The entire world is passive witness to
new clashes between Israel and the Palestinians and still does not lift a
finger at the bloodshed. The sequence of events shows that foreign powers
- the United States, Iran and Turkey - add fuel to the fire. But that
conflict is different from the other wars that have occurred for 73 years to
the extent that we are facing the possible start of a civil war in
Israel. The question is to know if it is a spontaneous fire or if it is
caused.
Jerusalem
International Day
On May 7, 2021, fourth Friday of
Ramadan (the holy month of islam), was the traditional International Day of
Jerusalem, instituted by Imam Khomeini. His successor, Guide Ali Khamenei,
delivered a speech on that occasion to once again put the question of Jerusalem
- the third most important holy place in Islam - at the forefront of international
relations, an issue that Khamenei regards as one of of primary importance to
the Islamic world [ 1 ].
In his speech, Ayatollah Khamenei
reiterated that Iran recognizes the genocide perpetrated by the Nazis against
the Jews of Europe. According to Khamenei, the Europeans created Israel to
get rid of the Jews who had survived (which is false, as evidenced by the
case of the Exodus), stealing land that did not belong to them and
thus making the Palestinians pay for the crime that the Europeans themselves
had committed. He added that the Europeans thus demonstrated that they do not
really care about human rights and that capitalists and communists then showed
their true faces. He recalled that Iran has never recognized the State of
Israel, neither in the time of Shah Reza Phalevi, nor since the proclamation of
the Islamic Republic, and prophesied that Israel will disappear before the year
2040, not because of Iran but because of «his own arrogance.
Ayatollah Khamenei claimed that Israel
will fall when the Islamic Nation unites. He praised the martyrs for that
cause, from the Sunnis of the Muslim Brotherhood to his own Shiite disciples,
starting with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and General Qassem Suleimani. He denounced,
without naming them, the " Deal of the Century " and
the " Abraham Accords ", promoted by the Trump
administration, and the normalization of relations between several Muslim
countries and Israel.
The Iranian Guide ended his speech by
recalling his proposal - presented to the UN - to organize a referendum so that
all the inhabitants of Palestine, regardless of their religion, and the
Palestinian refugees abroad - even those living in Latin America, Australia
Etc. - can decide their common future.
Scheduled expulsion of Palestinians
from Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
Throughout Ramadan and mainly from
the speech of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was already palpable in Jerusalem a
strong tension around the possible expulsion 4 Palestinian families from Sheikh
Jarrah neighborhood [ 2 ].
Since 1948, Israel has been expelling
Palestinian families living in Jerusalem house by house, invoking laws from the
time of the Ottoman occupation, preserved since then by the British and by the
current regime. This maneuver is confining the Palestinians in the small
neighborhood of Kfar-Aqab, in East Jerusalem, already isolated from the rest of
the city by a concrete wall. But in the specific case of these 4 Palestinian
families, the courts are based on an Israeli law that violates the agreement
concluded 65 years ago between Jordan - then in charge of that part of the city
- and the United Nations.
Everyone already knows what the next
decisions of the Israeli “justice” will be, given the fact that, since 1967,
Israel unilaterally proclaimed Jerusalem its “eternal and indivisible
capital ”, in violation of UN resolutions.
On the afternoon of Friday, May 7,
there were clashes on the Esplanade of the Mosques - the Temple Mount, in
Israel's terminology. Those clashes were already more violent than those registered
in 2017. On Saturday there were also clashes in the West Bank (governed by the
PLO) and on the demarcation line between Gaza (governed by Hamas, a movement
linked to the Muslim Brotherhood) and In Israel. The Israeli army dispersed the
crowds with tear gas and rubber bullets. When incendiary balloon shipments and
a rocket fire were fired into Israel, the Israeli army responded by destroying
a Hamas military post in the southern Gaza Strip. Hamas then called on the
Palestinians to occupy the Esplanade of the Mosques until the end of Ramadan,
on Thursday, May 13.
The Israeli Supreme Court indefinitely
postponed the hearing on the expulsion of the 4 Palestinian families from
Cheikh Jarrah, which was scheduled for May 10.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, the
United Arab Emirates, Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Sudan, Tunisia and
Turkey condemned Israel's behavior and called for de-escalation. Finally,
the Quartet (Russia, the European Union, the United States and the UN)
published a statement in which it highlighted " with serious
concern the possible expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes, where
they have lived for several generations " and expressed their
" Opposition to unilateral acts that only lead to escalation in an
already tense environment " [ 3 ].
Towards a
military conflict
Suddenly, the situation evolved
into a war zone, with Hamas firing rockets into Israel and the Israeli army
bombarding Gaza with numerous helicopters and aircraft, or whether, with
10 times more lethal means.
All Palestinian armed factions quickly
went into war mode, except for the Palestinian National Authority, which, on
the contrary, repressed popular demonstrations in the West Bank.
The Palestinians are currently orphans
of democracy… and of the Republic. They haven't had elections in 15
years. The Palestinian Authority canceled those that were scheduled for
this month of May when Israel rejected that the consultation also take place in
East Jerusalem.
On Tuesday, May 11, Hamas leader Ismael
Haniyeh made a speech on television and linked the question of Jerusalem to
that of Gaza. Defined Al-Quds (Jerusalem) as the heart of the
Palestinian nation, denounced the expulsions of the Palestinian families from
Cheikh Jarrah and presented the clashes on the Esplanade of the Mosques as
"Jewish" attacks on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, which is false –Israeli
police actually penetrated the mosque and fired tear gas there while pursuing
protesters who were legitimately protesting the expulsion of the 4 Palestinian
families from Cheikh Jarrah. That speech surprised the Israelis to the
extent that Hamas no longer presents itself as a resistance movement that
provides a symbolic response to Israel but as a force that hopes to put an end
to the advance of the colonization of more Palestinian territories by part of
Israel…
War begins
On the afternoon of Tuesday,
Israel demolished the building el-Shuruk (12 floors), in the heart of
Gaza, by bombarding it with penetrating devices. That building
housed, among other offices, the Hamas television channel, Al-Aqsa TV. It
was Israel's response to Haniyeh's message. Hamas - which has the support
of Turkey and Qatar - and the Islamic Jihad organization - backed by Iran -
responded by launching a shower of rockets on Tel Aviv and also on Ashdod,
Ashkelon and the limits of Jerusalem…
The intentional destruction of a
television channel is a war crime. The International Criminal Court, which
recently declared itself competent to try war crimes perpetrated in the
Palestinian territories, has therefore been made aware of this fact.
The UN Security Council met twice, by
videoconference and closed doors. In both virtual meetings, the United
States opposed the issuance of any official statement, claiming that the
expulsions of Palestinian families residing in East Jerusalem are an
" internal Israeli affair ", which is questioned by
all other members of the Council of Safety.
For its part, the Arab League
considered that the expulsions of Palestinian families are not a simple real
estate dispute and that those who have memory are the only ones who are not wrong. .
Russia demanded an immediate meeting of
the Quartet (UN, Russia, European Union, United States).
As the Security Council could not reach
a common position, 4 of its members - France, Estonia, Ireland and Norway -
issued a statement calling for Israel “to cease its colonization, demolition
and expulsion activities, including in Jerusalem. -This one .
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
who supplies weapons to Hamas, denounced the inaction of the Security Council
and called for " teaching Israel a lesson."
For the first time, clashes occurred in
mixed Israeli cities (populated by Muslims, Christians and Hebrews), mainly in
the working-class city of Lod, where a young Israeli Muslim father of a family
was lynched by fellow Jews. armed. Israeli President Reuven Rivlin denounced
the incident as an anti- Muslim " pogrom ".
Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu strongly condemned the crime and instituted a
state of emergency in Lod. During the victim's funeral, there were more clashes
in 18 mixed cities. Now there is talk not only of a war between Israelis and
Palestinians but also of a possible civil war in Israel between Jews and Goys (non-Jews).
The United States intensified its contacts with Israel to obtain a
de-escalation. Useless effort. Washington, which is preparing to officially
resume contacts with Iran - once the election of the next Iranian president and
the signing of a new nuclear agreement have been finalized, against the wishes
of the Israeli government - does not seem willing to exercise more. pressure on
Israel. However, hoping to achieve something, the United States opposed a third
meeting of the Security Council by videoconference, thus buying time for its
ally. The Security Council regulations provide that the rotating presidency of
the Council, this month in the hands of China, may impose the holding of a
meeting with the physical participation of all members, but Beijing abstained
from using that prerogative.
Conflict
analysis
All considered impartial observers
agree that the Israeli settlement policy, demolition of Palestinian homes and
expelling residents latter violate international law and UN
resolutions. It is in fact a form of conquest of territories, not by
military means but by applying flawed legislation.
Benyamin Netanyahu, son of the private
secretary of Vladimir (Zeev) Jabotinsky, the founder in 1925 of the Revisionist
Party - the main party of the Zionist nationalist right -, embodies the project
of " Greater Israel " (Eretz Israel), from
the Nile to the Euphrates. Netanyahu promotes a form of Jewish
supremacism. He is no longer a majority in his country, but he is still
prime minister.
They also all agree that random rocket
launches on urban agglomerations are a war crime against civilian
populations.
Hamas does not question the
colonization of Palestine - unlike al-Fatah - but only the fact that a Muslim
land is ruled by Jews, which constitutes a form of Muslim supremacism. In
any case, this " Palestinian section of the Muslim Brotherhood "
- as indicated until recently on the Hamas flag - was created by Sheikh Ahmed
Yassin, with the help of Israel, to weaken the al-Fattah movement, headed by
Yasser Arafat.
All of the above shows us that both the
Israeli Likud and the Palestinian Hamas claim obsolete ideologies and that both
resort to criminal practices, which removes any prospect of peace and
coexistence between the parties.
All member states of the United Nations
Organization - except Israel - recognize the " inalienable right "
of the Palestinians not to return to the homes from which they were expelled in
1948 but to return to their land as full citizens. By recognizing Palestinians
that right, all UN member states are theoretically opposed to the " two-state
solution, " even though Western countries have supported that
solution since 2007. By fueling that contradiction, Western powers are
responsible for the perpetuation of the conflict.
The current confrontations are all
taking place in the space of “geographical Palestine”, that is, both in Israel and
in the territories of the Palestinian Authority. But they must not make us
forget that in the past the Palestinian leaders abandoned their claim to live
on Palestinian land to try to conquer Jordan (during the so-called " Black
September ") and later Lebanon (during the civil war), thus
committing crimes that discredited them.
The only solution is the binational
state whose creation was foreseen at the end of the Second World War by the
United Nations. This formula would put an end to the apartheid implanted by
Israel, as former US President James Carter wrote 15 years ago [ 4 ],
and would guarantee the right of the Palestinians to return. The problem is
that there are no Israelis or Palestinians today capable of assuming roles
similar to those played by Frederik de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. And the
inter-community clashes that are taking place today in the mixed cities of Israel
make this solution increasingly difficult to achieve.
Explanatory
hypothesis
It 's hard to believe that
the wear of time sufficient to explain the clashes between the communities
living in Israel. Israelis and Palestinians aspire to live together in peace
... except those who are active in Likud or Hamas. I would then like to propose
here a hypothesis about that region that American strategists call the
" Greater Middle East " or the " enlarged
Middle East."
It is strange the incident that
occurred on May 14 in Jaffa, where unknown persons threw a Molotov cocktail
inside the house of an Arab family, causing serious burns to a 14-year-old boy.
That anti-Arab attack was followed by a hundred anti-Jewish actions in the
city, actions that in turn prompted new anti-Arab attacks. However, according
to the police, the initial incident was not perpetrated by extremist Jews but
by two Arabs. The following question then arises: ¿Were they just idiots who
went to the wrong house and thus attacked their own side or were they actually
mercenaries who carried out a premeditated action of the false flag type,
that is, “under a false flag”, ¿to encourage the escalation of violence?
Since September 11, 2001 (with the
exception of the parenthesis created by the Trump administration), the Pentagon
has been applying the Rumsfeld / Cebrowski doctrine [ 5 ],
which implies adapting the United States armed forces to the demands of
financial capitalism and the globalization of exchange. To begin with, the
American general staff set itself the objective of destroying the very
structures of the states in the countries of the " Greater Middle
East ", in order to fully exploit the resources of those
countries without facing political obstacles. Only the states in Israel,
Lebanon and Jordan were to be preserved.
Thus we saw, from then on, the
destruction of states in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen. All those
wars were "sold" to us as " revolutions ",
none of them being such a thing. Those wars were also “sold” to us as conflicts
that would last a few weeks, but none have ended yet because in reality they
are part of what US President George Bush Jr. called the “endless war”.
Now those wars are “sold” to us as “civil wars». The same process
has been underway in Lebanon for 2 years, but this time without resorting to
arms. This means that the map of the US General Staff published in 2005
(see image above) has been modified. Therefore, we can think that this
plague may spread to Israel.
According to Admiral Arthur Cebrowski,
the most difficult thing in applying his doctrine is preventing the fire from
spreading. That is why Cebrowski delineated the " expanded
Middle East " region based not on the resources of its
territories but on the culture of its inhabitants. Starting from that
base, was it really possible to dynamite all the states in that region -
regardless of whether their governments were friends or allies of Washington -
without "touching" geographic Palestine?
This hypothesis includes 2
variants: in the first, the "contamination" of Israel
comes from the peoples moved by their passions; in the second, the fire
would spread to Israel at the will of the Pentagon.
In any case, if the consequences of the
events that are unfolding today were to confirm this hypothesis in the coming
months, it would be because what we see today modifies the very nature of the
conflict and projects it decisively towards infinity.
The Pentagon opposed President Trump's
foreign policy. Several generals even boasted of having deceived him and of
having derailed the withdrawal of the forces that the United States illegally
maintains in Syria. Those military did not accept that Syria escapes the
control of the United States to be under the protection of Russia. Also against
the will of Donald Trump, they took up the Rumsfeld / Cebrowski doctrine,
applying it against Lebanon, where they have used internal rivalries to put
that country in crisis without openly using US troops.
In the United States, the Democratic
Party is turning anti-Israel, under the influence of the congressional group
led by Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Ayanna Pressley and Alexandria
Ocasio-Cortez. The Pentagon, which since 2001 sees in Israel an ally that
has become too independent, would achieve its revenge by destroying the Hebrew
state.
In just days, especially after the
Israeli bombing of the Associated Press offices in Gaza, the American press,
usually pro-Israel, became pro-Palestinian. Such a brilliant change is
necessarily suspect.
[ 1 ] " Speech
by Ali Khamenei on the occasion of the International Al Quds Day ",
by Alí Khamenei, Voltaire Network , May 7, 2021.
[ 2 ] Cheikh Jarrah (or " the surgeon ")
was, along with Rabbi Moses Maimonida, one of Saladin's doctors, who seized
Jerusalem from the Crusaders.
[ 3 ] " Joint
statement of the Middle East Quartet on the situation in East Jerusalem, " Voltaire
Network , May 9, 2021.
[ 4 ] Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid ,
Jimmy Carter, Simon & Schuster, 2006.
[ 5 ] " The
United States military project for the world ", by Thierry
Meyssan, Translation Pete Kimberley, Voltaire Network ,
22 August 2017.
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