Issues of the day:
On the Apartheid Government of Israel:
The Palestinians are not bargaining for anything. Bargaining implies that they are coming to exchange something as in money for a good or service. What Palestinians should be bringing to the table is a demand. This is the demand, that the Government of Israel end its Apartheid nature and allow all Palestinians the right to return (meaning Palestinians everywhere) to the land of their fathers. There will be no agreement that Israel is a land which is uniquely Jewish - as it is not. The land has a uniquely Jewish and Palestinian Arabic character. This character of the land must be preserved, and a Bi-National State of the kind which has been eloquently argued by Ali Abunimah in his book One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse
must happen. This is a must read by the way for anyone interested in how such a Bi-National State could exist.The argument is that the current Government of Israel will never support such a thing. Okay so what. What is important is that the body politic of Palestine support it. The way to support it is by categorically refusing negotiations for slivers of land currently occupied by Israeli Apartment Squatters fed in for the evil purpose of fundamentally forever changing population and thereby attempting to lay a claim. Okay, and there they shall stay for they have killed forever the two state solution. It is time for all Palestinians to be able to return and live anywhere they so choose from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. The time is now for Palestinians worldwide to accept as the only solution the end of Apartheid and the ability to live anywhere in the land of their Fathers. This means West Bank, Gaza and all of greater Israel.
The time is now for political forces inside the Palestinian camp to find like minded Israeli's and begin drafting a new constitution that they can show to the world will protect the rights and status of two complete nations to live inside of one common border (The Bi-National State) which also will protect the rights of the minority. The Palestinian forces must be the ones to move forward on this. They must find support inside of Israel for this and show that they can work together to forge a new beginning. The ending of apartheid in South Africa was not a compromise. The ending of apartheid was the end of a system. The destruction of it. It was not however the destruction of a people. It was the beginning of a new nation that was not wearing the taint of being an evil blight upon the world. Yes, this is what Israel has become, and that is why apartheid must end.
There is no reason to wait or force the Israeli Government of Netanyahu to come on board for this. Obviously they will not, but neither do the Palestinians and Israelis who support a Bi-National State have a structure to show to the world, so the time to get started is right now. The force of being morally right will drive public opinion until finally the overwhelming weight of the right of the idea will force the Israeli Government to become part of the process. For now the Palestinians need to convince their own that this is the only way forward, and rally around the idea. The Palestinian Government should view themselves as being One-half of the rightful Government that sits in Jerusalem, not separate, but a co-equal partner in a new nation of Jews and Palestinians.
How does it happen? Step one reject all other proposals such as two state which has only been used over the years as a false hope which continued the status quo of no solution so Israel could strengthen their position. Step Two, rally around the idea of One Bi-national State. Step Three, bring it into existence by the moral power of the idea and by beginning to forge its institutions. In this way the world is shown the light.
What should be the role of the United States? To abandon the two state solution and forge ahead on the idea of a Bi-National solution. To use the threat of withdrawal of aid. To vocally support the end of the apartheid system that now exists. To tie this Bi-National state to the idea of a nuclear free middle east. To stop demanding that certain political parties representing the overwhelming majority of Palestinians not be allowed to be a player.
On Iran:
Assuming for a moment that Iran does not want a bomb and would like the world to know they are a peaceful nation one would expect them to come to the United Nations aware that they are speaking with purpose and to make their case before the world. To eloquently argue of their peaceful intentions. Inside this argument I would expect the Government of Iran to point to the errors of U.S. policy around the world, or to even point to the errors or folly of certain elements of U.S. history. I even expect them to disagree strongly with the position of President Barack Obama and to state with conviction the reasons why they hold such a position. That is what I would expect from a reasonable Government.
Instead what I saw at the United Nations was the purposeful deliverance of 9/11 conspiracy theory stating that the greatest terror attack in U.S. history was an inside job. What does this say? It says that it was not a terrorist attack at all. It says that the entire 9/11 report was a fabrication, that the terror networks discovered are all false. That there were no real perpetrators. It says that George Bush and the rest all new the planes were coming because they are the ones that ordered them. This is the position that the Government of Iran brought to the United Nations. This is the position the Government of Iran brings during a time that United States Military power is being brought into question as being used against it by forces inside of the United States rather than allowing them to have a Nuclear weapon.
I say "Government of Iran" because I do not buy for one instant the idea of Ahmadinejad being a loose cannon writing his own speeches and showing up at the UN as the Mullahs in Iran tune in to find what he is going to say. This speech was given by the collective Government of Iran with intent. What must be asked is what is the intention of such comments? Is it to make the average American question the ability of Iran to make sound decisions? I had come to the wrong belief that Iran had blundered in its statements regarding wiping Israel off the map - that they had been misquoted. I had wrongly believed that statements about the holocaust were simply ones of questioning of degree as to provoke.
I am now of the understanding that the Government of Iran is exactly what it appears to be - Theocratic Fascists - who are hiding their nuclear ambitions, and are not to be trusted, and would indeed be dangerous if they had a nuclear weapon. The threat would not be to Israel but to surrounding Arab states who would be weak in the face of any Military adventurism on the part of Iran. The threat of war is now more real to me, and I fear Iran more now then I did before their U.N. speech. I am not suffering from listening to Barack Obama, or other lies from the U.S. Government. Neither am I a Neo-Con. I have been convinced by a speech pulled from the pocket of the Iranian President, that shows a lack of ability to reason using truth, that was delivered to him by his handlers to read.
I have been told by many on the left that I should remove "Permanent Revolution" from my name and that Trotsky is rolling in his grave because of my position. I care not for the position that anyone thinks that the dead will take. I am not one who while aligning on the side of the working class, is going to adopt the idea that I support a dictatorial Government which is crushing dissent and workers rights and freedoms of all sorts, because they are claiming to be good guys and anti-imperialist which is a farce of an idea in itself. For you who would align with such a Government while claiming to be Marxist socialist or other supposed LEFT lean, I say it is you who are confused. My opinion is also echoed here on Uruknet.info . It is the responsibility of all regardless of the political spectrum to argue against such insane words spoken. If you cannot do this then shame on you. The people of Iran must marvel at your support of their workers.
