Secretary
Clinton gets kiss from Israeli President Peres, Mar. 5
Bank
city of Ramallah, Mar. 4.
Al Gomhuria, Egypt
Americans Must
Prove Their Even-Handedness
"America
must understand that security must be conditioned upon returning the land and
rights that have been stolen from the Palestinians, an end to the expansion of
Jewish settlements on that stolen land, and an end to the assault on its owners
and the shedding of their blood."
EDITORIAL
Translated By James
Jacobson
March 3, 3009
Egypt - Al Gomhuria - Home Page (Arabic)
At Sharm el-Sheikh on Sunday
and in Jerusalem today, American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared
Obama's commitment to solving the Palestinian-Israeli conflict based on the
creation of two countries. This is a welcomed commitment, but only if it comes
without the traditional American bias regarding conditions Israel has imposed
that have rendered the peace process void of content, as has occurred during
past stages of the failed peace process.
Hilary Clinton was effusive
during her press conference with [Israeli Foreign Minister] Tzipi Livni
[Tuesday], reaffirming her commitment to the security of Israel, asking for
what she called a stop to the launching of rockets. But she ignored calls for
Israel to end its brutal attacks against the Palestinians and its closure of
the border to relief supplies for alleviating the suffering of victims of the
barbaric aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip.
Clinton also failed to
comment on the Israeli government’s decision, issued on the day of her arrival,
to build 73,000 new housing units in the West Bank on the ruins of Palestinian
homes in occupied Jerusalem, clearing the way for the further Judaization of
Jerusalem's neighborhoods. All of these measures are meant to change the facts
on the ground so as to pre-empt a two-state solution. This leaves Palestinians,
who are intent on restoring their rights and their stolen land, no choice but
to show additional resilience and resistance to convince to convince Israel that
settlement expansion will not lead to security.
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And the United States of
America, which has reiterated its commitment to Israel's security, has to
understand that security must be conditioned upon returning the land and rights
that have been stolen from the Palestinians, an end to the expansion of Jewish
settlements on that stolen land, and an end to the assault on its owners and
the shedding of their blood.
So in spite of all this, here
is Hillary Clinton coming to ask Palestinians to recognize the state of Israel,
renounce violence, and not become terrorists!
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[Posted by WORLDMEETS.US March 4, 8:55pm]
