Illegitimate Transfer of Inalienable European Rights via Convention(s) & Supranational Bodies Establishment of Sovereignty-Usurping Supranational Body Dictatorships Enduring Program of DEMOGRAPHICS WAR on Europeans Enduring Program of PSYCHOLOGICAL WAR on Europeans Enduring Program of European Displacement, Dismemberment, Dispossession, & Dissolution
No wars or conditions abroad (& no domestic or global economic pretexts) justify government policy facilitating the invasion of ancestral European homelands, the rape of European women, the destruction of European societies, & the genocide of Europeans.
U.S. RULING OLIGARCHY WAGES HYBRID WAR TO SALVAGE HEGEMONY [LINK | Article]
Who's preaching world democracy, democracy, democracy? —Who wants to make free people free?
Israel War of Independence (1947-1949) Jewish militias vs. Arab militias
turns to war on declaration of independence of Israel
& intervention of several Arab armies
settlement: 1949 Armistice Agreements
signed by Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
armistice lines: the Green Line
Reprisal Ops (1950s-1960s) IDF military ops
response to Arab guerilla incursions
from Syria, Egypt & Jordan Israel declares: high 'blood cost' to enemy side
as deterrence from future attacks
Suez Crisis (1956) Egypt attacked by: Israel, Britain & France
intention to occupy Sinai Peninsula
& take over Suez Canal
response to Egypt decision to nationalise Suez Canal
(following US-Anglo withdrawal of offer to fund Aswan Dam)
Conclusion: US & USSR (Soviet Russia) forced Israeli invasion to retreat
Israel reopened Straits of Tiran & pacified southern border
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Six Day War (1967) Israel vs Egypt, Jordan & Syria
(contributors: Iraq, Saudi Arab, Kuwait & Algeria)
Conclusion: territory held by Israel expanded significantly
--> The Purpose Line
West Bank (incl. East Jerusalem) - taken from Jordan
Golan Heights - taken from Syria
Sinai & Gaza - taken from Egypt
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War of Attrition (1967-1970) Egyptians seek to recapture Sinai from Israel
Egypt
Jordan
Syria
PLO
USSR
ceasefire 1970 - frontiers remain same
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Operation Gift (1968) 29 Dec. 1968 Israeli IDF commandos destroy
12 passenger aircraft
2 cargo planes
at Beirut International Airport response to attack on: Israeli Airliner El Al Flight 253 by Palestinian Lebanon-based militant org: Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
Palestinian Insurgency - South Lebanon (1971-1982) PLO relocated from Jordan to South Lebanon
base for international ops attacks on Galilee, northern Israel
Galilee 1948 Arab–Israeli war outcome: nearly the whole of Galilee came under Israel control large portion of the population fled or was forced to leave leaving dozens of entire villages empty large Israeli-Arab community remained based in and near the cities:
Nazareth, Acre, Tamra, Sakhnin, & Shefa-'Amr
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Israel response: Op Litani (1978) first Israel large-scale invasion of Lebanon
IDF seek to expel PLO from Lebanon
ground & rocket attacks from Lebanon
Israel retaliation
escalation --> leads to: Lebanon War (1982)
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Lebanon War (1982)
IDF invade southern Lebanon to expel PLO
Israeli response to:
1. terror attacks on northern Israel
2. assassination attempt
against Shlomo Argov, Israel to UK ambassador assassination attempt by: Abu Nidal org
Result:
1) exclusion of PLO from southern Lebanon
2) 'Israeli Security Zone' in southern Lebanon
(ie Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon)
IDF was allied with Christian militias
Israel eventually withdrew troops, May 2000
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South Lebanon Conflict (1982-2000) 20 years of warfare
Israel IDF
+ Israel proxy (Lebanese Christian militias)
vs. Muslim guerrillas (led by Iran-backed Hezbollah)
in Israeli occupied southern Lebanon, claimed as 'security zone'
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First Intifada (1987-1993) 6 years
large-scale Palestinian uprising against Israel West Bank & Gaza Strip
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Second Intifada (2000-2005)
large-scale Palestinian uprising against Israel
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Lebanon War (2006)
Israeli military op
response to abduction x2 Israeli reservists by Hezbollah
led to wider confrontation
Hezbollah vs IDF
UN brokered ceasefire
thereafter, Israel lifted naval blockade of Lebanon
result:
1) pacification of southern Lebanon
2) weakness of Hezbollah (serious casualties)
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Gaza War (2008-2009) Dec-Jan - 3-week armed conflict
Israel vs Hamas
escalation of Israel-Palestine conflict
rocket fire from Gaza Strip
Israel response: Op Cast Lead Op Cast Lead: surprise Israel air-strike on Gaza Strip
Israel attacked:
military targets
civilian targets
police stations
government buildings
in opening assault
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2013 - Peaceful Period
x50 rockets by Palestine
x10 Israel air-strikes
x44 Palestinians killed
100 plus Palestinians injured
x6 Israel fatalities (x5 West Bank)
x44 Israel injuries
Israel | Palestine
6 / 44 deaths
44 / 100 injuries
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Operation Pillar of Defence (2012) Israel military offensive on Gaza Strip 8-day IDF op
killing of Ahmed Jabari, chief Hamas
launch of large numbers of Hamas rockets
IED explosion on Israeli side of tunnel under Israeli Est Bank barrier
Hamas alleges:
IDF attacks on Gaza civilians in lead-up to op
Hamas cites: blockade of Gaza Strip & Occupation West Bank & East Jerusalem as reason for rocket attacks
Hamas fired:
over 1,456 rockets into Israel
Op Pillar of Defence:
IDF struck over 1,500 sites in Gaza Strip
result:
Israel
rockets killed x3 Israeli civilians
a home in Kiryat Malachi received a direct hit
Palestine
UNHCR report:
174 Palestinians were killed
100s wounded
large number of families displaced
Israeli operation condemned by:
Iran
Russia
Egypt
Turkey
+ several other Arab & Muslim countries
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Operation Brother's Keeper IDF initiated 11-day op
in search of x3 kidnapped Israeli teenagers
350 Palestinians arrested
arrest of nearly all Hamas West Bank leaders
x5 Palestinians killed
Hamas denied responsibility for kidnapping
suspect confessed
under Israel Shin Bet (internal security) heavy torture
The next Intifada: A struggle against the Bantustans
Jamal Juma
Friday 9 October 2015 15:06 UTC
Young people are the protagonists in this rebellion. With every wave of protests they are building new grassroots structures of resistance
The past few days in Palestine have evoked images of the First Intifada. Burning tyres in the streets, youth wrapped in Palestinian scarves throwing stones, and Israeli military confronting them with tear gas, sound grenades and live ammunition. Entire Palestinianvillages are under siege. Clashes are spreading like wild fire across Jerusalem and Palestinian areas on both sides of the Green Line.
The root causes for this rebellion are the same as ever: the Israeli regime of occupation, apartheid and colonialism makes Palestinians’ lives unbearable. However, there are fundamental differences between now and then, and the actions of Israel’s new settler militia will determine when, not if, a full scale Intifada will explode.
The most visible difference between the reality on the ground in the first and second Intifadas is the prominent role of Israeli settlers in the attacks on Palestinians. The settler population has become a well-armed, well-organised and ideologically driven militia. They maraud in Palestinian villages and attack Palestinians in the streets and even in their homes. From last year’s horrific burning alive of young Muhammad Abu Khdeir in Jerusalem to the recent arson attack on the Dawabshah’s home in Dima, murdering the parents and a toddler, settlers have carried out a string of terror attacks on Palestinians. Israel maintains and supports this fanatic militia to carry out the dirtiest parts of Israeli aggression and repression in the West Bank.
Pushing Palestinians into Bantustans
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s initial rhetoric about an “all-out war” including the re-occupation of the major Palestinian residential areas in the West Bank,defined by the Oslo Agreement as Area A, pleased this settler militia and their parties in the government. However, as the Israeli military and intelligence agencies were quick to point out, massive military deployment into Area A is neither in the interest of the settlers nor the rest of Israel’s political establishment. They all have a common aim: expelling as many Palestinians as possible from Jerusalem and the rest of the West Bank to the walled-in Bantustans they have created. This is best served by concentrating pressure outside these Bantustans.
Of the additional four military brigades sent to the West Bank, none are in the major Palestinian cities. Contrary to the first Intifada, when the army used extreme violence and constantly patrolled Palestinian cities to maintain their control or the Israeli re-invasion of the West Bank during the second Intifada, which aimed at destroying Palestinian Authority infrastructure, this time Area A is not a target.
Following a similar logic to the massacres of the Palestinian people in Gaza, Israel attacks from the perimeters. The ghettos stay under Palestinian control while Israel makes life unbearable in the remaining 60 percent of the West Bank through the construction of the apartheid wall, home demolitions, immediate threat of destruction of 89 communities, denial of access to water, checkpoints, land confiscation and settler attacks.
Youth lose their fear
These policies impact Palestinian resistance. Palestinians under immediate threat of ethnic cleansing are at the forefront of the protests. Young Palestinians in Jerusalem continue their mission of “shaking off” the oppressive Israeli grip on their economy, schools and homes. Nothing intimidates them; not point-blank killings nor the new law punishing stone throwing with up to 20 years of imprisonment.
If anything, the ever-tightening repression is the reason why Palestinian youth from Jerusalem are most often the ones carrying out the current stabbing attacks.Since the burning of Mohammed Abu Khdeir, the Jerusalem Intifada has been ongoing. In the rest of the West Bank, periodic waves of protests have come and gone in an ever rising tide. In the last week, seven youth have been killed and almost 800 Palestinians have been injured.Palestinians inside the Green Line, who face virulent racism and institutional apartheid and ethnic cleansing policies, have organised protests in their cities and towns.
Palestinians residing in Area A in the West Bank, with the exception of the refugee camps, have largely kept away from the mobilisation so far. For many of them, the complete vacuum of political leadership still weighs too heavy to get involved. Neither the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) nor the Palestinian political parties are able to offer any strategic directions in the face of the Israeli rejection of a Palestinian state. They cannot deliver the demands for Palestinian self-determination including the right of return and an end of apartheid for the Palestinian citizens of Israel. They have failed to create structures to defend their people.
Revolt against Israel and PA
The current outbreak of protests is not solely directed at Israel. It is also a manifestation of the frustration of the people who face the brunt of Israeli aggression in the West Bank. Their protests express an overall desire to end ineffective and inept representation.
The PA is aware of this anger. Mahmoud Abbas’ recent speech at the United Nations cautioning that Israeli policies “threaten to undermine the structure of thePalestinian National Authority and even end its existence” was nothing more than a plea to Israel and its supporters to not completely erode the PA’s ability to exercise control in the Area A Bantustans. The current wave of protests may even serve to underline his point that the PNA is central for Israel’s plan of ethnic cleansing and the Bantustanisation of the West Bank in the short term.
Ultimately, the current power sharing between the Israeli occupation and the PA as guarantor of stability in Area ABantustanswill not last. In order for the PA to maintain a minimum of credibility in front of its people, it must mimic a national movement for liberation by ending security coordination with Israel, stopping economic agreements with Israel, calling for full boycott, divestment, and sanctions to isolate Israel’s colonial apartheid regime, and protect the people. If the PNA does so, Israel will crush it. If it fails to deliver this minimum programme, the Palestinian people will rise up.
The entire political, social and economic context is readying the Palestinianpopulation for this uprising. Supporters of the two-state solution have lost hope in a Palestinian state. The economic situation continues to rapidly deteriorate, even in Area A. Unemployment rises as despair skyrockets. People seek dignity and a future for themselves, they seek freedom and independence for their nation, and they are willing to pay the price. Young people are the protagonists in this rebellion. With every wave of protests they are building new grassroots structures of resistance.
It is yet to be seen if Israel and the PA are able to control the current upsurge of rebellion. Two days ago, Israeli-Palestinian security agencies agreed to calm the situation, Netanyahu and Abbas made statements calling for an end to confrontations. Yet today, more protests than ever exploded all over the West Bank and inside the Green Line while the settlers are once again out in the streets attacking Palestinians.
The real question is not whether a third Intifada will come but rather when it will be strong enough to last. The deciding factor is Israel’s settler colonial project. Even in the absence of an effective Palestinian leadership, if the settlers and their state continue to attack the Palestinian people, we will see the emergence of a full Intifada built on grassroots organising sooner rather than later.
Jamal Juma was born in Jerusalem and attended Birzeit University, where he became politically active. Since the first Intifada, he has focused on grassroots activism. Since 2002 he is the coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign and since 2012 the coordinator of the Land Defence Coalition, a network of Palestinian grassroots movements. He has been invited to address numerous civil society and UN conferences, where he has spoken on the issue of Palestine and the Apartheid Wall. His articles and interviews are widely disseminated and translated into several languages.
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the editorial position of Middle East Eye.
A Bantustan (also known as Bantu homeland, black homeland, black state or simply homeland) was a territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia), as part of the policy of apartheid. [Wikipedia]
But it doesn't look like that at all ... and the Israelis are extremely violent.
Citizen militias doesn't sound too good, but I guess it serves a purpose for the Israelis ... it's kind of like having domestic mercenaries and an arm's length distance between what they commit and what Israel is responsible for.
The Palestinian Authority, which is responsible for the West Bank, sounds useless.
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