{"id":146637,"date":"2015-04-23T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T06:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?guid=f7e5da133b8bf767a391e66d4cfb0244"},"modified":"2015-04-23T06:40:00","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T06:40:00","slug":"efforts-to-restart-sham-israelipalestinian-peaqce-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/editorials\/efforts-to-restart-sham-israelipalestinian-peaqce-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Efforts to Restart Sham Israeli\/Palestinian Peaqce Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"
Efforts to Restart Sham Israeli\/Palestinian Peace Talks<\/b><\/div>\n
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by Stephen Lendman<\/div>\n
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Palestinians never had a peace partner in Israel, America or other Western countries – less than ever now with fascist US and Israeli lunatics running things.<\/div>\n
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They’re all take and no give. They don’t negotiate. They demand. <\/div>\n
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They reject peace. They want unconditional Palestinian surrender.<\/div>\n
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They want endless wars and instability. They blame victims for their high crimes. <\/div>\n
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Netanyahu said he’ll never allow a Palestinian state – except perhaps a rump, isolated meaningless one on worthless scrubland surrounded by belligerent Israeli forces.<\/div>\n
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Decades of so-called peace talks failed. Chances for success now are virtually zero.<\/div>\n
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Britain, France and New Zealand urge passing a (worthless) Security Council resolution restating (dead on arrival) talks.<\/div>\n
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Washington said it may “reassess” its position – code language for old wine in new bottles.<\/div>\n
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Republicans and Democrats support Israel’s worst crimes. <\/div>\n
Both countries partner in each other’s wars.<\/div>\n
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They’re in lockstep on longstanding Palestinian persecution – enforced Israeli apartheid conditions worse than South Africa’s.<\/div>\n
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Washington says one thing. It does another. It fully supports Israeli land theft, lawless settlements, occupation harshness, and premeditated aggression against defenseless Palestinian civilians.<\/div>\n
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Murdering them in cold blood is called self-defense. Legitimate Palestinian resistance is called terrorism.<\/div>\n
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Longstanding Israeli oppression under Netanyahu’s fascist regime is more hardline than ever.<\/div>\n
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Security Council resolutions change nothing. Israel ignores them entirely. Washington vetoes whatever harms its interests.<\/div>\n
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Restarting peace talks doomed to fail assures hypocrisy alone wins.<\/div>\n
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On Tuesday, AP said <\/span><\/a>New Zealand is “working on a UN resolution aimed at restarting stalled negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.”<\/div>\n
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Its UN envoy Jim McLay told Council members it’s time for them “to use (their) moral and legal authority (to restart) productive negotiations” – no matter how affording Palestinians long denied justice is virtually impossible.<\/div>\n
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McLay said New Zealand is working on resolution text language to inject “new momentum” into talks.<\/div>\n
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France and other nations say they’re doing the same thing. “New Zealand stands ready to engage and be helpful,” McLay said.<\/div>\n
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His nation will wait to see how a French initiative plays out. New Zealand will act accordingly.<\/div>\n
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French UN envoy Francois Delattre said “(i)t’s the responsibility of this council to adopt a consensual and balanced resolution that sets the parameters of a final status and a timeline for the negotiations.”<\/div>\n
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He ignored peace process hypocrisy – one-sided US-led support for Israel, disdain for Palestinian rights since mass slaughter, destruction and displacement established the Israeli state.<\/div>\n
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He said nothing about French disdain for human rights – its partnership with US imperial wars. It’s turning a blind eye to Israel’s worst crimes.<\/div>\n
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Britain operates the same way. Its rogue policies are longstanding. Its UN envoy Mark Lyall Grant’s words rabg hollow urging “parameters for a peaceful and negotiated solution.”<\/div>\n
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Why not decades earlier? Nearly half a century of oppressive Israeli occupation continues.<\/div>\n
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World leaders able change things responsibly do nothing – not now, not earlier, not ahead as long as Israeli interests alone are supported.<\/div>\n
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Western high-minded rhetoric doesn’t wash. Pro-Israeli policies remain unchanged. <\/div>\n
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On Monday, US and Israeli representatives boycotted a UN Human Rights Council session.<\/div>\n
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It addressed last summer’s Gaza war – premeditated Israeli genocidal mass slaughter and destruction mostly harming Palestinian civilians.<\/div>\n
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Culpable Israeli officials remain unpunished. Large parts of Gaza remain in rubble. <\/div>\n
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No significant rebuilding began. Promised funds didn’t arrive. Palestinians remain on their own like always. <\/div>\n
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Western calls for peace reflect gross hypocrisy – a cruel obscenity Palestinians understand best of all.<\/div>\n
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Chances for them receiving long denied justice are virtually zero. Nothing short of holding culpable Israeli officials accountable for their high crimes can work. <\/div>\n
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Not as long as US veto power obstructs it. Not while Western states support Israeli oppression.<\/div>\n
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Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. <\/div>\n
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His new book as editor and contributor is titled “Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III.”<\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/div>\n
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Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. <\/div>\n
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Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.<\/div>\n
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