I have written in previous articles that
Israelis are excellent at using words to manipulate the thought patterns of world
public opinion, especially in the United States. They have, through the use of
the word “terrorist” against the Palestinians, been able to monopolize a
negative opinion of Palestinians in the US, although the history of the
creation of the State of Israel is not without horrendous terrorist acts
against Palestinians. I have countered
that it is the Israeli soldier that is a terrorist because his/her primary job
is to instill fear into the minds of Palestinians in order to get them to do
what they would not ordinary do on their own, i.e. give up, leave their land.
Now the Israelis are trying to manipulate
public opinion by redefining “checkpoints.” The Israeli soldier controls what
Israel now calls “security crossings” to imbed into the minds of public opinion
that the formerly called “checkpoints” is the border of the State of
Israel. United
Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) stated that there were 522 roadblocks and
checkpoints obstructing Palestinian movement in the West Bank in July,
2010. This figure is up from 503. There are other checkpoints called “flying
checkpoints” that are unknown as to when and where they will pop up. On average
per month in 2011, 495 of these random checkpoints sprung up, in addition to
the 522 permanent roadblocks and checkpoints, to not only hamper, humiliate, harass
but also to instill fear, frustration and fatigue into the lives of every Palestinian.
The use of the term “security crossings” and its manipulation
and blackmailing of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank is what leads me
to believe that Israel does not want a Two State Solution (2SS) but rather
wants a Three State Solution (3SS). Israel is in a frantic mode to impose this
3SS upon the Palestinians before the projected demographics make Israelis the
minority in 2016 to prevent the inevitable solution: One State Solution (1SS).
Israelis believe that if they continue its policy of fear, frustration and
fatigue, the Palestinians will ultimately succumb to the 3SS that Israel sees
as a counter to the inevitable 1SS. This policy will fail.
Israelis argue that the Palestinians have negotiated away
Area C in the West Bank by agreeing to give up control of this area to Israel in
the Oslo Accords. Nonsense! Israeli intransigence in not agreeing to the final
status matters in the so called “peace talks” and it’s continued expansion of the
illegal settlements have rendered the Oslo Accords null and void. Israel
refuses to discuss the final status of Jerusalem, which Palestinians claim as
the capital of a Palestinian State. Israel refuses to discuss the right of
return of Palestinian refugees. And Israel refuses to discuss the borders
between Israel and Palestine. Calling the checkpoints “security crossings” is part
of the Israeli attempts to impose a 3SS.
Another blatant attempt to impose a 3SS is Israel’s blackmail
of withholding taxes that Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinian
Authority if the Palestinian politicians of the West Bank attempt to reconcile with
the Palestinian politicians in Gaza. In essence, Israel does not want Fatah and
Hamas to reconcile. It wants separate States for these two political rivals in
the West Bank and Gaza. The stupidity of these factions in continuing the divisions
between themselves is playing right into the Israeli plans to impose a 3SS.
I argue, in other articles, that this imposition will not be
successful as the Palestinian human spirit to be free, innately a part of every
human being, will overcome the Israeli aggression against them. However,
Palestinians cannot rely on the burning desire inside themselves alone, they
must have gumption; they must be shrewd; they must think outside the box.
Palestinians need to understand what Israel is planning and they
must counter the political manipulation of their land, their lives and livelihood.
There are a variety of practical actions that Palestinians
could advocate in their struggle to break the Israeli chains of oppression.
- · Palestinians need to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement . Mobilization and support for the BDS movement needs to part of the Palestinian agenda around the globe. Supporting supporters of Palestinian Statehood is a must.
While the impending demographics will impose a 1SS,
Palestinians cannot sit idly back and let the hope of events control their
destiny. Palestinians need to be continuously active to make the inevitable human
spirit within them blossom sooner than later.
