In a manner of matching with the
Obama regime's "humanitarian" pretext for the bombardment of
sovereign Libya, killing thousands of Libyan Arabs, the Zionist regime,
installed illegally by the West on Palestinian lands in Mideast in 1948,
celebrated their Zionism Day on 15th of May by killing Palestinians.
May 15 marks the anniversary of
Israel's establishment in 1948, but for the Palestinian people it is
commemorated as "the catastrophe," or Al-Nabka. In order to mark the
63rd anniversary of the founding of the illegal Zionist state, Israeli soldiers
killed at least 15 Palestinians and wounded many more as they suppressed
protests held at border posts facing Syria, Lebanon and Gaza.
The Zionist state was founded
through a terror campaign triggering one of the largest forced migrations in
modern history. An estimated 700,000 Palestinians were expelled or fled their
homes, and their property was expropriated. Denied the right to return ever
since, there are now about 4.5 million refugees and their descendants in
Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and the occupied territories. Thousands of refugees and
their supporters protested around the world.
Within the occupied territories,
tens of thousands took to the streets, many holding keys of their family homes
lost in 1948. Not gauging the cause and implications of the CIA engineered
"uprisings" in Mideast, young Palestinians are inspired by the
uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and other Arab countries.
With a view to denying the
Palestinians a chance to protest against Zionist crime, Israel also imposed a
24-hour shutdown across the West Bank, closing the various crossings and
checkpoints, causing more difficulties for the besieged Palestinians. There were
clashes between protesters and Israeli troops in Hebron, Wallajeh and
Jerusalem, while at Gaza's Erez border crossing at least 15 unarmed civilians
were wounded by Israeli gunfire. The worst of the violence occurred outside the
southern Lebanese village of Maroun Al-Ras, where thousands of people gathered
at a border fence. Protesters reportedly hung flags on the barbed wire and sang
songs, with some young people throwing rocks across the border, before both
Israeli and Lebanese soldiers began firing.
Israeli Premier Netanyahu openly
defended Zionist fascism and state terrorism and expects USA, UK and entire
UNSC to stand with hands folded behind Zionist crimes. Israel as usual alleged
that the Nabka protests were "provocations" which bore "the
fingerprints of Iran." The Syrian government and Lebanon's Hezbollah were
also accused. Netanyahu allegations are consistent with the Israeli
government's typical response to crises — to ratchet up tensions and beat the
drum for war with Iran.
The Netanyahu regime appears to be
even farther away from any of its predecessors from considering a negotiated
agreement with Syria that would out of necessity require the return of the
Golan. It is true that considering Israel's military prowess, Syria will not be
able to regain the Golan by force in the foreseeable future. But this does not
suggest that continued Israeli entrenchment on the Golan will over time create
an irreversible situation that would compel Syria to simply give up its claim
over its territory. Although it is also true that relocating will require
billions of dollars and it would be heartbreaking for many Israelis, the
passage of time will make it only much more expensive and far more traumatic
for the Israelis.
Instead of punitive operations over
Israel, the NATO boss, US, has promised Zionist regime more weapons. Possibly
expecting more US carrots, Zionist Israel has rejected Obama administration's
"special packages" for a possible slow downing of fascist trends of
Israel. The incentives included 20 free advanced F-35 fighter jets and assorted
promises to defend Israel at the UN and other international forums on its
sustained holocausts of innocent Palestinians. The offer is in exchange for a
90-day extension of a settlement freeze for concentrating on sketching out an
agreement on borders, which would generate progress and reduce the risk of
future battles over settlements, but Israel rejected freeze while accepted the
arms.
Tel-Aviv bosses and Israeli Mossad
have learned the tricks of terror trade with USA (Pentagon-CIA) and know how to
make the "talks" bogus and garner more aid. The USA promised not to
ask for another extension, the 90-day deadline gives all kinds of incentives
for those who don't really want a deal to stall. Israel can betray all hopes
even if agrees to freeze.
A trained aggressor- cum criminal
state, Israel (Mossad-CIA) seemed to have tried to create the conditions for a
violent crackdown and a campaign of fear and hysteria about a supposed threat
to Israel's sovereignty. Israel invaded Syria's Golan Heights in 1967 and later
illegally annexed the territory. Its "sovereignty" over the area is
not internationally recognized. Israel invaded Lebanon in 2006, killing people.
In employing the "enemy
threat" as the key tool to advance a nation's domestic and foreign goals,
the Israeli polices of making the ever-weakening and extremely terrorized
Palestinians the enemy ever-ready to annihilate the Jews from the face of the
earth has worked too well for the Zionist fascist regime.
It is disturbing to note that
Egyptian forces shot and injured many protesters at the Israeli embassy.
Thousands protested outside the Israeli embassy in Cairo and more than 100 were
injured when Egyptian security forces fired tear gas and rubber-coated steel
bullets.
Like Indian IPL gimmicks jointly
played by select cricketers to promote Indian sport interests, the anti-Islamic
nations have also ganged up against Islam only to loot and share the energy
resources after reducing Muslim populations. The crude threat perception of
Islam and Muslims has exceedingly helped the US and NATO members pursue their
hidden agendas. India has benefited a lot from the same terror tactics
projecting Kashmiris, Pakistanis and Muslims as the threat to destroy
India.Like the NATO terror syndicate led by the USA-UK, the street criminals in
every country too have their own terror strategies to go on rampages. Israel is
only extending these joint strategies to accomplish its fascist agenda in
Palestine.It is high time, the new regime in Egypt cancelled the recognition of
Israel until further orders and close down the Zionist embassy until Palestine
state is established.
Meanwhile, Obama and his team must
remind the Zionist regime that time has already run out for that illegal outfit
in Mideast.
a Chancellor-Founder of Center for International
Affairs. He is a former university teacher and an analyst.
