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A lasting solution to the conflict rests on building an independent, democratic and viable Palestinian State living in peace and security with all its neighbors."
In Occupied Palestine, that vision is unfulfilled, short of international solidarity to enforce it, Israeli harshness firmly in place.
On his June 11 Killinghope.org posting, William Blum said "The worst thing that ever happened to the Jewish people is the Holocaust. The(ir) second worst thing...is the state of Israel," what Palestinians have understood for 62 years with no visible letup to this day.
Besides innumerable daily hardships, on June 10, the International Middle East Media Center reported that 25 fundamentalist Knesset members "submitted a bill proposing that the (body) transfer money allocated to the Palestinian Authority to Jewish settlements, to punish Palestinians for their boycott campaign" as part of the Global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement.
The bill not only targets the Territories, it includes Israeli Arabs, stating that "Israeli citizens must not encourage, initiate or help the boycott campaign, (so those who) violate the new law" must be obligated to compensate affected Israelis.
Under the extremist Netanyahu-controlled Knesset, this is what passes for governance, and what Palestinians have to endure - but it's one example of many. Repression continues daily in the Territories and against Arab Israeli citizens, resulting in arrests, torture and imprisonments for nonviolent protests and other lawful forms of resistance.
Gazans remain under siege, assaulted by regular Israeli incursions, and West Bank Palestinians face similar hardships, repression and occupation viciousness, what no one ever should endure, what no civilized state would ever impose, what no world community should allow, yet it literally lets Israel get away with murder by failing to hold its officials accountable, what one day will end because what can't go on forever, won't, including in Occupied Palestine.
Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening.
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