Jimmy Carter: Colonization of Palestine Precludes Peace

Until America stands up to Israel, America will continue to be Israel's b**** and Israel will do whatever they want...right or wrong...peace or no peace.

Israel is nowhere near blameless in this mess. They know exactly wtf their doing and America is paying a big price for their actions.

As much as I feel for Israelis and what they have suffered, what their doing currently is wrong. They have no partner for peace because they have not created any conditions to allow for a partner for peace. Instead, they do whatever the f*ck they want while they b**** about how they have no partner for peace. It's all part of their bs plan to set their own borders and grab land. While Israel's government says the right things and puts on their victim faces for the media, their agenda behind closed doors tells a completely different story.

 

Isn't it illegal for a state to pursue policies that help ensure a certain racial/ethnic group's demographic domination of a town/region/province?

Could just be me...


http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5563E2D4-F99D-4CC3-849B-10FF0C4CC4E5.htm

UN: Israel wall forcing Palestinians out

A UN expert has said that East Jerusalem is undergoing major changes because of a new wall through Palestinian neighbourhoods aimed at reducing the number of Palestinians in the city.


John Dugard, special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, said in a report to the UN Human Rights Commission on Wednesday that the Israeli-built separation wall was causing major humanitarian problems.

"The character of East Jerusalem is undergoing a major change as a result of the construction of the wall through Palestinian neighbourhoods," Dugard said.

"The clear purpose of the wall in the Jerusalem area is to reduce the number of Palestinians in the city by transferring them to the West Bank.

"This causes major humanitarian problems: Families are separated and access to hospitals, schools and the workplace are denied."

Dugard recalled that the wall between Israel and Palestinian territories - described by Israel as a security measure - had gone ahead despite a 2004 ruling by the International Court of Justice.

The report to the UN was immediately condemned by the Israeli UN envoy to the UN rights panel, who said the document was pursuing "manifest political ends".

Meanwhile, a report by the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA, said the Israeli army had increased the number of roadblocks and barriers in the West Bank by 25% since last summer.

The number of road obstacles rose to 471 in January, from 376 last August at the time of Israel's Gaza pullout, OCHA said, and they tightened travel restrictions for Palestinians and made it harder for them to reach properties, markets and medical services.

Israel says its network of permanent checkpoints, concrete barriers and temporary mobile roadblocks are needed to protect Israeli towns and Jewish settlements from Palestinian attacks.

 

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/692252.html

Olmert tells Haaretz he'll build in West Bank area near Jerusalem

Israel will continue to build in the disputed E-1 zone between Ma'aleh Adumim and Jerusalem, despite American pressure to the contrary, Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Haaretz.

Olmert also said that if he is elected prime minister Israel will set down permanent borders within four years, separating itself from the "decisive majority" of the Palestinian population of the West Bank.

The full interview with Olmert will be published in Haaretz on Friday.

According to Olmert, "It is inconceivable that we should speak of Ma'aleh Adumim as a part of the State of Israel, while leaving it as an island or an isolated enclave.

"It's entirely clear that the [territorial] continuity between Jerusalem and Ma'aleh Adumim will be a built-up continuity. This is clear both to the Palestinians and to the Americans. In my view, there is an absolute consensus in Israel on this issue."

Referring to the head of the leftist Meretz party, Olmert said that, "Even Yossi Beilin, with whom I generally disagree on every matter, has said that Ma'aleh Adumim must remain within Israel."

Olmert also strongly criticized Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that he had not learned any lessons from the atmosphere of incitement that preceded the assassination of then prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Olmert also strongly criticized Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that he had not learned any lessons from the atmosphere of incitement that preceded the assassination of then prime minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Olmert's statements followed the publication of an image on Likud's unofficial Website in which the acting prime minister appeared wearing a green cap with the Hamas logo on it. "I thought he would have learned the lesson," Olmert said.

"It gives a signal to vote for the youths from the hilltop youth when the leader of the Likud says that Olmert is Hamas. Hamas is Israel's worst enemy," he said.

In response Likud souces said that Olmert's reaction was unfounded and baseless. "Mr. Olmert knows very well that the Likudnik Website is completely unafilliated with Likud or Mr. Netanyahu."

Permanent borders within four years

Turning to the issues of borders, disengagement, and the West Bank fence, Olmert said that, "In four years' time, Israel will be separated from a decisive majority of the Palestinian population, within new borders."

He added that "the course of the fence - which until now has been a security fence - will be in line with the new course of the permanent border. There may be cases in which we move the fence eastward, there may be cases in which we move the fence westward, in line with what we agree upon."

Olmert said his Kadima party, if elected, would move decisively in solidifying "Israel as a Jewish state, one in which there is a solid and stable Jewish majority, a majority which is not in danger."

The guiding principle for delineating the permanent borders will be "ingathering [isolated residents of outlying settlements] into large settlement blocs, and thickening these settlement blocs.

"I don't want to get into their precise definitions now, but everyone knows that Gush Etzion will remain within the state of Israel, and the Ariel bloc will remain within the state of Israel, and the Jerusalem Envelope [the city and its environs] will be part of the state, as well as Ma'aleh Adumim."

Olmert refused to specify what a coalition government would look like should he be elected to form the next cabinet. He said he would not disqualify any Jewish Zionist party and that he would not invite an Arab party to the coalition. He also refused to promise that the security portfolio would remain in the hands of Kadima in the next government.

"The only portfolio I will say is definitely staying in Kadima is the education portfolop, and that is following Sharon's promise to appoint Professor Uriel Reichman to Education Minister. If I become prime minister, Reichman will be education minister," Olmert said.

 

I agree with all three of those.

 

I can't stand Olmert. I think he is worse in his policies than Sharone.