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By David Singer, published 2/5/2011The BDS strategy is based on a partial understanding of the legal situation in Israel.
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Posted by halduell, Monday, 2 May 2011 11:10:34 AM
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The UN will soon receive a petition. No Fly Zone-GAZA
When that happens the efforts we have seen from Marrickville which have highlighted the facts forming part of this petition will have fulfilled all their best objectives, advising the people of this mainly apathetic country of the insidious evils of those trying to rob Palestine of its country. The words Dr Mohamed Khodr uses in his petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/p181p194/petition.html to the UN Secretary General and the Security Council calling for a No-Fly Zone over Gaza describe the appalling situation in the Holy Land excellently well… For 44 years of Israel’s brutal military occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, the world has been complicit with this illegal occupation in its silence to the suffering, death, injury, home demolitions, imprisonment and torture of civilians, constant confiscation of Palestinian land to build illegal settlements that now house over 500,00 settlers, the Judaization of Jerusalem, destruction of mosques and excavation of Muslim cemeteries, theft of fourth fifths of the water supply to the Palestinians, settler violence, no freedom of movement, the presence of hundreds of humiliating checkpoints, closure of schools and universities at whim, prohibition of Palestinian Muslims and Christians outside of Jerusalem to pray at their Holy Sites, the construction of a “Separation” Fence that confiscates more Palestinian land and divides villages and families, and the outrageous siege of Gaza’s 1.5 million people for 4 years that has led to a deteriorating economy, high unemployment, mass poverty, malnutrition of children, death of civilians due to lack of adequate health care, food, clean water supplies, widespread mental and psychological illness, especially among traumatized children, and thousands of destroyed homes from “Operation Cast Lead” that Palestinians are unable to be rebuild due to Israel’s prohibition of entry of cement and construction materials. Throughout its history Israel has defied the UN Charter, hundreds of UN resolutions, international laws and the Fourth Geneva Convention, nor has it ever accepted US, EU and Quartet peace initiatives, nor the Arab Peace Plan of 2002 that met all of Israel’s “peace” demands. The above is history, indisputable. Posted by rexw, Monday, 2 May 2011 2:10:13 PM
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if this topic is about that council that put a ban on israel
[that was called off when it was discoverd previous zionist controlled councils spent two million..putting in a computer system..from israel] for a lousy computa program no doudt running in thousands of other councils with backdoors direct back to the mossad repoting livetime back to israel tenders its such a clever SCAM its time we boyotted ANYTHING to do with israel their complicity in genocide speaks for itself they dont care about you how is the flottila to gaza going? oh and bin larden is dead...lol which bin larden [of the 5 last bin larden doppler gangers] the real one died 6 years ago why do the clever think they are just too clever by half its time we boycotted the lot of those clever dudes who think to cast lead..[and depleted urainium mutation and cluster bombs into a prison camp[gaza]..to be just fine boycot is too good for em Posted by one under god, Monday, 2 May 2011 2:58:09 PM
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Sometimes in the fight for Palestine, the efforts by the people of Marrickville as with countless other initiatives being taken globally by people who love freedom, democracy but hate racism, apartheid and inhumanity they experience some disappointments, some failures through the activities of compromised politicians as in our country with O’Farrell’s threat to “sack the council” and Rudd calling their efforts “nuts” just before he took off for just one more trip to Israel. The less said about Gillard's allegiances the better.
Do Rudd or Gillard know that in April 2006 the U.N. Security Council affirmed the principle of “Responsibility to Protect” against four crimes: genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, and crimes against humanity… “If a State is manifestly failing to protect its citizens from mass atrocities and peaceful measures are not working, the international community has the responsibility to intervene at first diplomatically, then more coercively, and as a last resort, with military force.” To add to the justifiable paranoia, Professor Crevel of Hebrew University said, “We have the capability to take the world down with us. And I can assure you that this will happen before Israel goes under.” Once Defense Minister Moshe Dayan said, “Israel must be like a mad dog, too dangerous to bother.” Does the word psychotic fit? Perhaps it becomes clearer why people like Marrickville Council and the international community are getting wiser, removing the poison of the Crevel's and Dayan's of this world and the memory of bloody massacres like Sabra and Shatila. Stuart Littlewood, noted British author states that “Under International Law and the Fourth Geneva Convention, Israel is considered the “occupying power” and thus the sovereign state responsible for protecting Palestinian civilians, the principle and norm of the “Responsibility to Protect” is applicable to Israel.” The publicity given to the Marrickville initiative around the world and the motivations behind them are a tribute to those Australians that do not like vicious bullies, abhor cruelty but who give their hearts and their support to a Palestinian nation deserving of a level of decency, but from the mindset of the current conquerors.....never. Posted by Rhys Stanley, Monday, 2 May 2011 4:18:35 PM
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Rhys I noticed that Israel has sent a team of emergency medicos to the area devastated by the Japanese nuclear disaster.
Do you think that this should be "boycotted" too? Posted by Seneca, Monday, 2 May 2011 5:31:45 PM
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im allways suss on the timming of things
and the death of bin larden rings bells http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/osama_dead.php which bin larden? http://www.blogdelnarco.com/2011/05/cae-osama-bin-laden.html now either to rebut this or rebut that dna test..takes 24 hours http://www.geneticprofiles.com/main_files/faq.htm#q6 http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/osamatape2.html fake al cia rda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsUtvOW6SR0 http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/fakealqaeda.php flashbacks binnie dead 2001 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,41576,00.html dead 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TeYyHt3JZ4 dead 2011 http://theintelhub.com/2011/05/01/obama-to-announce-osama-bin-laden-is-dead/ so what could be so important to kill him again? israel linked to terorism? http://www.revoltoftheplebs.com/categories/features/a-closer-look-at-israels-role-in-terrorism/ or..why do they want to rewrite tomorrows headlines it couldnt be as simple as israel stopping the flow of money into palistein[again] http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/01/us-palestinians-israel-taxes-idUSTRE7400DK20110501 http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/israel-freezes-cash-transfer-to-palestinians-due-to-fatah-hamas-unity-deal-1.359123 not the flotilla http://mondoweiss.net/2011/04/zuckerman-rag-prints-bald-faced-lies-on-upcoming-flotilla-to-gaza.html or the holocost surviver speaking out against the main usa govt lobby for israel http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/hedy-epstein-holocaust-survivor-speaks-out-against-aipac/ or more revelations re isral not speaking truth http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/11-years-later-mohammed-al-duras-father-still-making-headline-news/ semitism rising http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2011/05/israel-pm-says-international-anti.html or semitism falling 46% http://weeklyintercept.blogspot.com/2011/05/anti-semitic-incidents-dropped-46-per.html http://www.intifada-palestine.com/2011/05/the-accusation-of-anti-semitism-has-long-passed-its-sell-by-date-anthony-lawson/ or more expressions of zionist control over town councils http://www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=12859 hey maybe its israelies eugenics that predates the natzies? http://just-another-inside-job.blogspot.com/2008/02/jewish-eugenics-pre-dates-hitlers.html http://beforeitsnews.com/story/601/920/Ezekiel_Emanuel,_Rahms_brother,_walks_out_of_a_press_conference_at_which_he_is_accused_of_reviving_the_euthanasia_of_Nazi_Germany_with_the_Obama_administration..html sex trafficing http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/russia-sentences-israeli-to-18-years-for-sex-trafficking-1.358278 or not renting to arabs http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/lands-conference-awards-safed-rabbi-who-said-jews-shouldn-t-rent-to-non-jews-1.358670 go away http://www.revoltoftheplebs.com/categories/rogues-gallery/israeli-rabbi-calls-for-israels-palestinian-citizens-to-be-encouraged-to-move-to-saudi-arabia-and-libya/ the unlawfull occupation is to prevent paliasteinians comming together http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/israeli-occupation-remains-the-main-obstacle-to-palestinian-unity/ maybe its not even israel..[directly]..this time http://www.securitynewsdaily.com/hacker-us-government-authorized-my-crime-spree-0680/ http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/world/asia/01road.html http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/29/uk-sony-stolendata-idUSLNE73S00D20110429 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtVsNVwYnIM Bahrain? http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/15/world/la-fg-bahrain-troops-20110315 http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2011/s3171949.htm The US is in Libya for: the oil, http://sydneyharbourcruises.org/us-uk-france-strike-libya-protesters-warn-us-wants-oil the water, http://www.prisonplanet.com/virtually-unknown-in-the-west-libyas-water-resources.html and the gold. http://www.smh.com.au/world/gaddafi-sitting-on-143-tonnes-of-gold-in-libya-report-20110322-1c4cj.html Added to that is the fact that the rebels have created a new central banking system http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-21/libyan-rebel-council-sets-up-oil-company-to-replace-qaddafi-s.html and voila! It's an invasion just too good to pass up. Additionally, the war against Libya has chased China out, and the Chinese government has lost billions in abandoned infrastructure projects. http://english.cri.cn/7146/2011/03/06/2361s624413.htm http://www.revoltoftheplebs.com/categories/features/us-intervention-in-syria/ http://www.revoltoftheplebs.com/categories/features/panic-from-the-houses-of-congress-and-aipac/ phyco drugging? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDlH9sV0lHU Posted by one under god, Monday, 2 May 2011 5:32:05 PM
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ok figured it out
Iranian state TV carries report of Israeli build-up http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_iran_israel_report Iranian state television ran a report Monday saying Israeli military aircraft were massing at a U.S. air base in Iraq for a strike on Iran. Commentary: All that is missing is an "Al Qaeda Revenge Attack" ( nudge nudge wink wink) and World War 3 cranks up into rock and roll full tilt boogie kill them all and let god sort them out mode. http://www.presstv.ir/detail/177824.html i knew there was a link other stuff http://desertpeace.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/will-bin-ladens-death-usher-in-the-end-of-islamophobia-and-war/ http://theintelhub.com/2011/05/02/fake-picture-used-as-osama-bin-laden-was-on-a-forum-in-2010pics/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/02/osama-bin-laden-photo-fake?CMP=twt_fd the more of this you hear http://revolutionarypolitics.tv/video/viewVideo.php?video_id=14797 the more shall die [two thirds if the bible is right] is it time for truth or time for more war lies? do you hate life that much? live and let live to quote the new testiment ''let the wheat grow with the tares' let god sort it out ignore the drums of war...! what is israel fighting for? need i keep searching? search your heart its time Posted by one under god, Tuesday, 3 May 2011 8:01:04 AM
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As Mr Singer notes in this article, none of the land Israel occupied in their ’67 war can be designated as Arab lands. He could go further and declare that none of the land lying between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea could be called Arab lands, and if it lies south of Lebanon and north of Egypt, it could rightly be called Palestine. All of it.
And over all of Palestine, sovereignty remains undetermined and in dispute.
Return the Golan Heights to Syria, end the current civil war by creating one state in a unified Palestine under one law for all, and international responses like boycotts will go away.