling
when the settlements are funded by the U.S. taxpayer, who was not asked if
he approved of his money being used in this fashion. It has got to stop.
* Israel has been given free access to U.S. technology, which it has
been illegally re-exporting to the People's Republic of China, India, and
others. This technology is going into weapon systems that one day might be
used against us. This misuse of our military technology has got to stop.
* Israel has nuclear weapons that were developed with the technology
and materials stolen from the United States. According to federal law, aid
to countries who build nuclear weapons is illegal. Until Israel joins the
Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty to permit inspection of its facilities, all
military aid or assistance from the United States should stop.
* Israel continues to spy on the United States to obtain civilian and
military technology. After China, it is the most active country spying
against the United States, even though it calls itself an ally and a friend.
The espionage has got to stop.
* The Israeli lobby has effectively blocked American business
relations with countries that Israel considers enemies, like Iran and Syria.
That has cost tens of thousands of American jobs. This interference in our
commercial affairs must stop.
* Whenever Israel invades one of its neighbors or kills innocent
civilians, the United States is prompt to veto any United Nations
resolutions that criticize Israel. The U.S. could not even bring itself to
condemn the Qana Lebanese refugee camp massacre in which over 100 civilians,
including two American boys from Michigan, were killed. Shielding Israel is
an international embarrassment and places U.S. citizens in danger around the
world, including our own soil, as we recently experienced with the Pentagon
and the WTC attack. Israel must begin taking responsibility for its actions,
and erosion of our national prestige in order to protect Israel must stop.
* Israel discriminates against the Christians and Muslims who live
within its borders in numerous ways, most notably by forbidding them to buy,
lease, or rent 92 percent of the land in the country, which is earmarked for
"Jews only." Israel must decide whether it wants to be a democracy, or a
state in which only Jews have civil rights. If it is to be the former, it
must offer all citizens equally before the law.
* The influence of Israel's lobby and its political action committees
has turned Congress and the White House into "yes men" for Israeli
interests. Israel should get out of our politics and stay out. The
promiscuous use of the label "anti-Semitic" to tar and feather any critic of
Israel must also stop.
* All of Israel's vocal supporters and those who do its bidding in
Congress and the White House should remember that when Stephen Decatur said
"my country, right or wrong..." he was referring to the United States.
Israel is a foreign country which, rightly, has interests and concerns that
are different from ours. It should react to those concerns in light of its
own national interests. We should do likewise.
The situation in the Middle East will not and cannot improve until American
aid to Israel is either phased out or brought under control. That is the key
to peace.
Israel is a wealthy country, sixteenth among all countries in per-capita
income. Thanks to American support and protection, Israelis and their
government have been living beyond their means and snubbing international
law since recognition of Israel. Massive American aid only encourages the
right wing in Israel and spreads settlements on Arab Lands.
But just mention Israel's foreign aid program to your congressman and most
likely you'll get the canned response. "Israel is our strategic asset in the
Middle East." You'll know that answer was bought and paid for. As former
Senator James Abzourek once pointed out, to call Israel a strategic asset in
the Middle East is like thanking the arsonist for calling the fire
department that put the fire out.
Donald Bergus, a former ambassador to Sudan and retired diplomat, has
written: "At the State Department we used to predict that if Israel's Prime
Minister should announce that the world is flat, within 24 hours Congress
would pass a resolution congratulating him on the discovery." Is it any
wonder he would write such a thing?
James J. David is a retired Brigadier General, and a graduate of the U.S.
Army's Command and General Staff College, and the National Security Course,
National Defense University, Washington DC. He served nearly 3 years of Army
active duty in and around the Middle East from 1967-1969.
http://www.mediamonitors.net/jamesjdavid2.html |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject: Re: A Prescription for Mideast Peace: Get Tough With Israel |
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On Nov 18, 8:53 pm, "Firnando" <geovani_the_ital...@yahoo.com> wrote:
| Quote: | A Prescription for Mideast Peace: Get Tough With Israel
by James J. David
A just solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict can only be achieved if U.S.
policy is based upon American moral principles and a strict adherence to
international law, which run counter to the continued Israeli occupation of
Arab territory and the denial of basic rights and freedoms to Palestinians
under Israeli military rule.
No peace initiative will ever succeed if it denies the Palestinians the
liberty to which all people are entitled. Unfortunately, the U.S. has always
been silent in the face of Israel's continuing occupation, obediently
providing military, political and financial support which only strengthens
Israel's belligerent posture towards its neighbors.
The confiscation of Arab land in order to build more Jewish settlements, the
expulsion of Palestinians, their arrest and imprisonment, the systematic
torture in the prisons, the assassination of political leaders, the total
absence of due process, the demolition of homes, the uprooting of thousands
of olive trees, the diversion to Israel of scarce water resources and the
often indiscriminant killing of men, women, and especially children are
violations of international law and moral standards. Americans have a
special responsibility to put a stop to these abuses because these abuses
are unjust and because they are being carried out with our resources and
with the military and political support of our government.
The United States has a responsibility to intervene in order to prevent
hostilities from occurring anywhere around the world or whenever human
rights are being violated. But, it must do what is right based upon moral
principles and not upon influences from special interest groups, political
action committees or influential lobbyists. No rational dialogue is possible
when those who dare to speak out are subjected to such intimidation that
they fear for their political or professional lives.
A major obstacle to the establishment of such an American policy is the
political influence wielded by the Israeli lobby. Supplementing the lobby's
efficient pressure, pro-Israeli political action committees give more money
to the campaigns of senators, congressmen and presidential candidates than
any other single-issue lobby. Aggregate contributions by pro-Israeli
individuals are even greater.
U.S. policy in the Middle East has been a failure. Its lopsided support of
Israel is the main reason. It is not good for Israel to live beyond its
means and be immune from criticism because of American protection. This
unquestionable protection of Israel and our refusal to condemn this Jewish
State no matter what violations of international law and human rights it
commits only breeds terrorism. We Americans now see this terrorism on our
own soil.
* Israel receives over $5 billion dollars annually in both military
and economic aid from the American taxpayer. Israel is one of the richest
countries in the world, with a per-capita income of $21,000, yet receives
$1,200 per person from the United States with no strings attached. America
needs the money for its own people and for the starving people of less
fortunate Third World countries. The $5 billion in annual foreign aid to
Israel has got to stop.
* Israel continues to occupy lands that were seized from its neighbors
in 1967. Continuing the occupation with all its inhumanity and exacerbating
it by expelling the original inhabitants and creating new settlements is
immoral and illegal and in no one's interest. This is particularly galling
when the settlements are funded by the U.S. taxpayer, who was not asked if
he approved of his money being used in this fashion. It has got to stop.
* Israel has been given free access to U.S. technology, which it has
been illegally re-exporting to the People's Republic of China, India, and
others. This technology is going into weapon systems that one day might be
used against us. This misuse of our military technology has got to stop.
* Israel has nuclear weapons that were developed with the technology
and materials stolen from the United States. According to federal law, aid
to countries who build nuclear weapons is illegal. Until Israel joins the
Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty to permit inspection of its facilities, all
military aid or assistance from the United States should stop.
* Israel continues to spy on the United States to obtain civilian and
military technology. After China, it is the most active country spying
against the United States, even though it calls itself an ally and a friend.
The espionage has got to stop.
* The Israeli lobby has effectively blocked American business
relations with countries that Israel considers enemies, like Iran and Syria.
That has cost tens of thousands of American jobs. This interference in our
commercial affairs must stop.
* Whenever Israel invades one of its neighbors or kills innocent
civilians, the United States is prompt to veto any United Nations
resolutions that criticize Israel. The U.S. could not even bring itself to
condemn the Qana Lebanese refugee camp massacre in which over 100 civilians,
including two American boys from Michigan, were killed. Shielding Israel is
an international embarrassment and places U.S. citizens in danger around the
world, including our own soil, as we recently experienced with the Pentagon
and the WTC attack. Israel must begin taking responsibility for its actions,
and erosion of our national prestige in order to protect Israel must stop..
* Israel discriminates against the Christians and Muslims who live
within its borders in numerous ways, most notably by forbidding them to buy,
lease, or rent 92 percent of the land in the country, which is earmarked for
"Jews only." Israel must decide whether it wants to be a democracy, or a
state in which only Jews have civil rights. If it is to be the former, it
must offer all citizens equally before the law.
* The influence of Israel's lobby and its political action committees
has turned Congress and the White House into "yes men" for Israeli
interests. Israel should get out of our politics and stay out. The
promiscuous use of the label "anti-Semitic" to tar and feather any critic of
Israel must also stop.
* All of Israel's vocal supporters and those who do its bidding in
Congress and the White House should remember that when Stephen Decatur said
"my country, right or wrong..." he was referring to the United States.
Israel is a foreign country which, rightly, has interests and concerns that
are different from ours. It should react to those concerns in light of its
own national interests. We should do likewise.
The situation in the Middle East will not and cannot improve until American
aid to Israel is either phased out or brought under control. That is the key
to peace.
Israel is a wealthy country, sixteenth among all countries in per-capita
income. Thanks to American support and protection, Israelis and their
government have been living beyond their means and snubbing international
law since recognition of Israel. Massive American aid only encourages the
right wing in Israel and spreads settlements on Arab Lands.
But just mention Israel's foreign aid program to your congressman and most
likely you'll get the canned response. "Israel is our strategic asset in the
Middle East." You'll know that answer was bought and paid for. As former
Senator James Abzourek once pointed out, to call Israel a strategic asset in
the Middle East is like thanking the arsonist for calling the fire
department that put the fire out.
Donald Bergus, a former ambassador to Sudan and retired diplomat, has
written: "At the State Department we used to predict that if Israel's Prime
Minister should announce that the world is flat, within 24 hours Congress
would pass a resolution congratulating him on the discovery." Is it any
wonder he would write such a thing?
James J. David is a retired Brigadier General, and a graduate of the U.S.
Army's Command and General Staff College, and the National Security Course,
National Defense University, Washington DC. He served nearly 3 years of Army
active duty in and around the Middle East from 1967-1969.
http://www.mediamonitors.net/jamesjdavid2.html
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This is an extremely well-written article and will provide valuable
insight and background information regarding Israel aggression |
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