{"id":137989,"date":"2014-08-22T16:32:34","date_gmt":"2014-08-22T16:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=137989"},"modified":"2014-08-22T16:32:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T16:32:34","slug":"pro-israeli-security-council-gaza-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/war-terrorism\/pro-israeli-security-council-gaza-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Israeli Security Council Gaza Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Lendman\u00a0<\/em>
\nRINF Alternative News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

On August 21, Washington joined Germany, Britain and France. They presented a largely one-sided Security Council resolution to end over six weeks of conflict.<\/p>\n

It’s pro-Israeli. It’s pro-Western. It’s anti-Palestinian. It’s more Gazan Versailles than legitimate peace plan. It demands rejection.<\/p>\n

It’s in lieu of what’s fundamentally needed:<\/p>\n

a resolution holding Israel responsible for premeditated genocidal aggression;<\/p>\n

holding Netanyahu and other Israeli officials accountable;<\/p>\n

ordering them prosecuted in a Nuremberg-style tribunal;<\/p>\n

unconditionally ordering Gaza’s siege be lifted;<\/p>\n

mandating Israel alone pay for damage it caused, compensate surviving family members for their losses, and fully cover the cost of medical treatment for injured Gazans;<\/p>\n

assuring long denied justice for beleaguered Gazans;<\/p>\n

ordering Israel to halt settlement construction;<\/p>\n

mandating an end to occupation; and<\/p>\n

guaranteeing support for unconditional Palestinian self-determination within 1967 borders by a specified date.<\/p>\n

The current resolution is deeply flawed. Claiming it’ll end fighting is fantasy. Or achieve any form of long denied justice. The two-page document is titled “Elements.”<\/p>\n

They include:<\/p>\n

returning Gaza to PA control;<\/p>\n

reconstructing it under international supervision;<\/p>\n

preventing Hamas from rearming;<\/p>\n

wanting it kept defenseless against certain future Israeli aggression;<\/p>\n

restarting sham Israeli-Palestinian peace talks; and<\/p>\n

doing so based on what Israel categorically rejects – within pre-1967 borders – with no enforcement teeth.<\/p>\n

Fact: Abbas and other PA officials are longtime Israeli collaborators.<\/p>\n

Fact: They have no legitimacy.<\/p>\n

Fact: They serve as Israeli enforcers.<\/p>\n

Fact: They betray their own people.<\/p>\n

Fact: Hamas is Palestine’s democratically elected government.<\/p>\n

Fact: International law prohibits any nation or combination thereof from interfering in the internal affairs of others.<\/p>\n

Fact: Palestinians alone may decide who’ll govern them under laws, principles and norms they choose.<\/p>\n

Fact: Not Israel, Washington, Germany, Britain, France, or Security Council resolution denying them their inalienable right.<\/p>\n

The proposed document condemns “all violence and hostilities directed against civilians, as well as indiscriminate attacks resulting in civilian casualties, and all acts of terrorism.”<\/p>\n

It calls for an “immediate, sustainable” ceasefire on both sides. It’s based on the following principles:<\/p>\n

returning Gaza to PA control;<\/p>\n

undefined security arrangements to prevent resumption of hostilities;<\/p>\n

denying Hamas the right of self-defense;<\/p>\n

doing so by prohibiting all weapons and munitions sales to Gaza without PA permission;<\/p>\n

preventing the financing of Israel’s notion of terrorism;<\/p>\n

assuring Gazan self-defense is defined this way;<\/p>\n

assuring Israeli aggression is called its right to self-defense;<\/p>\n

lifting “economic and humanitarian restrictions” short of unconditionally ending siege;<\/p>\n

permitting reconstruction, economic rehabilitation and development based on what Israel will allow under rules it establishes;<\/p>\n

reopening all border crossings without assurances against future unilateral Israeli closures; and<\/p>\n

doing so in accord with the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access.<\/p>\n

Washington and Israel brokered it. It was supposed to let PA officials control border crossings after Israel’s 2005 Gazan disengagement.<\/p>\n

The resolution establishes a Western controlled international monitoring and verification body.<\/p>\n

It would oversee implementation of agreed on principles, investigate ceasefire violations, inform the Security Council, facilitate movement of people and goods, as well as “ensure effective communications” between both sides.<\/p>\n

Other draft provisions include:<\/p>\n

helping PA officials establish “effective governance” in Gaza – under rules acceptable to Israel and Western states;<\/p>\n

urging UN member states to contribute to rebuilding Gaza;<\/p>\n

doing so in lieu of demanding Israel pay for the enormous damage it caused;<\/p>\n

holding an international conference on rebuilding Gaza;<\/p>\n

urging attending nations to help pay Gazan civil servants and aid PA security forces; and<\/p>\n

initiating “renewed and urgent efforts by the parties and the international community to resume the negotiations in order to achieve a comprehensive peace based on the vision of two democratic states, Palestine and Israel, living side by side on the basis of the pre-1967 borders in peace and security.”<\/p>\n

It’s hard imagining Hamas and other Palestinian resistance groups accepting what demands rejection.<\/p>\n

The draft resolution violates international law. It’s a dagger in the heart equity, justice and peace.<\/p>\n

It lopsidedly favors Israel. It renders Hamas defenseless. It offers what Israel can unilaterally abrogate for reasons it invents.<\/p>\n

It puts longtime Palestinian collaborators in charge of governing Gaza. It assures justice denied.<\/p>\n

It restarts sham peace talks. It proposes doing so on terms Israel categorically rejects.<\/p>\n

It perpetuates the greatest hoax in modern times. Talks were stillborn from inception. Israel rejects peace and stability.<\/p>\n

Palestinians have no say whatever. They’ve been brutalized for decades. They’re denied all rights. They’re virtual prisoners in their own land.<\/p>\n

Oslo was unconditional Palestinian surrender. So were Oslo II, Wye River, Camp David, Taba, Bush’s Road Map, Annapolis, other negotiating rounds, and the most recent failed talks had they continued.<\/p>\n

The current Security Council proposal holds Gazans hostage to Israeli and Western diktats.<\/p>\n

It leaves Israel unaccountable for high crimes against peace. It assures future Israeli aggression.<\/p>\n

It lets occupation harshness continue. It perpetuates decades of injustice. It leaves Palestinians isolated on their own.<\/p>\n

It gives Israel wiggle room to interpret provisions to its own advantage. It denies Gazans the same right. It leaves major issues unaddressed.<\/p>\n

They include:<\/p>\n

internationally guaranteed\/universally recognized Palestinian sovereignty;<\/p>\n

ending occupation;<\/p>\n

letting diaspora Palestinians return;<\/p>\n

compensating them and Palestinian refugees for land and possessions Israel stole;<\/p>\n

ending settlement construction on stolen Palestinian land;<\/p>\n

giving Palestinians control of their airspace, coastal waters, and resources (including offshore gas reserves); as well as<\/p>\n

East Jerusalem as their exclusive capital.<\/p>\n

The resolution instructs UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to initiate proposals to “implement the relevant provisions.” He’s a longtime pro-Western\/pro-Israeli imperial tool.<\/p>\n

It lets Security Council members circumvent international law. It lets them impose punitive measures if either side violates resolution provisions. It assures imposition on Palestinians alone.<\/p>\n

It lets pro-Israeli Western nations force-feed unacceptable terms on Gaza. It gives Gazans no say. It punishes them for rejecting unacceptable demands.<\/p>\n

It destroys Fatah\/Hamas unity. It perpetuates longstanding injustice. It assures future conflict.<\/p>\n

Current Israeli genocidal aggression continues. Western leaders support it. Israel murdered nearly 2,100 Palestinians. Over 10,300 were injured.<\/p>\n

Large parts of Gaza lie in ruins. A pre-dawn air strike killed three al-Qassam Brigades commanders.<\/p>\n

On Friday, thousands of Palestinians marched through Rafah. They did so in mourning. They honored Mohammed Abu Shamalah, Mohammed Barhoum and Raed Attar.<\/p>\n

Their deaths came a day after Israel unsuccessfully tried to assassinate senior al-Qassam Brigades leader Mohammed Deif.<\/p>\n

An airstrike on his home killed his wife and eight-month-old son. Netanyahu tried to link his aggression to Obama’s war on the Islamic State in Iraq.<\/p>\n

He lied calling both groups a “branch of the same tree.” He did so without a shred of credible evidence. None exists.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Israel activated another 10,000 reserves. Hardliners Economy Minister Naftali Bennett, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and others want Hamas entirely destroyed.<\/p>\n

Perhaps a second ground invasion will follow. Since Israel sabotaged Cairo talks, it murdered around five dozen more mostly civilian Palestinian men, women and children.<\/p>\n

They included five family members digging a grave in Sheikh Radwan cemetery. They were doing so for lost loved ones.<\/p>\n

They were noncombatants. They posed no threat. Israel deliberately murdered them in cold blood. It considers civilian men, women, children, infants, the elderly and infirm legitimate targets.<\/p>\n

Doing so is part of its longstanding collective punishment policy. It’s in flagrant violation of international law.<\/p>\n

It doesn’t matter. Western leaders support Israeli genocide. They turn a blind eye to its worst high crimes against peace.<\/p>\n

They continue daily throughout Occupied Palestine. Gazans suffer most.<\/p>\n

Long denied justice is nowhere in sight. The US\/German\/British\/ French resolution assures keeping things this way.<\/p>\n

Palestinians remain isolated on their own. Gazans remain trapped on their own land.<\/p>\n

Israel is free to wage aggressive wars on whatever pretexts it invents. Business as usual continues.<\/p>\n

Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net.<\/p>\n

His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/p>\n

Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.<\/p>\n

Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/p>\n

It airs three times weekly: live on Sundays at 1PM Central time plus two prerecorded archived programs.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.progressiveradionetwork.com\/the-progressive-news-hour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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