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Cituoja: Avi Shlaim
Cituojamas: David Price 9:53 PM 12 January 2009 GMT
Citerank: (19) 9466Settlements are immoralThe Jewish settlements in the occupied territories are immoral.1198CE71, 9467Settlements are illegalThe Jewish settlements in the occupied territories are illegal.1198CE71, 9469Settlements are an instrument of exploitationThe Jewish Settlements in the occupied territories are in instrument of exploitation.22FF97FF, 9470Settlements are the symbol of a hated occupationThe Jewish settlements in the occupied territories are the symbol of a hated occupation.22FF97FF, 947280% of local residents subsist on less than $2 a dayEighty per cent of the local residents subsist on less than $2 a day.1198CE71, 9606Withdrawl was prelude to expansion on West BankWithdrawal from Gaza was a prelude to further expansion on the West Bank; somthing that further weakens the scope for an independent Palestinian state.13EF597B, 9608Hamas drove Israel out of GazaHamas conducted an effective campaign to drive the Israelis out of Gaza.959C6EF, 9610Tactical prelude to expansion on the West BankIsrael's withdrawal from Gaza in 2005, was a tactical prelude to further signficant expansion of the settlements on the West Bank.959C6EF, 9613Unilateral redrawing of the borders of Greater IsraelThe expansion of the settlements into the West Bank will enable Israel to unilaterally redraw the borders of Greater Israel, by incorporating the main settlement blocs on the West Bank to the State of Israel.109FDEF6, 9752Israeli support for Palestinian democracyA long-term solution to the conflict in the Middle East is dependent upon authentic Israeli support for Palestinian democracy.109FDEF6, 9753End secret collaboration with reactionary Arab regimesIsrael has a long history of secret collaboration with reactionary Arab regimes to suppress Palestinian nationalism.109FDEF6, 9754US and EU sanctions against the occupied not the occupierAbsurd situtation in which US and EU sanctions—withholding tax revenues and foreign aid—were being imposed not against the occupier but against the occupied, not against the oppressor but against the oppressed.109FDEF6, 9764Israel and US sought to foment a Palestinian civil warIsrael and the US sought to turn the main Palestinian political groups against each other. 109FDEF6, 9767Some US neocons took part in plot to instigate civil warSome US neoconservatives participated in the plot to instigate a Palestinian civil war.109FDEF6, 9774Hamas seized power to pre-empt Fatah coupHamas to seized power in Gaza in June 2007 to pre-empt a Fatah coup959C6EF, 99971,290 Palestinians killed by IDF in Gaza in 2005-7Between 2005-7, the IDF killed 1,290 Palestinians in Gaza, including 222 children. 11 Israelis were killed in rocket attacks in three years after the withdrawal from Gaza.109FDEF6, 999949.1% of the population of Gaza is unemployed49.1% of the population of Gaza is unemployed.1198CE71, 10004Break Hamas and discredit it in the eyes of PalestiniansIsrael hopes to break Hamas and discredit it in the eyes of Palestinians.959C6EF, 10006Israel pursuing military domination of PalestiniansIsrael's real aim is not peaceful coexistence with its Palestinian neighbours but military domination.959C6EF URL:
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